Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill

Before embarking on my remarks on the amendments, I want to say a few words about the appalling e...

Will the right hon. Lady join me in saying how disappointed she is that part 5, which is a critic...

The hon. Lady has deep, if not unique, experience of the practicalities of these issues in her co...

I thank my right hon. Friend for all the amazingly important work she does on this issue. She is ...

My right hon. Friend makes an important point. He is correct to say that much of this work needs ...

I agree entirely with the right hon. Lady that we have to start the process as early as possible,...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The work is difficult and complex. It is not easy. D...

The right hon. Lady is a good friend of mine and one thing that has not been mentioned so far is ...

The hon. Gentleman, whom I count as a friend in the House, makes an extremely important and valid...

I am sincerely grateful to the right hon. Lady for allowing me to intervene on her once more. Chu...

The hon. Lady makes another point illustrating the depth of her personal experience of the issues...

Is the right hon. Lady aware of the distrust and suspicion in some communities of what might happ...

I am very much aware of the difficulties faced by people in such circumstances. It can be a dilem...

I agree entirely with the right hon. Lady about the role of women in the community. I have talked...

The hon. Gentleman is right. He will see that in schedule 3 to the Bill there is a list of educat...

I will not pre-empt my speech by seeking to respond to all the points made so far, but I thank th...

I am grateful to the Minister for putting that on the record in such trenchant terms and I still ...

I rise to support the thrust of the argument made by the right hon. Member for Salford and Eccles...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way; he is always very generous in these debates. ...

I disagree. When one is dealing with an intolerant ideology, one cannot simply say that one will,...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I had not quite finished, but of course I will.

Although I understand what my hon. Friend is saying, I rather agree with the hon. Member for Pert...

Absolutely, and by using concepts such as “the war on terror” as part of our counter-propaganda c...

I have been listening to my hon. Friend talk on the subject of ideology. One thing that crosses m...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right and the insincerity of some of those who do these sort of thin...

I hope that the hon. Gentleman does not fall into the trap that his hon. Friend the Member for Be...

Indeed. It is certainly true that, for obvious reasons, many of these journeys are undertaken in ...

I want to say a little about new clause 12, which I tabled. I believe that there is strong eviden...

I, too, have read the paper from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Would it be fair to say th...

The right hon. Lady makes a perfectly fair point. Most of the evidence is coming from that direct...

While I agree that there is much we can learn from what happens in other nations, does the hon. L...

I do not doubt that much work is going on, some of it very good, but I wanted to pinpoint the exp...

Does the hon. Lady not recognise that we are some 20 weeks away from a general election and so, u...

Again, I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but I would not be as relaxed about the t...

The hon. Lady was on to a powerful theme when she was describing some of the other initiatives we...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. He rightly says that in this country it feels v...

In the light of the previous intervention, I should make it absolutely clear that Prevent is a lo...

I thank the Minister for that. If it is all as happily happening as he suggests, I hope that he w...

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I give way to the hon. Lady.

I am most grateful to the hon. Lady, who had a difficult choice to make. I am curious about why s...

I thank the hon. Lady for a well made contribution. She was perfectly right to make such a point,...

I echo the points made by the hon. Lady, but I just wonder what projects she has visited. Some of...

I completely agree with the right hon. Lady. I have seen and been part of some of those extraordi...

There is a vast difference between stigmatising individuals who are at risk, which is not propose...

I think that I thank the hon. Gentleman for that. There are problems with the way he describes th...

The hon. Lady is very kind. This will be my last intervention, so she has an open goal after that...

I have no problem with talking about barbaric ideology or about actions that are barbaric, but if...

The situation in Northern Ireland has already been mentioned, where the emphasis has been on a pr...

I definitely thank the hon. Gentleman for that contribution, which is immensely helpful and reall...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Weir—the more Scottish National party Membe...

I have some sympathy with the argument that the hon. Gentleman is developing on working with comm...

Indeed. The right hon. Lady is partly correct. There is something that draws people in, but our f...

The hon. Gentleman and I have debated this on previous occasions. Does he think that ISIS is kill...

No, of course not. If I may put it ever so gently to the right hon. Lady, that question is not wo...

I apologise for not being here when the hon. Gentleman started his speech. I agree that the Iraq ...

The hon. Gentleman is right. Of course it has not changed behaviour, but we owe it to ourselves t...

The hon. Gentleman is exactly right to warn of the dangers of hon. Members helping to feed the ve...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman because he is right to say that we must see this in the round...

I come to this debate with a great deal of sadness about what has happened in my own city. Six yo...

I apologise for missing the beginning of the debate; I was in Westminster Hall. Does the hon. Gen...

It is more than regrettable that that has happened—it is despicable. Of course the hon. Gentleman...

I will make a couple of brief points on amendment 20 and the impact of clauses 21 to 27 on univer...

I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Salford and Eccles (Hazel Blears) for opening the deb...

My hon. Friend is making a very good point about funding. Does she agree that it is also importan...

My hon. Friend makes a very important point as part of the debate about Prevent spending on comba...

I presume from her comments that the hon. Lady does not want Scotland included in this. I am sure...

We are at the Committee stage of the Bill, looking specifically at the Government’s provisions. S...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady but I just want to correct a tiny detail. The National Crime Agenc...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that comment and for putting the record straight.

Althou...

We have had a good and wide-ranging debate that has touched on powerful and important themes rela...

Before the Minister moves further into singing the praises of part 5, with which I actually agree...

Of course I absolutely recognise the continuing challenge and threats in Northern Ireland and com...

I rise with some sense of exasperation because with the greatest respect to the Minister, for who...

As I have sought to explain to the hon. Lady, the clause seeks to give effect to the Prevent stra...

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I will give way one last time to the hon. Lady, but then I will need to make some progress.

I am grateful to the Minister. I need him to put on the record whether or not the Home Office has...

I can give a categorical no to the hon. Lady’s question. This is rather about the manner in which...

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I will respond, if I am given a chance, to the amendment the right hon. Lady has tabled and to a ...

One issue that has been of deep concern to me for the past few years has been the lack of support...

They absolutely are not. Those communities are very much a core strand of the work. If we look at...

We have not had the advantage of seeing that guidance. Is the Minister saying that there will be ...

It is intended to be one set of guidance covering all the relevant public bodies, but our intenti...

When we were discussing the need to counter ideology, I asked whether that would be included in t...

I hear that message loud and clear. I hope that the right hon. Lady will receive further reassura...

I thank the Minister for his customary good manners, politeness and attention to detail on these ...

With this it will be convenient to consider the following:

Clause 35 stand part.

Sche...

Clauses 34 and 35 address two discrete but important aspects. Clause 34 amends the Terrorism Act ...

I thank the Minister for his helpful explanation. It is right that we do not pay ransoms and that...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his support. It is a sobering fact that ISIL alone made $35 ...

I beg to move amendment 24, in clause 36, page 22, line 14, leave out subsection (1) and insert—<...

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Amendment 23, in clause 36, page ...

This group of amendments relates to the Government’s plans to create a privacy and civil libertie...

I guess that the precursor of the proposal is the organ with exactly the same name in the United ...

I am sure that the right hon. Gentleman will contribute to the debate, and I certainly have thing...

I shall speak to new clause 3, tabled in my name. It is entitled “Intercept Evidence—use in legal...

I have listened intently to the right hon. Gentleman’s contribution. Will he reflect on the fact ...

I speak as probably one of the last people to give evidence at a Diplock court. It was against a ...

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) on his consistent appr...

Let me first address that last point from the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnel...

Even though part 5 does not extend to Northern Ireland, I would welcome a guarantee from the Mini...

I recognise the knowledge and expertise that reside in Northern Ireland. The independent reviewer...

I listened to what the Minister said, in particular, about the amendments on clause 36. While I w...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that references have been made during the...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. I am sure that he is aware that I am not stric...