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HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)It is novel for me—I speak as a lawyer. I would like to come back to clause 23 and the changes proposed to the Serious Crime Act 2007. I could tell you are very strongly in favour…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (First sitting)Q Does not the ability to obtain a ministerial authorisation under the Intelligence Services Act 1994 deal with those concerns? Sir Alex Younger: Again, I am not a lawyer, but I…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q We seem to have fairly decent regulation for participants in elections. We all know what imprints are, let us put it that way—anybody who has been elected knows what an imprint…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q That is fine. Finally, Mr Armstrong, is there a foreign influence registration scheme out there that you think would be particularly helpful to import into this legislation?…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q Are there powers that you would like to see in the Bill that are not in it and might help with some of this? Carl Miller: It is difficult, because the web of powers that the…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Q My second question is about the foreign influence registration scheme, which the Government promised they would introduce during the passage of the Bill through the Commons.…07 Jul 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Second sitting)Mr Miller? Carl Miller: There is nothing I dislike in the Bill. It makes a lot of sense to criminalise conscious influence activities linked to foreign states, but we should not…07 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeOver the past few days, Downing Street and the Prime Minister’s official spokesman have said different things at different times: first, that the Prime Minister was not aware of…05 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I begin by congratulating the Minister on introducing something he wanted to introduce as a Back Bencher. That does…20 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine: UK and NATO Military CommitmentGiven that, as has already been mentioned, the new head of the Army said that the UK must “forge an Army capable of fighting alongside our allies and defeating Russia in battle”,…20 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseBecause no one responsible for the 97 unlawful killings at Hillsborough has ever been held to account, the same slurs used by South Yorkshire police to deflect blame from their…09 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: First Treasury CounselNewspaper reports suggest that the First Treasury Counsel was asked to give only very selective advice. I am not asking the Minister to say what was in that advice, for the…09 Jun 2022HANSARDChampions League Final: ParisIt is only because of the calmness and forbearance of Liverpool fans at the Stade de France that nobody was killed. Let us be clear about that. Does the Minister understand that…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI think I heard the right hon. Lady give us a commitment that the provisions will be introduced in time for Committee stage in the Commons, which is very welcome. We can then try…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI, too, am a little mystified at why the Home Secretary is not seeking to reform all the Official Secrets Acts—the entire regime—with this once-in-a-generation piece of…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI am pleased to be speaking in this debate as one of the newer members of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament. It is good to hear from my colleagues on the…06 Jun 2022HANSARD Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953I thank the Minister on behalf of my constituents for his swiftness in arranging to see them tomorrow. They very much look forward to putting their points to him directly. Does…25 May 2022HANSARD Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. She is aware, I know, that I too have constituents who lost a child in those events. They have said to me that the lack of…25 May 2022HANSARDTackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living IncreasesI will begin by talking about something that I care a lot about, which ought to have been in the Queen’s Speech, but was not: the Hillsborough law and, particularly, the Public…17 May 2022HANSARDBusiness without DebateOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker, the Government have now killed the Public Advocate Bill, which aimed to prevent families bereaved by public disasters from having to go…18 Mar 2022