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HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who contributed to the debate. I have to lead with what the Minister said. I feel that her interpretation of the part of the Bill we are…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, so far we have been debating the nature of the criminal offences that may or may not be authorised. Amendment 39 would clarify who can be authorised to commit criminal…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I was originally not going to be present for this debate, and I left the main thrust of the argument to my noble friend Lady Massey. I simply say that I endorse what the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDSecurity Co-operationTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the future of security cooperation across Europe from January 2021.02 Dec 2020HANSARDPatrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentMy Lords, of course every murder is to be condemned, whenever it happened, and I share the concern that the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, expressed about the horrible murders that he…02 Dec 2020HANSARDSecurity Co-operationMy Lords, does the Minister agree that we are threatened by cybercrime, other forms of serious crime, violent extremism and terrorism and that, if we leave the EU without a…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the way in which the Minister so helpfully explained the Government’s position and made a concession on one of the amendments. Like everyone else, I…01 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI apologise. Does the Minister have any estimate of the number of people who are currently in self-isolation? Does he agree that if these people were to be given high priority for…30 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I remind the Committee again of my membership of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the fact that the amendments in this group stem from the committee’s report,…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I am also a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, along with my noble friend Lady Massey, and I am speaking in support of Amendment 8. My noble friend has put…24 Nov 2020HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Croatia and Bosnia-HerzegovinaMy Lords, the Minister has referred to the abuses of refugees and migrants on the Croatian border. Will the Government make representations to the European Commission, which has…18 Nov 2020HANSARDChild TraffickingMy Lords, the Minister referred on more than one occasion to the generosity of the British Government in that 75% of unaccompanied child refugees are given a status to remain…16 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I very much agree with the comments about torture that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, just made. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, which has…11 Nov 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I welcome the Minister’s statement and I am grateful for the civil conversations I had with her over the weekend about it. I very much welcome the review that the…09 Nov 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMoved by At end insert, “and do propose the following amendments to Amendment 4C—09 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I am also a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and I support what my noble friend Lady Massey said in putting forward the committee’s views and concerns. The…09 Nov 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate, giving evidence to support the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Alton, that parliamentary debate…09 Nov 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI am grateful to the Minister. We had three conversations yesterday, and I recall her saying that. I take the point, but my niggle or concern is that the interpretation of…09 Nov 2020HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, is there any truth in the allegation that some other countries—Australia, France, Germany, Canada and the USA—have had greater success in getting their people back? Is…04 Nov 2020