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HANSARDImmigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019Ah. Do noble Lords mind if we do this one first?18 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, delivering a deal with the EU remains the Government’s priority. We are nevertheless preparing for a range of scenarios. UK domestic law has given effect to our…18 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the instrument that the House is invited to approve today was debated in Grand Committee last Tuesday. The noble Lord, Lord Paddick, was unable to take part, but we had…18 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 January be approved. Relevant documents: 17th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee A).…18 Mar 2019HANSARDTerrorist Attack: New ZealandMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat an Answer to an Urgent Question asked in the other place earlier today. The Answer is as follows: “Thank you, Mr Speaker, and…18 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Covert Human Intelligence SourcesAt the time, I said that Lord Justice Fulford, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, provided the oversight needed. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, had referred to…18 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Covert Human Intelligence SourcesThe noble Lord will appreciate that I cannot talk about operational matters. I hope he will be comforted by the fact that the use of a juvenile as a covert human intelligence…18 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Covert Human Intelligence SourcesThe noble Lord and I have gone over this on a number of occasions; the situation reflects the emergence into adulthood of 16 and 17 year-olds. That said, where anybody undertakes…18 Mar 2019HANSARDTerrorist Attack: New ZealandI thank the noble Baroness for her comments. To start with her last point, I understood that some of Generation Identity’s members were supposed to be speaking at an event last…18 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. My noble friend Lord Marlesford is correct; this is an opportunity to get it right. It would probably be helpful to…18 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 February be approved. Relevant document : 19th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee A)18 Mar 2019HANSARDTerrorist Attack: New ZealandI absolutely confirm to the noble Lord that the White Paper and its consequent legislation will tackle this. I have had numerous contacts with CSPs; on each occasion, I have made…18 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019My Lords, I beg to move that the House approves the draft Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. Delivering a deal with the EU remains the Government’s…18 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Covert Human Intelligence SourcesThe noble Lord is right, especially given the events of the past few weeks,18 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Covert Human Intelligence SourcesI know the prohibition involves parents. I do not know about siblings—I shall get back to the noble Baroness on that—but any family affiliation would make it difficult to ask them…18 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Covert Human Intelligence SourcesThe Investigatory Powers Commissioner has oversight of all decisions taken on these children.18 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Covert Human Intelligence SourcesThe noble Lord brings forward an important point: someone recruited as a covert human intelligence source might be the child of someone who is already involved in criminal…18 Mar 2019HANSARDChildren: Covert Human Intelligence SourcesI most certainly will. Obviously, the police are operationally independent of the Home Office, and I do not know why they would be setting targets for this. The noble Baroness…18 Mar 2019HANSARDTerrorist Attack: New ZealandI thank my noble friend for her points. On her last point about Islamophobia, I think she knows that any hatred towards anybody, regardless of their colour or creed, is absolutely…18 Mar 2019HANSARDImmigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Order 2019That the draft Order laid before the House on 11 February be approved. Relevant document: 19th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee B)18 Mar 2019