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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillDoes the noble Lord think this goes far enough? I chaired the Joint Committee on the Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill, and one of our recommendations was that there…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillSo that the Minister does not have to answer questions seriatim, as it were, I endorse that. I am not sure that I have heard persuasive objections to the amendment tabled by the…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillFurther to what the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, has said, the use of the phrase “false statements” rather than “inaccurate statements” is quite significant. A false statement carries…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI do not get the impression that the Committee is against the idea; there is simply a lack of clarity as it is currently formulated as to what constitutes “false” and a…27 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I respectfully agree with what the noble Lord has just said. The House may remember that the whole question of the definition of “serious disruption” emanated in part…14 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as the chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation. I have also added my name to Amendment 18. I have very little to add to what has…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord McDonald, not least because of his reference to the chronology of the Government’s attempts—and they are, I am afraid,…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI think the noble Lord said, just before the intervention from the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, that it would not be necessary to prove serious disruption. That cannot be right, with…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, in the temporary absence of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, from the Chamber, I speak to the amendments in his name, to which my name and that of the noble Lord…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, said, the Constitution Committee considered that a definition of “serious disruption” would be useful. I think there is a…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillThe House has heard the debate, and I am not going to repeat the arguments, which have been well set out. I suggest that it is clear as a matter of law that this is a perfectly…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill30 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I add a couple of queries which I hope that the Minister can help with. Clause 83(5) provides that: “Where the court would award damages … of a particular amount, the…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillWith respect to him, the Minister is quite right: the application of ex turpi is very uncertain. There is a great deal of authority, and it is difficult to predict in particular…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillBefore the Minister answers, and so that he does not have to go over old ground, I will intervene. In the Government’s case, the judges will have a new power that is needed…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillFirst, with great respect, jury trial was effectively abolished by the Act that the noble Lord is talking about. Secondly, it put into statutory form a so-called Reynolds defence…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I will not be disclosing quite as much as the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, did, but I will disclose that I am the chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation,…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I have very little to add to that brilliant exposition of the difficulties with this amendment. As I said in relation to a previous amendment, I am of course very…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillJust so that I understand, is the noble Lord saying that the absence of a public interest defence, whether framed in the manner of this amendment or in a similar or a different…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI entirely understand why the noble Lord is concerned about any uncertainty in these provisions, given the significant penalty, but is he at all reassured by the fact that it…19 Dec 2022