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HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I am afraid I am very puzzled as a result of the Minister’s reply. First, I think he was suggesting that the Government of Cyprus had been fully consulted. If he was…01 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillBefore the noble Baroness turns to the specifics, would she deal with the general point that has been made? Does she regret that a letter which can be described only as…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI do apologise for intervening again, but would it not make sense for us to debate the group starting with Amendment 32 before we debate the granular amendments in the next three…28 Feb 2023HANSARDGeorgia: Imprisonment of Mikhail SaakashviliWill our Government remind the Government of Georgia that their abandonment of rule of law standards will affect the otherwise plentiful opportunities for economic and business…27 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWhen the noble Lord made his transfer from diplomacy to contentious politics, did he expect that he would be coming to this House and suggesting that the practices that he had…23 Feb 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, we are being asked to approve something that relates to regulations that we have not seen, and we would ask the Government to review the way in which they are…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI am sorry to intervene again, but does the Minister not see that this is illustrating the whole mistake in producing important legislation arising from amendments made in…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI must admit that I was more favourably disposed towards some of these provisions, but the Minister has convinced me that I was wrong. He has told us that these provisions are…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillCan the Minister help the Committee by giving us an estimate of the scale of the problem? Do the Government expect a number of STPIMs which is roughly the same as the number of…16 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He may be missing a point but will correct me if I am wrong. The collection of funds for that scheme, along with a lot of the…16 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I absolutely support the remarks that have been made by numerous noble Lords on the primary intention of this part of the Bill, which surely is to deal with those covert…16 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI apologise for interrupting the noble Lord. Before he moves on, could he give us two figures which I am sure he must know or could be given very quickly? First, in relation to…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI am very sorry to interrupt the noble Lord again. He said that this would not remove the oversight of the Secretary of State and I absolutely accept that. Of course the Secretary…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I share the view that I think is being proposed, at least implicitly, by those who tabled the amendment that nobody should be prosecuted if a prosecution would be…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, as is his wont, the noble Lord, Lord Beith, started with a very cogent and important point. The issue about the Armed Forces is both legally and politically distinct. It…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I have great respect for any new clause proposed by the noble Lord, and with the name of the noble Lord, Lord Faulks. It is therefore with some trepidation that I may…21 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillI thank my noble friend for that correction—yes, it was Ponting, not Westland. I apologise; I had the wrong incident in my mind. My fourth point is about the life sentence…21 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillI am sorry to interrupt the Minister and am very grateful to him for giving way. On this question of spiritual injury, has the Lord Chief Justice been consulted as to whether he…21 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, Amendment 44 is in my name and that of the noble Lords, Lord Ponsonby and Lord Wallace, who has just spoken. I am reassured that I seem to be keeping better company than…21 Dec 2022HANSARDPolice: Appointments in PCC OfficesMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the issues raised by the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, illustrate starkly the dysfunctionality of a police service that still consists of 43…21 Dec 2022