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HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat, in accordance with Standing Order 11, Lord Stone of Blackheath be suspended from the service of the House for a period of six months; and that, in accordance with section 1…08 Jan 2025HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, I beg to move.08 Jan 2025HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of Lord Stone of Blackheath (3rd Report, HL Paper 59) be agreed to.08 Jan 2025HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, I much regret the characterisation of the works of the Conduct Committee—set up by your Lordships’ House, obeying the Code of Conduct agreed by your Lordships’ House and…08 Jan 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewThat the Grand Committee takes note of the review by the Conduct Committee of the House of Lords code of conduct.08 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewMy Lords, this is not going to be a conventional debate. I am not going to pose as a Minister, attempt to sum up or answer or deflect questions. The aim of the debate is for me to…08 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewI said I was not going to interrupt. Anybody can have legal representation. That is not improper. What they cannot do is ask their lawyer to answer the questions for them. In…08 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewQuite a lot of Peers, not all of them here today, have put in written submissions and have been doing so since spring. If noble Lords chose not to come today or preferred the very…08 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewMy Lords, I said at the beginning that I was not going to answer all the points and that this was an evidence-collecting sitting. I very much thank all noble Lords who have…08 Oct 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I am delighted to be the first Back-Bencher to speak on this debate. I join in the chorus of approval and congratulations to the Minister. It is not just me: this…24 Jul 2024HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat, in accordance with Standing Order 11, Lord Ranger of Northwood be suspended from the service of the House for a period of three weeks; and that, in accordance with section 1…18 Jul 2024HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of Lord Ranger of Northwood (4th Report, Session 2023-24, HL Paper 117) be agreed to.18 Jul 2024HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, I beg to move that the report of the Conduct Committee, The C onduct of Lord Ranger of Northwood , be agreed to. I regret coming to the House so early in the new…18 Jul 2024HANSARDUniversities: Sensitive ResearchWould the Minister recognise that it is extremely important that his department works closely with the Home Office on this? I noticed last week the warning, from my successor but…30 Apr 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I apologise. Like the noble Lord, Lord West, who during Committee had a bionic knee, I may not last, because I had a new one installed a couple of weeks ago. My…23 Jan 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to make a couple of comments in response to what the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, has just said. I can speak only for MI5, but, for many years, it certainly has been…13 Dec 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]No, this is what I want to establish. Just saying that he has been intercepted will lead that person to wonder how, so we cannot act covertly if there is any danger of sources…13 Dec 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Fox, is quite safe; I am not going to come and hit him, but I am going to try to demolish a few of his arguments. I will start with the word…13 Dec 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not know whether I can help the noble Lord, Lord Fox, on his question of urgency. One of the things that the Security Service and the other intelligence agencies do…11 Dec 2023HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat, in accordance with Standing Order 11, Lord Skidelsky be suspended from the service of the House for a period of one month; and that, in accordance with section 1 of the…22 Nov 2023