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HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackMy Lords, the noble Lord points to a crucial issue: those datasets for law enforcement purposes and national security need to be in place after our departure from the European…23 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackMy Lords, I have already gone through the figures for CT policing and for policing in general. I am sure the noble Baroness will have heard them. I am confident that our security…23 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackI join both noble Lords in expressing condolences to the families of those killed and in wishing a speedy recovery to those injured. I also join them in praising our emergency…23 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackI wholeheartedly agree with my noble friend. He is right: intelligence is not an easy science at all. If we think about the 25 terrorist attacks thwarted, we can imagine what…23 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackI join the noble Baroness in offering condolences to the families and those who have lost loved ones. She talked about an issue which crosses society, religion and all sorts of…23 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackThe noble Lord makes a valid point. Technology has its place in keeping us safe. We need to advance that technology in a way that strikes a balance between privacy and protection.…23 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackThe noble Lord is right. It is very easy to take a piece of religious text and twist it so that it has a different meaning or to wind people up by saying that God wants something…23 Jun 2020HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual AbuseMy Lords, the Government set up the independent inquiry to shine a light on the institutional failings of the past, to give a voice to victims and to learn lessons for the future.…22 Jun 2020HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual AbuseMy noble friend is absolutely right that the Westminster strand did not find evidence of a paedophile ring, but it did find deference by the police, prosecutors and political…22 Jun 2020HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual AbuseThe noble Lord mentioned something that is very much a concern at this point in time and has been in recent years as well. It is not for me, or indeed the Government, to tell…22 Jun 2020HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual AbuseMy Lords, the Home Secretary speaks every day to operational partners—the NCA, the police and the NPCC. It is not just that we are aware of the dangers of children being at home…22 Jun 2020HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual AbuseThe noble and learned Lord is right to say that, at some point, this inquiry will end. I have recently been to see the inquiry chair to understand the progress of the inquiry. As…22 Jun 2020HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual AbuseMy Lords, in answer to the noble Lord’s first question as to whether we have embarked upon a macabre criminal trial of the dead, I think that the House would agree that the…22 Jun 2020HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual AbuseI cannot answer on behalf of my noble friend Lord Agnew but I will certainly get him to respond to the noble Baroness.22 Jun 2020HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual AbuseI most certainly would agree with the noble Lord. If we do not learn from the institutional failings of the past, how will we ever address such statistics in the future? I thank…22 Jun 2020HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual AbuseMy Lords, I will have to give the noble and learned Baroness an update on that as I do not, in all honesty, know where it is up to. I agree with her that the inquiry is doing a…22 Jun 2020HANSARDIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual AbuseMy Lords, there is every justification for looking into some of the institutional failings of the past, which damaged the lives of those children affected. Let us not forget,…22 Jun 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, it has been Edinburgh Sheriff Court since the Extradition Act 2003 has been in place.15 Jun 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]That the Bill do now pass.15 Jun 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lords who engaged very constructively with the Bill, particularly the noble Lords, Lord Kennedy and Lord Paddick, the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, the…15 Jun 2020