Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill

I referred to that earlier. In another place, the Minister, James Brokenshire, said that we would...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his explanation. I am both impressed and slightly dis...

My Lords, it is apposite today to refer to the words attributed to Voltaire:

“I disapprove ...

My Lords, I hope that I may be forgiven if I start with a very brief personal explanation. I had ...

My Lords, I share with every other reasonable person a horror of the evil actions and effects of ...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill. Many of us agree that the tragic events in Paris over the last few ...

The noble Lord is making an extremely powerful point, which all of us must take very seriously, b...

My noble friend Lord Judd must be a little patient because I am moving on to exactly those points...

My Lords, this debate would be important whenever it was taking place. However, the unspeakable b...

My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, and I broadly a...

Does the noble Lord agree that the term “snoopers’ charter” is emotive claptrap? I have worked wi...

I acknowledge what the noble Lord has said and that there are differences of opinion on both side...

My Lords, this is a complex Bill, not least because it amends and interacts with a number of othe...

My noble friend the Minister has set out the background to this, sadly, justified Bill, which rel...

My Lords, it is an honour to join your Lordships’ House. It was also a considerable surprise to b...

My Lords, I, too, admit to being delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Weardale, and ...

My Lords, this debate takes place in the sombre wake of the Paris atrocities but also in the wake...

My Lords, first, I want to say how honoured I am to have been supported by the noble Baroness, La...

My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Green of Deddington, and to c...

My Lords, like everybody else, I welcome our two maiden speakers today, who will give real added ...

My Lords, in the year 1219, some four years after King John put his seal to Magna Carta at Runnym...

My Lords, my remarks on this Second Reading of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill will pose ...

My Lords, I begin by echoing the words of my noble friend the Minister in paying tribute to our s...

Does the noble Baroness consider that there should be any rights of appeal at all about a decisio...

I would hope that the noble Lord would wait a moment. I am about to come to judicial oversight. I...

My Lords, it goes without saying that we are united in our abhorrence of violent terrorism, not l...

My Lords, the terrible events in Paris last week give great grief without measurable mitigation. ...

My Lords, I declare my membership of the Royal United Services Institute’s independent surveillan...

To fight against terrorism effectively is absolutely vital but we need to be careful about how we...

My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lords, Lord Evans and Lord Green, on their excell...

My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lords, Lord Evans of Weardale and Lord Green of D...

I apologise for intervening, but the noble Baroness is clearly an expert in these matters. Will s...

I hope noble Lords will understand if I carry on and then come back to the question, as I think t...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a trustee of Saferworld and as somebody involved in the govern...

My Lords, I would have liked to have started my remarks by congratulating the noble Lords, Lord E...

My Lords, it is a privilege and a responsibility to take part in the debate this evening. I come ...

My Lords, it gives me great pleasure, as another Welshman, to follow the noble Lord, Lord Roberts...

My Lords, as a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, I can say that the report we issued...

My Lords, I share the horror that has been expressed in this House about the events that took pla...

My Lords, the night is wearing on. It is nearly half-past nine and there are another seven speake...

My Lords, speaking so late in the debate has its advantages. You will be reassured to hear that I...

My Lords, I suppose it is axiomatic that defence of the realm is the first priority for any Briti...

My Lords, the Bill is a mixture of new initiatives and refinements of existing legislation. It is...

My Lords, it is inevitable in a debate that has taken more than seven hours already, and will con...

My Lords, we have had a long debate with very many thoughtful contributions. I certainly do not p...

My Lords, may I fill in the gap and follow the magisterial address from the noble Lord, Lord Arms...

My Lords, I do not wish to detain the House for too long, frankly because of the hour. Secondly, ...

My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, in viewing this debate as calm and mea...