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HANSARD National Security BillI must ask the right hon. Gentleman to forgive me—06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillIf my right hon. and learned Friend will forgive me, I will not. The existence of a public interest defence could mean that damage from the original disclosure could be compounded…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI will come back to my right hon. Friend’s point in a moment. To the point that the right hon. Member for Dundee East (Stewart Hosie) made, our position is that a public interest…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillYes, and then I can deal with both questions at once.06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI give way to my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes).06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI do not think that I have been blasé in the slightest. I have spent my winding-up remarks trying to cover as fully as I can the various themes— [Interruption.] I have taken quite…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. As I have said, I have heard those points, as, I am sure, have the business managers. In closing, I want to repeat my earlier thanks to…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI hear the request from my right hon. Friend. That is a question partly for the business managers and the usual channels, who have heard the request and have to balance it against…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillThe right hon. Gentleman tempts me to open up a very wide debate, somewhat outside the scope of Second Reading. He is absolutely right to identify the significance of…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillMy right hon. and learned Friend anticipates my next point to some extent. In instances where an individual has operated in good faith in compliance with domestic and…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI hear what my right hon. and learned Friend says, and I fully acknowledge not only his legal expertise overall, but specifically how much thought he has put into this subject and…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillMy word, what choice! I will give way to my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for South Swindon (Sir Robert Buckland).06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI do not think that this is an appropriate forum in which to discuss the detail of such measures, but I hope I can reassure my hon. Friend on that particular point. As I have…06 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Airport Passport Control DelaysEaster saw Border Force maintain a secure and effective border, with minor inbound border control disruption, in a period with one of the highest levels of international travel in…25 Apr 2022HANSARDFraudGangs of criminals certainly do not get a free run, and we will be investing and doing more than ever before to bear down on fraud. During the covid era—the trend had started…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUK Airport Passport Control DelaysI take extremely seriously the experience of passengers coming through British airports and seaports. There is a distinction between outbound and inbound—25 Apr 2022HANSARDUK Airport Passport Control DelaysI thank the hon. Lady for bringing that experience to the Floor of the House of Commons. I am, of course, sorry that any such distress was caused to a family, and particularly to…25 Apr 2022HANSARDEconomic CrimeTackling economic crime is a key Government priority. We have expedited legislation—the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022—to crack down on Russian dirty money…25 Apr 2022HANSARDEconomic CrimeMy hon. Friend is right about the value of whistleblowers, who should be able to come forward without fear of recrimination. We have continued to improve the whistleblowing…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUK Airport Passport Control DelaysNo, there really is. When we talk about Border Force and passport control, that is about inbound. As I said in my answer to the hon. Member for Sunderland Central (Julie Elliott),…25 Apr 2022