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HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the Regulations laid before the House on 18 November be approved.10 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. To echo the words of my noble friend Lord King, we live in a very dangerous world. I made the point last time that 27…10 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I know that the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, would not expect me to respond to the case that he brought before the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for the points they have made. To take the penultimate point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, I hope that I can provide some of that…10 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. I will start with the comments of the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones and Lady Chakrabarti, and the point about listening…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI say again that each situation will be different, but I understand the noble Lord’s point that if the CHIS is acting as instructed, but the handler has gone beyond where they…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I start with the words of the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, and absolutely confirm that I fully understand what all noble Lords have been talking about this evening. Of…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate and pay tribute to anyone who has been in politics—and indeed the trade union movement—for 50 years. I have…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for their very thoughtful contributions to a discussion of the upper limit of what can be authorised by a criminal conduct authorisation. I will…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillWill the noble Baroness give way?03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI thank noble Lords. I hope to reassure the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, and the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, about why we do not need this amendment. I have already stressed…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillThe noble Lord, with whom I am actually good friends, makes a valid point: what is the point in making speeches if points are ignored? I often find that I make the same points…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. Amendment 39 seeks clarification on who can be authorised under the Bill. The intention behind the Bill is to provide…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI apologise for intervening at an inappropriate moment. I was trying to clarify whether the noble Baroness was suggesting that a CHIS would be authorised to entrap. I do not think…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillThe noble Lord will appreciate that not every Bill contains every minute detail of issues such as this, but I hope that, with my having made the statement on the Floor of the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I hope to provide the clarity that the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, seeks and persuade the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, that this is not necessary in the Bill. The current…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI will reiterate what I said, which is that I am trying to work out a mechanism for sessions that might be helpful but not leaked, and perhaps where we can give some working…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI think that we are coming to the end of this debate, but entrapment in and of itself would have been committed.03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI thank all noble Lords who have spoken on this group of amendments. I start with the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, about people in this House with experience. This…03 Dec 2020HANSARDChildren: Online GroomingMy Lords, although I cannot give the actual details of the online harms Bill, that duty of care will push that responsibility on to those internet service providers and platforms…02 Dec 2020