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HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend makes an important point about safeguards. He will see that the arrested individual will need to be before a judge as soon as practicable after arrest. That is one…08 Sept 2020HANSARD Fire Safety BillI was coming on to precisely that point. In her review, Dame Judith Hackitt recognised that residents themselves have a role to play and recommended clearer rights and obligations…07 Sept 2020HANSARD Fire Safety BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. The Grenfell Tower fire was a national tragedy that shook confidence in the building safety system to the core. As a…07 Sept 2020HANSARD Fire Safety BillIt is a privilege to respond to the debate. This is the first time I have had the chance to speak physically in this Chamber since March, so it is a great pleasure to be here…07 Sept 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportOur work is informed by regular assessments by our security and intelligence agencies to ensure that dynamic response, hence the reason we are not persuaded by this call for a…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportIt seems as if again the issue is about trying to rerun the Brexit referendum, but I would say on the hon. Member’s broader point that through the defending democracy programme,…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportLike my hon. Friend, I pay tribute to the work of our world-leading and incredible intelligence and security agencies and the steps they take day in, day out to assure our…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportWe have produced our response to the Committee’s report, and I commend it to the hon. Gentleman. He highlights the issue about an inquiry, which underlines the fact that it is the…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportI can give that assurance to my hon. Friend. I recognise very clearly the importance of NATO, especially its work on cyber and other support. In that context, I would cite the…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportThis Government will not tolerate any foreign interference in the running of our sovereign state. We have long recognised the threat posed by the Russian state, including from…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportThe hon. Gentleman wrapped a few questions into that contribution. The point is that we are taking this issue forward in relation to our legislation on online harms and working…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportMy hon. Friend has made her point clearly and firmly. We wait to see how the SNP responds to the various points that have been flagged. Obviously, our priority is the national…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportMy hon. Friend makes several relevant points on the role of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the need for social media companies to do more. They need to…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportThe disinformation point is a very relevant one. Our counter-disinformation unit is led by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, bringing all this action together…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportThe one thing I agree with in what the hon. Gentleman said is the threat we face from Russia, as I made clear in my opening statement, in terms of all the different varieties in…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportMembers will have heard what I said in my opening statement about the various steps that have been taken, including on countering illicit finance, dealing with the potential abuse…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportI absolutely endorse what my hon. Friend has said so succinctly and so clearly. It is in the interests of our United Kingdom to stand together and be united in that way, and we…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportMy right hon. Friend has, in his customary and very powerful way, set out the position on Russia Today and those who have supported it and those who have been engaged in it. We…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportI will take no lectures from the Labour party, or indeed the Whips’ question that the hon. Gentleman has asked me. This Government and my party are vigilant on issues of national…22 Jul 2020HANSARD Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. We have been examining the laws in different countries that govern foreign agent registration. We are drawing that together into…22 Jul 2020