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HANSARDNational Security Bill01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, this amendment comes with Amendment 75, which is the substantive amendment. I suppose I should declare a certain underlying prejudice as I start: more than 30 years ago,…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, may I ask a question of clarification? I understand much more clearly what the noble Lord is saying: governing political parties are in effect acting as intermediaries…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I am not convinced by the Minister’s argument. That he has to go back to the single case of Daniel Houghton shows the weakness of the ground on which he stands. We…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillIs the Minister classifying the sovereign base areas as having the same relationship with Britain as overseas territories? I was not aware that the SBAs were formally overseas…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, an Order in Council can be made by His Majesty’s Government. I do not understand when the Minister says that there is no guarantee that such an Order in Council could be…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillBefore the Minister sits down, I just want to check one thing with him. He said that overseas electors will have to present ID. I was involved in the passage of the now Elections…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, the all-Peers letter which the Minister sent to us on 28 February states clearly and strongly that what we need is in this Bill is “transparency on which foreign powers…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, my name is also on these amendments, and I have also spoken with the High Commission; my noble friend Lord Purvis has spoken to both the Minister on the Front Bench and…01 Mar 2023HANSARDGeorgia: Imprisonment of Mikhail SaakashviliMy Lords, may I add the name of Nika Gvaramia of the independent television station, who has been put in prison on clearly political grounds like Mr Saakashvili? Has the Foreign…27 Feb 2023HANSARDCivil Service: Digital SkillsMy Lords, the British Government are lagging behind several of their European counterparts in digital transformation. Can the Minister say what she regards as the other obstacles,…20 Feb 2023HANSARDEmergency PlanningMy Lords, what lessons have the Government learned from the failure to anticipate a major pandemic of the sort we have now faced with Covid? Have the Government initiated any new…20 Feb 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I want to talk about the wider context for the post-Soviet space, so to speak, for the western alliance and for British politics as such. There has been a certain amount…09 Feb 2023HANSARDSoft PowerTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they remain committed to maintaining the quality of the components of the United Kingdom’s soft power, as listed in chapter 2 of the…09 Feb 2023HANSARDSoft PowerMy Lords, the previous Prime Minister but one used to talk about the UK as a soft power superpower. The integrated review listed: the BBC World Service in particular with its…09 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow that fascinating speech. I think I need to read it again before I fully understand it. I had not heard it on the five previous occasions on…08 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI take that correction happily. I was the Lords Minister responsible for charities from 2012 to 2015 and remember these arguments very painfully. I hope that the Conservatives…08 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillJust on the register of overseas entities, the noble Lord, Lord Agnew, talked about following all the way down the chain to discover whether there is another company based in…08 Feb 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestMy Lords, the last Prime Minister but three made great play of the distinction between “people from somewhere” and “people from anywhere”. I thought, at the time, that the real…24 Jan 2023HANSARDCivil Contingencies Act 2004 (Amendment of List of Responders) Order 2023My Lords, I too thank the Minister for this. This comes in the midst of strong negative comments across the House about the way in which Ministers are now handling too many SIs…23 Jan 2023