Investigatory Powers Bill

I, too, like the noble Lord, Lord West of Spithead, and others, welcome this Bill as a significan...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Lester of Herne Hill. It brings b...

I apologise to the noble Lord and the whole House for the hurt I have caused him by suggesting th...

My Lords, I am sure the whole House is relieved to hear of this newfound friendship between their...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Marquess. His political path and mine have crossed...

My Lords, one of the most well-worm clichés in politics is that the devil is in the detail. On th...

My Lords, as the noble Marquess, Lord Lothian, has mentioned, I am a member of the Intelligence a...

My Lords, I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests. Perhaps I may join other nob...

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

My Lords, it is humbling to follow so many noble Lords this evening who, if it is not too back-ha...

My Lords, it is clear that technological developments have greatly enhanced the capacity of Gover...

My Lords, I start by acknowledging the value of the work of our security services and its contrib...

My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, I shall focus on crime rather than security. I s...

My Lords, I could not agree more with the noble Lord, Lord Birt. The Government are inviting us t...

My Lords, because of time constraint and the long list of speakers, I intend to be as brief as po...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ramsay, but it is a privileg...

My Lords, I support the Bill, yet in doing so, I understand all the fears and concerns about priv...

My Lords, it is now some 19 years since I concluded my time of more than 11 years in the Foreign ...

My Lords, I begin by referring to my interest as an unpaid consultant to the solicitors’ firm of ...

My Lords, many concerns have been expressed in this debate—by my noble friend Lord Paddick and th...

My Lords, as a former head of MI5 and a member of the RUSI panel that reported to the Government ...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill. The amount of scrutiny it has received has been such a help in prod...

My Lords, I have to say that I have had one of the greatest surprises in the course of this debat...

My Lords, it is intimidating to follow so many noble and learned friends on my own side, let alon...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a producer at the BBC. I congratulate the Government on bringi...

I support the Bill, and I have to say that, in all my years in this House, I do not think I have ...

My Lords, being the 36th speaker in a Second Reading debate has some advantages and disadvantages...

But I am here.

My noble friend Lord Blunkett is here. I do not think that he heard my noble friend Lady Kennedy’...

My Lords, as the very last Back-Bench speaker I might not have much to say but I have one thing t...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Paddick remarked to me the other day that investigatory powers sho...

My Lords, we have had a rich stream of expertise today, including from those who have served on t...

My Lords, this has been an interesting and thought-provoking debate, which has benefited from the...

I am grateful for what the Minister has just said, but will the Government consider, as David And...

I note the observation. The position of the Government is that it is appropriate that there shoul...