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HANSARDTerrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillMy Lords, though in common with some others of your Lordships, I regret the highly accelerated way in which this Bill has been handled, the compressed timetable has one very…24 Feb 2020HANSARDTerrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillI am a little nervous of senior political figures, however eminent, saying that they have won the argument unless they have also shown themselves capable of winning a vote.…24 Feb 2020HANSARDTerrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillMy Lords, I want to pick up on the point just made by the noble Lord, Lord Marks, about the independent reviewer. As a former independent reviewer myself, I am temperamentally…24 Feb 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, the objective of the Bill is worthy and uncontroversial: to enable persons wanted in approved countries to be brought more efficiently into extradition proceedings, so…04 Feb 2020HANSARDTerrorism: Contest StrategyMy Lords, having met a number of family members of those killed in the Manchester Arena, and having admired the remarkable strength and dedication of Figen Murray in her various…03 Feb 2020HANSARDTerrorism: Contest StrategyIf I have remembered the legislation correctly, it requires the report to be published on receipt. If it was received in October, why has it still not been published?03 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as a litigator over 30 years of European law issues for whom these paragraphs and the legal uncertainty they unleash bring the prospect of endless…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, I will concentrate on the practical effects of this Bill for the sovereignty of Parliament. That principle is recognised in Clause 38 in rather defensive terms. It is…13 Jan 2020HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee of Parliament: Special ReportTo ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Prime Minister has not provided confirmation within the usual 10 days that the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament’s Special…04 Nov 2019HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee of Parliament: Special ReportMy Lords, I beg leave to ask a Question of which I have given private notice, and declare an interest as an occasional reviewer of national security matters.04 Nov 2019HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee of Parliament: Special ReportThe Minister’s response echoes two unsatisfactory explanations aired in recent days for this irregular state of affairs. The first is that redaction remains to be completed. This…04 Nov 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister has addressed a good number of questions but I raised one relating to the legal basis for these regulations, which is said to be a power to prevent, remedy or…23 Oct 2019HANSARDFreedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Services (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the main issue from a legal perspective is how the use of delegated legislation can be justified, contrary to past undertakings, for a significant policy change that…23 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexitMy Lords, I congratulate the Prime Minister and his negotiating team on concluding a revised deal that many said he never wanted and many said he could never achieve. The deal…19 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexitBefore the Minister sits down, may I thank him for the clarification he has given? He has not simply said that the Government will obey the law, which we have heard before. He…02 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexitMy Lords, it is a little hard to take note of something—the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union—that may or may not happen. It is harder still to predict how it will turn out,…02 Oct 2019HANSARDFacial Recognition TechnologyMy Lords, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner reported in July that not only facial recognition but gait analysis, lip-reading technology, algorithms that can predict fights and…02 Oct 2019HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee of ParliamentIs the Minister saying that there may be reasons of national security why information cannot be provided to the privy counsellors on the Intelligence and Security Committee to…09 Sept 2019HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee of ParliamentBefore the Minister leaves those comments, I wonder whether I might press her a little further on a point that was raised a number of times. We have heard in this debate of no…09 Sept 2019HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee of ParliamentMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Marquess, Lord Lothian, not only for this debate and the fine speech we have just heard but for his Global Strategy Forum, at which I have…09 Sept 2019