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HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI thank the noble Lord for these comments and in no way want to second-guess the deep experience that he has on these matters. But I repeat yet again: there seems to be a worry…16 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill16 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I turn to the amendments relating to information sharing and data protection. As always, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Lansley, who we know examines these Bills…16 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Leigh of Hurley for his Amendments 20 and 24, my noble friend Lord Lansley for his Amendment 25, the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for his…09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I welcome these amendments from my noble friend Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, which concern the extraterritorial application of the call-in power. Amendment 21 seeks…09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for that comment. Let me take it on the chin and, if I can, answer it. Some of the hostile actors that we are trying to prevent acquiring…09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I begin by briefly extending my thanks to my noble friends Lord Hodgson and Lord Lansley for tabling the amendments in this group relating to the circumstances…09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI thank my noble friend very much for those comments. I will reflect on them and communicate with him.09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, with thanks to all noble Lords who have spoken with such knowledge and eloquence on the amendments tabled, I will begin by speaking to Amendments 31 and 33 in the names…09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for that question. I assure him that it is not stupid. I think the answer is in what I said towards the end of my speech. The Bill explicitly…09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillI thank the noble Lord for that. I commit to reading the questions and answers carefully to make sure that they match up with each other as far as possible.09 Mar 2021HANSARDEconomic Partnership Agreement: KenyaMy Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, for tabling this debate, and I welcome the opportunity for an informed discussion of the UK-Kenya Economic…02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I extend my thanks to noble Lords for their invaluable contributions to this debate, which will allow me to clarify some important aspects of the Bill. It is a…02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillThe noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and I have had the pleasure of debating these matters at a meeting prior to this Committee, and I must confess that I was probably the author…02 Mar 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to make my closing speech on this motion with such a spirit of compromise and good will around the House. I thank noble Lords for that and will…23 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will also speak to Motions C1, C2 and C3. I will start by addressing Amendments 6C, 6D and 6E, which are standards amendments that the…23 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 6B, to which the Commons have disagreed, and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 6C, 6D and 6E in lieu.23 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, we have again heard powerful, reasoned and deeply personal speeches and I deeply sympathise with noble Lords who wish to take a stand on this issue, particularly in…23 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I first unreservedly apologise if noble Lords thought that I was, in any way, disparaging the role of this House and the valuable work that it has done on scrutiny, by…23 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will speak also to Motion A1. I will start by addressing Amendment 1D on the Order Paper, in the name of my noble friend Lord Lansley,…23 Feb 2021