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HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The Minister needs to clarify—he can do so in writing, if he wants—whether that Bill is going through. It has been stayed, has it not? It has been pulled, so it will not even go…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Why not include the UK company? I do not understand why there are different levels in the two schemes. I support the measure—when we did the Russia report, the right hon. Member…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I agree with the Minister, but he has a problem. He and I have dealt with the Foreign Office and other diplomatic entities over many years: he knows that the pressure that the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)That does not clear things up for me. I have mentioned China. I am sure if I googled long enough I would find a speech that the Minister has given where he suggests that all…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)My hon. Friend makes an interesting point. That is why I do not think the provision will be used in practice. That is the problem and, as I have said, I am never in favour of…18 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationListening to the Minister, I wonder what colour the sky is in his world. He talks about the energy price guarantee protecting families from energy bills of up to £6,000 a year,…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationNo!12 Oct 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenLike many, I had the great privilege of meeting the Queen as a member of the Privy Council, a Defence Minister and a Member of this House. I remember the first time I met her, not…10 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)Why?08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)In effect, this measure is going to be useless, isn’t it? I would think that if, for example, someone with no means is subject to one of these orders, it would not take a great…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)No, I mean why is it for TPIMs? Why one and not the other? It is what we said earlier: it is pushing one way and pulling the other way, surely.08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am not sure that I agree with my hon. Friend. The problem with the Bill, as she suggests, is that we have a Home Office Minister, and an MOJ shadow operation in the back. The…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)My hon. Friend makes a good point. Sadly, over the past 12 years, legal aid has been cut back in this country. It is now a tax on the innocent, in my view. Would she agree that,…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)Right honourable.08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)The Minister is being very helpful, but could I clarify something? If, for example, somebody received a benefit from a university, but it was subsequently found that the money was…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)I accept that the Minister has done a lot of work in this area. Would it be possible for Committee members to be briefed on the reason for this provision, but also how it will act…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)It is wider than just that one case because, when the ISC did its Russia report, there was clear evidence of certain Members of the House of Lords, for example, being given posts…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)I broadly welcome the new clause, because it is obviously another weapon in the armoury to counter foreign state interference, but I just want some clarification to be made in…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Eleventh sitting)The amendment from my hon. Friend the Member for Halifax is, as I said earlier, part of a broader piece about ensuring that we get the balance right between giving our security…08 Sept 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)What?08 Sept 2022