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HANSARDLaw Enforcement and Security (Separation Issues etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these regulations. The stream of worrying statutory instruments dealing with our final severing of links with the EU at the end of…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 6, in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Hamwee, I will speak also to the other amendments in this group. Section 27(2) of the Regulation of…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, said in her opening remarks, these amendments are about maintaining the status quo—the public interest defence. She described…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. In speaking to the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, I do not want to get into an…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord for his remarks. He is right that there is widespread support for placing the involvement of covert human intelligence sources in…24 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill24 Nov 2020HANSARDImmigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this draft order. Its main purpose is, to quote from the Explanatory Memorandum that accompanies it, to “ensure that the UK can…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I too welcome the noble and learned Lord to this House and congratulate him on his maiden speech and appointment as Advocate-General for Scotland. If noble Lords think…11 Nov 2020HANSARDUK Terrorism Threat LevelMy Lords, I want to start by paying tribute to Lords Sacks—Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. He may no longer be able to speak to us directly, but what he said lives on. In 2013, he wrote an…10 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Christmas Breaches of RestrictionsMy Lords, we have seen from the scenes of people partying in the streets of Nottingham last week, and outings to Barnard Castle, that just because something is illegal it does not…03 Nov 2020HANSARDAsylum SeekersMy Lords, if there is a so-called pull factor that is resulting in desperate families dying in the channel, it is that many of those who make the crossing are given asylum in the…29 Oct 2020HANSARDOnline Harms: Intimate ImagesMy Lords, last week the lead for the Crown Prosecution Service on rape said: “Many teenagers believe that sending explicit photos or videos is part of everyday life.” What are the…28 Oct 2020HANSARDCriminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this order. We have heard from a number of lawyers this afternoon. I am not a lawyer, but I was a police officer for more than 30…22 Oct 2020HANSARDEU: Visa-free Short-term Travel MobilityMy Lords, according to the government website, UK citizens visiting EU countries from 1 January will have to have at least six months left on their passport, show a return or…21 Oct 2020HANSARDProject for the Registration of Children as British Citizens v Home OfficeMy Lords, can the Minister explain why the Government want the immigration system to be self-funding in a way that no other government department is? Controlling immigration is of…19 Oct 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall first acknowledge that the noble Baroness the Minister has a script that she is obliged to follow. As the Minister has said in her introduction, this Bill gives…14 Oct 2020HANSARDInsolvency (Moratorium) (Special Administration for Energy Licensees) Regulations 2020My Lords, I am guessing that the difference between these regulations with their sparsity of speakers and the previous regulations where there were a lot of speakers is that many…09 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for explaining these regulations, although I am not entirely clear about them. She said that they are about the immigration skills charge and…07 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020My Lords, first, I reassure the House that I have not been promoted to health spokesperson for these Benches; an administrative error has thrust me into the spotlight. But I asked…07 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, we support this amendment. As other noble Lords said, this change will have a damaging impact on the English-language teaching sector and associated businesses such as…05 Oct 2020