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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am grateful to the Minister. Of course, if you are going to use those codification powers, you have to know what you are codifying. I think he said a moment ago that work is…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI think I must have failed to get across, when I addressed the Committee earlier, that we are not here dealing with legal technicalities but with massive uncertainties at the very…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe Committee heard from a former Lord Chief Justice, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, that these principles go to the heart of how common law is applied in…02 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillThe Minister has been helpful, but I hope he can be more specific. When does he think the encouragement or assistance of an overseas crime, conduct which is penalised by the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 68 on the supplementary sheet in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile. The immunity that preceded this Clause 30 may have been…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I declare my connection with the Government of Cyprus, as detailed in the register, and, like my noble friend Lord Carlile, I have spoken to the High Commissioner about…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillThe noble Lord, Lord Purvis, hits on a sore point for independent reviewers past and present. At the instigation of my noble friend Lord Carlile, the Australians copied the job of…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security Bill01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillGiven the Minister’s undertaking, I shall not move the amendment.01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillAs a point of correction, the omission has been remedied and the amendment is on the supplementary sheet.01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillThe Minister has given us an explanation and I accept that the reference to a constable is to a United Kingdom constable, but Clause 6 gives the constable the power to clear…01 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I want to say three things. First, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, for the remarkable job she did after the contentious committee hearing on this clause.…21 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I rise to propose a number of amendments to Part 2 of the Bill, which provides for serious disruption prevention orders, or SDPOs. These are civil orders, breach of…07 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill07 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillThe Minister will recall that I described my Amendments 57 and 61 as clarificatory. It seemed to me that the Government must surely have not intended that a second or subsequent…07 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI am grateful to the Minister for that and for his engagement throughout this process. I am also grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, in particular to the…07 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, having spent too much of my working life in the innards of EU law, I am as conscious as anyone of its inadequacies, particularly for a country that is no longer able to…06 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I am also glad that your Lordships’ House is trying to explain for the benefit of protesters and police what is meant by “serious disruption”, even if we are not finding…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI believe the Deputy Speaker so directed at the outset of this debate—but I will be corrected if I am wrong about that.30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI am conscious that an expert musician will certainly know the difference between minor and major. I take refuge in the fact that there is no such amendment before us, so perhaps…30 Jan 2023