Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendments 44 and 51A, which are in the name of the noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow my noble friend Lord West and, indeed, the noble and learned Lor...

My Lords, I rise to speak to the amendments in my name in this group. First, I shall make some br...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Fox, is quite safe; I am not going to come and hit him, but I am g...

I do not think I was saying that.

No, this is what I want to establish. Just saying that he has been intercepted will lead that per...

My Lords, I apologise that I did not speak at Second Reading, but I was here. Perhaps for the sam...

My Lords, I support the points the noble Baroness, Lady Manningham-Buller, made about Amendment 5...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, which was fascinating. I shall ...

I am anticipating the Minister sitting down shortly. I remind the Minister that I asked a specifi...

I am happy to acknowledge that the noble Lord is right: their powers have expanded, as have their...

May I say to the noble Lord that the answer he gave to me with respect to the Mail on Sunday stor...

My Lords, I absolutely support what my noble friend has said. I was about to leap up and say that...

I thank both noble Lords for their thanks. I have forgotten where I was, but I had pretty much fi...

I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.

Moved by

Lord Sharpe of Epsom

56: Clause 26, page 44, line 22, at end insert—

“...

My Lords, I will speak to government Amendments 56, 59 and 60. As I set out in my letter to all n...

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 57 and 58. They are obviously probing amendments but may ...

My Lords, I want to make a couple of comments in response to what the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, ha...

My Lords, when I started life in politics a long time ago—50 years or so ago—when the general pub...

My Lords, I shall be brief. Just on the subject of suspicion, which I think I raised it, I was th...

My Lords, I thank the Committee very much indeed for the points raised in this short debate, whic...

Hear, hear.

It is nice to hear that the Committee reflects that sentiment.

I appreciate the sentiment b...

Moved by

Lord Sharpe of Epsom

59: Clause 29, page 45, line 12, leave out “to subsecti...