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HANSARDNational Security BillI thank my noble friend very much for that extremely useful intervention. I think we will have further discussion on this whole lack of precision in definitions in the Bill,…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, this is a JCHR-recommended amendment under Clause 2, which is about making it an offence to obtain or disclose trade secrets, punishable by up to 14 years’ imprisonment.…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, that was another interesting debate. I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, for defending the honour of the JCHR against a charge of naivety from the noble…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 16 and 21. I will get a bit repetitive in the debates on this Bill, since I am speaking to amendments stemming from the JCHR, whose job is to…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillIt is possible that I gabbled. I would not suggest that the French intelligence authorities would not know how to contact their UK counterparts; I think we all hope and believe…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillOf course; the example in the JCHR report was of a French national in the UK—an ordinary person working in a bar or a bank who alerts the French intelligence authorities to a…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillThe Minister has the advantage of having read the Government’s response to the JCHR report. As a mere member of the JCHR, I know that, unfortunately, two months after Report, it…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, the offences and powers in Part 1 of the Bill, which are about entering a prohibited place, are incredibly wide and were detached to significant areas of the British…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I am quite disappointed by the Minister’s responses on this. There are considerable dangers in this part of the Bill. The Minister referred to the fact that the offence…19 Dec 2022HANSARDUK Asylum and Refugee PolicyI apologise for interrupting the Minister, but I did not do so earlier. He talks about safe countries, and earlier he said there is an obligation to claim asylum in the first safe…09 Dec 2022HANSARDUK Asylum and Refugee PolicyMy Lords, this has been an excellent, very important and timely debate on the eve of Human Rights Day, as the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, pointed out. These Benches very…09 Dec 2022HANSARDProbate: Waiting TimesMy Lords, the Question asked by the noble Baroness, Lady Meyer, is important and I identify with her views and those of my noble friend Lord Marks. The emotional time of…08 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, this has been a most interesting debate, not least due to the contributions from our national security, defence and intelligence professionals—or the securocrats, as the…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNet MigrationMy Lords, have I got this right? The Government insist on including students in the immigration statistics. Students form one-third of people coming into the country, thereby…29 Nov 2022HANSARDManston UpdateMy Lords, I share the surprise of the noble Baronesses, Lady Chakrabarti and Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, that the Government are trying somehow to claim credit for rapidly emptying…29 Nov 2022HANSARDTechnology Rules: The Advent of New Technologies in the Justice System (Justice and Home Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, this report produced by the committee chaired by my much-praised noble friend Lady Hamwee is both powerful and shocking. It does not mince its words. I will be quoting…28 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillOkay, that is fair enough, but what I did not like was the tweet from Just Stop Oil saying, in effect—I cannot remember the exact words—who cares about art when the planet is in…01 Nov 2022HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee.…01 Nov 2022HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]That the order of commitment be discharged.01 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Paddick said in November last year when broadly similar powers were introduced into the police Bill: “With the greatest respect to the Government,…01 Nov 2022