Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

This Bill is an important piece of legislation that places a long-standing tactic on a clear and ...

On juveniles, the right hon. and learned Gentleman is correct that the Bill does not give authori...

The right hon. Gentleman makes a perfectly reasonable point, as he very often does. The issue wit...

Thank you, Madam Deputy—Mr Deputy Speaker. Forgive me—a slip of the tongue.

As always.

Forgive me—I am on my knees.

Having done this sort of thing, albeit in a relatively minor w...

Not for the first time, my hon. Friend makes a very powerful point by dint of his experience in t...

I welcome what the Minister has said, but would that information be contained in the annual repor...

That is a perfectly reasonable question, but I cannot speak to what might feature in the report o...

I agree with the Minister on this point, but can he clarify whether the non-adoption of this in S...

What I can say is that the Scottish Government will need to bring forward their own legislation i...

Initially, I will not be putting a time limit on Back-Bench contributions, but if Members could b...

It is a pleasure to follow the Solicitor General, but I am sure he will understand when I say tha...

It is welcome that, under new management in the Labour party, the country can probably rest assur...

I think I might put the first part of what the right hon. Gentleman said on my election leaflets ...

On behalf of the Intelligence and Security Committee, I entirely endorse the tributes and good wi...

My right hon. Friend does great service to this House and the Committee. Given what he has just s...

I have the advantage of having been present when my right hon. Friend made that very point on Sec...

I mean no disrespect to the Solicitor General when I say that, like others, I am sorry not to see...

This is a very important Bill, not least because it touches on that really difficult balance that...

May I join colleagues in the House in sending best wishes to the Minister for Security, the right...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman, who happens to be a good friend, for letting me intervene. I am...

It is, and there is another thing of which I would like to reassure the House, from a security po...

As I was listening to the right hon. Gentleman’s very thoughtful speech, it occurred to me that i...

I have to agree. One thing I do not agree with about the Bill is the scope in terms of some of th...

May I, too, start by paying proper credit to the Minister for Security, my right hon. Friend the ...

The House is considering this Bill and these amendments at a time when we recognise the difficult...

I would like to associate myself with the arguments that have been adduced today by the Solicitor...

I do not think that my right hon. Friend was in the Chamber for the beginning of my speech, becau...

I apologise for missing that. I was summoned in to see the Speaker, as I warned the Deputy Speake...

In support of my right hon. Friend, it will come as no surprise that I would simply say that, whe...

Of course I agree with that, and I wanted to make that point as best I could. It is quite a weak ...

rose—

But if my right hon. Friend wants to defeat it, let us hear it.

I knew my right hon. Friend would liven up the debate. The test is not the test of authority. It ...

So he says, but I am no expert.

Just because an ally has a system that may leave its agents vulnerable to exposure and death, tha...

Exactly, and I hazard a guess—as we have seen with the covid outbreak—we are a uniquely open soci...

No. That is why we have the law

I am sorry, we already have human rights legislation—my right hon. Friend places a lot of faith i...

I thank my really good friend, my right hon. Friend, for letting me intervene. I speak from exper...

I think that is powerful evidence. This is about common sense; it is about proportionality and be...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh), and I confe...

I do not want to breach the consensus that has emerged, but I have to say that in my view the Bil...

I would like to take a moment to wish my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (...

I speak in support of Lords amendments 1 to 6, and particularly Lords amendment 3.

I have r...

With your leave, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would now like to make some closing remarks. I thank col...

I appreciate the Solicitor General giving way and I am reassured by much of what he says, but hav...

The reality, of course, is that the safeguards that I have adumbrated in regard to CHIS are very ...

In order to observe social distancing, the Reasons Committee will meet in Committee Room 12.