Can the Minister confirm that the concept of national security under the Bill is deliberately intended to be narrower than the other concepts included in the Bill? I have in mind Clause 5(5), which appears to contrast the concept of national security with the broader concepts of public interest, the prevention or detection of serious crime and the economic well-being of the United Kingdom. It appears from Clause 5(5) that those are distinct matters. National security is a much narrower concept, and similarly Clause 13(5) appears to contrast the concept of national security with the concept of the interests of the international relations of the United Kingdom. I understood the noble and learned Lord to confirm that those other concepts were not within the concept of national security.
Justice and Security Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Pannick
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 17 July 2012.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Justice and Security Bill [HL].
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