National Security Bill

My Lords, I have great respect for any new clause proposed by the noble Lord, and with the name o...

I think my noble friend is referring to Ponting, not Westland.

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I thank my noble friend for that correction—yes, it was Ponting, not Westland. I apologise; I had...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow two such clear and thought-provoking speeches. When this Hou...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord. I share his views and those laid out so wel...

My Lords, I hesitate to intervene in a debate after speakers who know a great deal more about thi...

My Lords, I found this a fascinating short debate. It caused me to reflect on my time in this Hou...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, that this has been a fascinating debate on ...

My Lords, I am enormously grateful for the thoughtful and detailed debate we have had on this ame...

The problem is—I speak as a former prosecutor—that if you are facing a jury with a charge that ha...

My Lords, pragmatism is completely right; I understand the noble and learned Lord’s point and I d...

Moved by

Lord Sharpe of Epsom

38: Clause 13, page 11, line 18, leave out subsections ...

My Lords, I turn to government Amendments 38, 40, 41 and 42, and Amendments 43, 44, 45 and 45A in...

My Lords, if Amendment 38 is agreed to, I will not be able to call Amendment 39 by reason of pre-...

My Lords, my name is on Amendments 43 and 44 and Amendment 45A is in my name. I welcome the clari...

My Lords, Amendment 44 is in my name and that of the noble Lords, Lord Ponsonby and Lord Wallace,...

My Lords, I hope that I can intervene briefly to ask two questions. I support Amendment 44, but t...

My Lords, I will begin by raising a question with the Minister regarding his amendments, and will...

My Lords, I support Amendments 44 and 45A. It is striking that in the electoral finance regulatio...

My Lords, we very much welcome Clauses 13 and 14—or however they are now numbered, given the Gove...

My Lords, I thank the notably unrevolutionary noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for his support for these ...

Several speeches have stressed the importance of informing and educating the public about the dan...

My Lords, I am dredging my memory a little bit here, but I remember the Security Minister about a...

I think this is a really important point about informing and alerting the public in live time. I ...

I will certainly have to read all the various information that I can find on the defending democr...

My Lords, I apologise for intervening again. The Minister has not addressed the ease with which s...

My Lords, that is more properly a DLUHC area, in the light of the Act passed recently, but I will...

We obviously have a difference of opinion as to whether the current system is stringent. I am cur...

As I outlined in my answer earlier, I believe this is a stringent regime. I am afraid there is a ...

My Lords, I apologise for intervening yet again. My point was simply that the level of controls a...

I am sorry to disagree with the noble Lord, but on this one I do. However, I commit to discussing...

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister and am very grateful to him for giving way. On this question...

The simple answer is that I do not know, but I will find out and commit to write.

The question I asked related to the bit in brackets. What effect would there be if you omitted th...

I think I have already answered in significant detail why that clause has gone into the Bill. I h...

This is really important. As the noble Viscount pointed out, this is not about coercion of an ind...

I have heard the feelings about this around the Committee, so of course I commit to do that.

Moved by

Lord Sharpe of Epsom

40: Clause 13, page 12, line 38, leave out from beginni...

Moved by

Lord Sharpe of Epsom

41: After Clause 13, insert the following new Clause—