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HANSARDNational Security BillThat is what I am saying. I will come back to whether it should be on the face of the Bill in due course.11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI do not believe that there is immunity for that, but I will clarify that if I am incorrect. Moving on, caution when considering the legality of support to our partners is of…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillAs I said earlier, I think this is confined very much to the intelligence support by the Armed Forces—is that what the noble Lord is referring to?11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI am afraid that I do not have those figures to hand. I am not sure that I will be able to get them, but I will do my very best to find out and come back to the noble Lord on that…11 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillThat the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 18, the Schedule, Clauses 19 to 35, Title.11 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Code A) Order 2022That the draft Order laid before the House on 13 October 2022 be approved. Relevant document: 15th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee10 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Code A) Order 2022My Lords, this order was laid in draft before Parliament on 13 October 2022. It will bring into effect a revised code of practice issued under Section 66 of the Police and…10 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Code A) Order 2022That is no problem at all. I will do my best to clarify that by the end of this speech, but as I understand it, it is all constables, which I assume includes those who do not…10 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Code A) Order 2022I am not entirely sure that I understand the noble Baroness’s question. If you are going to have a pilot you have to roll it out, surely.10 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Code A) Order 2022My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have made valuable contributions to this debate. First, I will address the concerns expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, in…10 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Code A) Order 2022We have not actually started the pilot and we are not rolling it out. It is stuck to four pilot areas. We are talking about the territorial extent of the stop and search powers.10 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Employment and DisciplineFrom memory, there is a face-to-face aspect to the vetting and interviewing process—if I am wrong on that, I will come back and correct myself. On the report to which the noble…09 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Employment and DisciplineI am afraid I do not know why it has taken a couple of months to get to this stage, and I do not know how long the review will take, but I imagine that will be dealt with in the…09 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Employment and DisciplineI said earlier that this is under active discussion. I am not part of those active discussions, but I cannot imagine a set of circumstances where they would not be considering the…09 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Employment and DisciplineI join the noble Lord in agreeing that we owe our police officers—the vast majority of whom do an excellent job—our thanks and praise. He will also be aware that there have been a…09 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Employment and DisciplineI will go back to the Policing Minister, have a discussion with him and then write, based on that discussion.09 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Employment and DisciplineAs I have said, we will be publishing the terms of reference in that review very shortly. The current system provides routes for chief constables to dismiss officers through…09 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Employment and DisciplineMy Lords, as I have just said, we announced a review into that in October. The terms of reference are under active discussion and will be published in the near future. I will just…09 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Employment and DisciplineI completely agree with the noble Baroness; we absolutely need all those things.09 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Employment and DisciplineMy Lords, I respectfully disagree. I think that the appropriate process is to review this and, as I say, the review was announced in October. The terms of reference are under…09 Jan 2023