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HANSARDNational Security Bill (Third sitting)Subsections (1) and (2) set out the powers that police constables can exercise to protect a prohibited place, which include ordering a person to cease their activity or move away…12 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourth sitting)Let me take clauses 7 and 8 and Government amendments 5, 6, 7 and 8 together. As the Minister has outlined, clause 7 defines a prohibited place for the purposes of clauses 4 to 8.…12 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourth sitting)There is that difference between safety and interest; it would be quite easy for a Home Secretary, if she has an unpopular deportation policy—to give a topical example—to argue…12 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 9 provides a power for the police to create a cordoned area around a defence aircraft, presumably, as the Minister outlined, if it has crashed or had to make an emergency…12 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourth sitting)I listened carefully to the Minister. The Opposition welcome those measures in clause 14 that will bolster the UK against acts of foreign interference in our elections that are…12 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 12 is a substantial addition to the Bill so warrants further consideration. It introduces a new bespoke offence of state-sponsored sabotage, capturing activity conducted…12 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 13 is quite substantial, and creates a new and general offence of foreign interference. Under the clause, someone who behaves recklessly but for whom an intention to aid a…12 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Third sitting)The SNP spokesperson, the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East, and my right hon. Friend the Member for North Durham have outlined their thoughts on…12 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q We have heard in some of the previous contributions that hostile states’ use of disinformation does not always cross the thresholds that we are talking about, and that sometimes…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q We will be tabling an amendment that would require the Government to commission an independent review every year on the prevalence of disinformation and the impact that it has…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for your written evidence. We have heard from the security services that they deem elements of clause 23 necessary to protect some of their staff from possible…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q The framework of checks-and-balances scrutiny that oversees existing legislation would be weakened by adopting clause 23. Would that be your assessment? Dan Dolan: Yes, it would…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q Further to that, we have heard today, and I have heard from the intelligence services before today, this sense that, while hypothetical, the fear of prosecution of individuals…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you ever so much for your time this morning. May I take you to clause 49, which refers to an independent reviewer carrying out a review of part 2 of the Bill? If it is…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)Q In your experience, do you think that that level of review should apply to part 1 as well as part 2 of the Bill? Jonathan Hall: Having thought about this, I do. I do not think…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you very much. Following the thread of the Minister’s questions on the state threat PIMs and having read your most recent review specifically on TPIMs, may I ask how…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)Q I noted your assessment of the introduction of polygraphs. Have you been able to consider their use in any ongoing cases? Jonathan Hall: What I have been told is that polygraphs…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you very much. May I ask you both about clause 23, which grants an extension of powers to the security services? It appears from speaking to other colleagues, particularly…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)That is right, yes. Sir Alex Younger: I strongly believe that that is necessary. I am conscious of the concerns that you will have, and even the contentious nature of the…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)Q You said in response to my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Yardley that you had a point to make about part 1. I want to give you the opportunity to make that point.…07 Jul 2022