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HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank noble Lords for their points, many of which were made the other day in Committee. It is important to be clear from the outset that the regulations play no part in bringing…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 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 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 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the Grand Committee do consider the Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. Relevant document: 17th Report from the Secondary Legislation…12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the Committee will be aware that the Government are preparing for all scenarios relating to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, including the scenario in which the UK…12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019No worries.12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I shall start with the final point from the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, which concerns one of our first considerations as we leave the European Union: keeping our people…12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I think the noble Lord would probably accept that in this instance the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee coming to us saying it was far too long and complex, then us trying…12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I did. The noble Baroness was very involved in her phone. I do not say that as a criticism because I am dying to go on to mine but, if she likes, I will repeat it in a letter.12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The noble Baroness makes a good argument, but it is not the basis of this statutory instrument. That is why I thought I would outline it. I do not disagree with her. I agree that…12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I do not dispute what the noble Lord says. I am purely trying to explain the logic behind the way that it has been laid out. The Government then published a second Explanatory…12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I noticed!12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is a very good point, because if Parliament does not understand what the regulations mean then practitioners will be at a distinct disadvantage. I totally take the noble…12 Mar 2019HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is pretty much so, but I will get on to that later. The impacts of no deal as a whole are completely outside the scope of the regulations. The noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee,…12 Mar 2019HANSARDShamima and Jarrah BegumMy Lords, with the leave of the House I will repeat a response to an Urgent Question given by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary in the other place: “Mr Speaker, we…11 Mar 2019HANSARDShamima and Jarrah BegumMy Lords, what the noble Lord said is interesting, because responding to newspaper headlines is quite often what happens in both Houses of Parliament. The Home Secretary makes…11 Mar 2019HANSARDShamima and Jarrah BegumI thank the noble Lord for that question. Of course, the death of any child is an absolute tragedy. In the camps in Syria, two-thirds of all deaths are children under the age of…11 Mar 2019HANSARDShamima and Jarrah BegumThe noble Lord raises a very important question. Of course, if British people who go to Syria return, they face the full force of the law as to why they travelled to that country…11 Mar 2019HANSARDShamima and Jarrah BegumMy noble friend is absolutely right that the interests of a child should be paramount for local authorities. However, if that child is not in this country and is, for example, in…11 Mar 2019