Telecommunications (Security) Bill

My Lords, I do not want to bang on for a long time because, in a way, this falls in with things s...

My Lords, in speaking to Amendments 18 and 25, to which I have added my name, I have in mind the ...

My Lords, it is a privilege to speak after the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup. I support Am...

My Lords, Amendment 18 would require the Secretary of State to

“establish a body … to consi...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for tabling these amendments and for his very gene...

I have received a request to speak after the Minister, from the noble Lord, Lord Fox.

I thank the Minister and other speakers for this debate, which is really important. The Minister ...

I tried to present the breadth and depth of approaches that the Government are taking to address ...

I thank the Minister for her reply and for again seeking to answer the questions. We may well hav...

Moved by

Lord Coaker

22: After Clause 23, insert the following new Clause—

“Pro...

I apologise to the Committee for having to hear so much of me in the first 48 minutes. This is a ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, has summed up an important recurring theme that was raised...

My Lords, I have added my name in support of Amendment 22, which the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, exp...

My Lords, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and my noble friend Lady Northover for this amen...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, for tabling this amendment, and the noble Lord...

I thank the Minister for her reply. The Government are going to have to reconsider this matter. T...

Moved by

Baroness Merron

23: After Clause 23, insert the following new Clause—

...

My Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 26, which stands in my name. As I recall raising at Seco...

My Lords, Amendments 23 and 26 touch on the critical issue of skills, in Ofcom and then more wide...

Once again, this is a short but important debate, and one of a continuing series. In response to ...

My Lords, these amendments, both tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, highlight the two imp...

I am grateful to noble Lords and to the Minister for his reply, which referred to various items i...

Moved by

Baroness Merron (Lab)

24: After Clause 23, insert the following new Clause—<...

My Lords, I move the amendment in my name and thank the noble Lords, Lord Fox and Lord Alton—he c...

My Lords, this point is very important and has been put across very well by the noble Baroness, L...

My Lords, I support Amendment 24, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, which adds a new cla...

I thank the various noble Lords for their contributions. I will speak to Amendment 24, which bear...

I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions to this short debate and consideration o...

My Lords, this has been a short debate but it has been valuable in shining a light on the require...

Moved by

Baroness Merron

28: After Clause 23, insert the following new Clause—

...

My Lords, I am pleased to speak to Amendment 28, which stands in my name. It is the result of a n...

Before I comment on that excellent speech from the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, I want to return ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, for tabling the amendment and for giving me an...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. I will of course read it carefully so that I can...

Moved by

Lord Fox

29: After Clause 25, insert the following new Clause—

“Oversi...

I am moving this amendment on behalf of my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones, in whose name it is, ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Clement-Jones and Lord Fox, for tabling this amendment. I...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Fox and Lord Clement-Jones, for tabling this amendment. A...

I thank the Minister for his response—but not much. There is a tendency, which has come through i...

Moved by

Lord Fox

30: After Clause 25, insert the following new Clause—

“Defini...

We are down to the irreducible minimum. During my Second Reading speech, I asked the Minister abo...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Fox, Lord Clement-Jones and Lord Alton, for tabling this ...

This amendment seeks to clarify the definition of a public electronic communications network cont...

My Lords, there are more Bills to follow; I fear that I am being drafted into the purchasing Bill...

My Lords, that concludes the Committee’s proceedings on the Bill. May I remind Members to sanitis...