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HANSARDThe Union (Constitution Committee Report)This report reminds us that we will have to return to that, in spite of the resistance of the noble Lord, Lord Cormack. I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame. I hope that his…20 Jan 2023HANSARDThe Union (Constitution Committee Report)My Lords, I am a mongrel Scots-Englishman, with a father who served in a Highland regiment and a son in Edinburgh, so I am a natural unionist. However, it is clear that, if we are…20 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, my name is on Amendment 113, and I commend the intentions of the amendments put down by colleagues on the Labour Benches. What we are talking about here is how we alert…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I wish to stress the importance of how the Bill, when it becomes an Act, will relate to the Official Secrets Act. I am almost in a minority in my own family in not…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI hope the Minister will agree to draw the attention of his department to the debate held in this House last week on delegated legislation and to the very strong sense across the…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I apologise for interrupting. I am sure the Minister recognises the damage which was done to the relationship between the ISC and Parliament, and to maintaining public…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I apologise if I have gone—as the Minister is advising me—a little far. The point I am making is that the lack of distinction in “any foreign power” is one of the…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, my name is on several of these amendments. I should perhaps say that I welcome and support those in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes. Two amendments of mine…16 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillAre those regulations to be laid before Parliament before the completion of the Bill, or will we have to wait until after it becomes an Act?16 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillDoes the Minister accept that issues of public health can often be highly political? One of my colleagues at the London School of Economics who was looking after a number of…16 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security Bill16 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, some of my colleagues will probably feel that further discussion on Part 3 is, in a sense, almost redundant. The clear sentiment of the House is that Part 3, as it…16 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I foresee yet another bout of litigation over who really owns what as this is implemented. We have seen a fair amount of argument among different Russian oligarchs about…16 Jan 2023HANSARDDemocracy Denied (DPRRC Report)My Lords, this is an extremely important debate and, as the Government by Diktat report says, we are talking about “the principles of parliamentary democracy, namely parliamentary…12 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, we need to come back to the question of a definition of a foreign power. The idea of a potential threat from Canada, Australia or the Netherlands, let alone the United…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, my name is on Amendment 70 and I want to speak to Amendments 68 and 71. I stress that, in getting this Bill right, we need to make sure that it does not lead to a level…11 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Service Ombudsman for EnglandMy Lords, I had not realised until I went into the background of this Question that we have 20 different ombudsmen in the United Kingdom. Nor had I realised that one ombudsman…10 Jan 2023HANSARDHouse of Lords: Party BalanceMy Lords, does the government briefing the Minister has make references to the White Paper of January 1999 on the transitional House? It said: “the Government will ensure that no…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I apologise for intervening yet again. My point was simply that the level of controls and identity verification we have now introduced for domestic voters under the…21 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, my name is on Amendments 43 and 44 and Amendment 45A is in my name. I welcome the clarification in the government amendments and stress that this is an important area in…21 Dec 2022