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HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have referred kindly to my independent review of earlier this year, a short sequel to the much longer reviews, A Question of Trust and the Report…20 Nov 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, the Minister said, in introducing the amendments, that they were carefully targeted and specific. With great respect to her, she could scarcely have chosen less…13 Sept 2023HANSARDContest: UK Strategy for Countering Terrorism 2023My Lords, I congratulate the Government on their latest iteration of the Contest strategy, which could justly be described as world-leading. However, terrorist attacks on small…24 Jul 2023HANSARDAdvanced Artificial IntelligenceMy Lords, machine learning models, most famously AlphaFold, have a well-known role in the discovery of useful drugs. Drugs need to be safe, so open-source toxicity datasets are…24 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I would like to accept the invitation of the noble Lord, Lord German, as another lawyer, to address the Hardial Singh principles and habeas corpus, but since, on my…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I have put my name to Amendments 71 and 72, tabled by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead. These amendments are designed to probe the meaning of two…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords—07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI wondered if the Minister has seen what the Constitution Committee had to say about that argument. “Although a writ of habeas corpus is available to a detainee in the first 28…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe Minister will say that I have been very slow, and it is quite possible that I have, but if I have heard the answer to the simple question of what these clauses mean, to which…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIt is for me to conclude this fascinating debate. I am grateful to everyone who has spoken. The amendments to which I spoke were very small and technical ones. I am afraid that I…07 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human Rights: Rule 39My Lords, does the Minister agree that interpretation of a treaty is informed not just by the court that is set up to adjudicate on it, but by state practice? The member…06 Jun 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Motions B1 and E1 in my name in this group. Having heard the Minister, I can be brief on Motion B1, which concerns a sometimes-neglected part of the…06 Jun 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, it has all been said. This is a Motion on parliamentary scrutiny. I beg to move Motion E1.06 Jun 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAt end insert “, and do propose Amendment 42B in lieu—06 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful to the Minister. In the circumstances that he accurately sets out, could a declaration of inadmissibility be reversed so that the human rights claim or the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I sat out the Second Reading debate in favour of a meeting of the Constitution Committee, in which we discussed our draft report on the Bill. That report is no…05 Jun 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, I should say that he refers to the Terrorism Act power of stop and search. Of course, Section 44 is now replaced by Section 47A, which adopts a…14 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, we on these Benches are often critical of the Government—of either colour, I understand—so it is perhaps appropriate to record my appreciation, at least, to the Minister…13 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I have signed Amendment 62 from the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, and I take this opportunity to say a few words about Clauses 3 to 5 more generally. I spoke at Second…02 Mar 2023