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HANSARDNational Security Bill01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security Bill01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security Bill01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security Bill01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, Amendments 40, 41 and 50 relate to the offence of foreign interference. Amendment 40 makes a procedural and technical tweak to address changes to the timetables of this…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security Bill01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken in this debate for their very warm words. The strength of opinion highlights how important journalistic freedom is, and the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, before I speak to the amendments in this group, I would like to talk about some of the reasons why we are introducing them. Some of our amendments have been brought…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security Bill01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security Bill01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security Bill01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security Bill01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who spoke in this debate on Clause 30, the Serious Crime Act 2007 amendment. Before getting into the detail, I very much thank the noble Lords,…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI will turn to ministerial responsibility if the noble Lord will bear with me. In fact, I am going to do it now. The Government propose that there is ministerial responsibility…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy noble friend Lady Goldie has not been able to discuss that with our right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence, who is currently abroad, but she undertakes to…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I cannot confirm that from the Dispatch Box, but I will write to the noble Lord with the appropriate clarification. I do not actually have a copy of the OSJA Guidance in…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I go back to what I said to the noble Lord in previous debates on this subject: the activity is restricted to intelligence activity, and as such I believe that the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security Bill01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken on this group. I will start, if I may, by addressing the question from the noble Lord, Lord West, by repeating something that I…01 Mar 2023HANSARDCode of Practice for the Forensic Science RegulatorThat the Grand Committee do consider the Code of Practice for the Forensic Science Regulator.27 Feb 2023