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HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, this report arises out of an investigation into the relationship of the noble Lord, Lord Skidelsky, with a charity, the Centre for Global Studies. The report details how…22 Nov 2023HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of Lord Skidelsky (1st Report, HL Paper 4) be agreed to.22 Nov 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]Will your Lordships allow me to speak in the gap? I had not intended to speak in this debate because I knew that my noble friend Lord Evans is more up to date than me. I think my…20 Nov 2023HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat the Report from the Select Committee Parliamentary advice and services: proposed changes to the Code of Conduct and Guide to the Code of Conduct (5th Report, HL Paper 243) be…14 Sept 2023HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat the Report from the Select Committee Amendments to the Code of Conduct (4th Report, HL Paper 221) be agreed to.14 Sept 2023HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, in begging to move that the fourth report of the Conduct Committee be agreed to, I shall speak also to the fifth report. The Conduct Committee is committed to minimising…14 Sept 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, before we get on to the substance of the Bill, perhaps I might just correct something that the noble Lord, Lord Marks, said that I said in Committee. I did not speak for…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillThe noble Lord may have confused covert intelligence sources as agents—I am sorry; this is terminology—and agents are not full members of the security and intelligence services.…11 Jan 2023HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat, in accordance with Standing Order 11, Baroness Goudie be suspended from the service of the House for a period of six months; and that, in accordance with section 1 of the…11 Jan 2023HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of Baroness Goudie (3rd Report, HL Paper 121) be agreed to. Motion agreed. Motion to Resolve11 Jan 2023HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat, in accordance with Standing Order 11, the Earl of Shrewsbury be suspended from the service of the House for a period of nine months; and that, in accordance with section 1…11 Jan 2023HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, I will also speak to the three other Motions in my name. The four Motions refer to two entirely separate investigations and I do not imply any direct connection between…11 Jan 2023HANSARDConduct CommitteeThat the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of the Earl of Shrewsbury (2nd Report, HL Paper 120) be agreed to.11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI reassure the noble Lord that I do not believe that any of my former colleagues would want wrongdoing to be concealed. In balancing secrecy and the public interest, you have to…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I think this amendment has substantial problems. If I may, I will remind the noble Lord, Lord Marks, of what Article 10 actually says—I have borrowed the iPad of the…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI will have a short word with the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, afterwards in the dinner break, if he does not mind.11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I had not intended to say anything on this part of the Bill, not least because all these lawyers at various levels of leading counsel, pupil-master and so on do so much…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI may have misunderstood the noble Baroness, so perhaps she would be kind enough to clarify. Did she say that the French intelligence service would not know how to contact the…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillI will not take very long; I will just correct the suggestion of the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, that economic pressures on national security are a new addition. The Security…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I understand the wish of the noble Lord, Lord Marks, to define and narrow this part of the Bill. To a degree, I have some sympathy with him. I would like to answer the…19 Dec 2022