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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillLeave out “Amendment 50B” and insert “Amendments 50B and 50C—09 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I shall speak briefly as my noble friend Lord Anderson of Ipswich has almost precisely expressed the views that I share. I support the more specific amendments,…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI can be very brief in support of Amendment 17 and its Scottish equivalent. The intention appears to be clear: that the belief of the person has to be reasonably held on an…01 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, who has brought to bear his own experience on this issue. I would like very briefly to speak in favour…01 Dec 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI will be a moment longer. I just want to add one final point—and it is this. One can see the damage done when a country such as China criticises Her Majesty’s Government for…26 Nov 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I begin by thanking the Minister for the courtesy and pleasure, if I may say so, of being able to debate the issues that lay behind the original amendment I put forward.…26 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this interesting debate. I apologise to the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, for referring to the document published today as the Red Book…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI will be brief, as obviously it would be very unfair if the Welsh were totally to outnumber everyone else in the number of speeches delivered this evening. I thank all noble…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, in a way this issue is much simpler because Clause 44 has been put in with one purpose only: to alter the devolution scheme. I intend to move that it be removed from the…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, I rise to move this amendment to remove Clause 42 of the Bill. This amendment and Amendment 69, to which we shall come later and which stands in my name, deals with two…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill25 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, on the evidence I see great merit in these amendments. Our history of criminal law shows that the state has always gone to considerable lengths to protect those who…24 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill23 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Bill23 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI shall speak to Amendment 54 but, before doing so, I thank the Minister for the substantial progress that has been made in relation to the office for the internal market, and for…23 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a very great privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, and the many other noble Lords who have spoken in support of these amendments, and in particular…18 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I, too, warmly welcome the Lord Advocate and congratulate him on his first speech. It is good to have another Lord Advocate from Scotland, with its own distinct legal…11 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI speak to oppose the inclusion of Clause 50 in the Bill. It is important to distinguish between what I spoke about on the last occasion the Bill was before the House: under…09 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillAs the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, has very carefully explained the purpose of these amendments, I can be much briefer than I had intended. The amendments are directed at the…02 Nov 2020