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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I do not want to know what they advertise to the right hon. Gentleman. They don’t do it by pigeon. The reality is that there are different ways in which people are trying to hack…22 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Fifteenth sitting)If I may, I will just give a quick explanation of what crypto is because there seems to be some misunderstanding. Crypto is both a technology and a financial instrument. The…22 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillThe hon. Member makes a very good point: there are many areas in which the individual concerned should certainly be doing the responsible thing and advertising it. The basis of…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sure that I speak for the Immigration Minister and the Policing Minister when I say that they will both look into it…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. It remains for me to thank enormously my right hon. Friends the Members for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds) and for…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that. It is not specific to this Bill, but it is something that many of us have been considering for a while. I certainly agree that…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillOh, he does not. I do have trust in our jury system and I do have trust in the Great British people to make decisions appropriately. One of the decisions sometimes made by juries…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillIt will not surprise the hon. Gentleman to know that one of the first things I did on arrival at the Home Office was to ask for it to be prepared for publication. I will come back…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillThis has been a very full discussion involving many people. Although I sympathise with those who have quite rightly made the point that we could always have more time for these…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillIt is a pleasure to stand before the House today to introduce not just new clause 9, but many other new clauses that I and many others in this House have argued for at different…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillI have a great trust in our jury system, and I know the right hon. Member does, too.16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillThe right hon. Gentleman will not be surprised to hear that we disagree on that element, but it has been a great pleasure to work on the Bill with him and with many others in the…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillI think the hon. Lady knows me well enough to know that, having been sanctioned by three countries now, it is unlikely that I will be reticent in identifying those that I think…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillThis will be the last time I give way for now.16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillMy right hon. Friend makes a valid point. The challenge that we have, as he knows very well, is how we balance the responsibility to inform and how wide we go. I have spoken about…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillI am very confident that others will also be bold on His Majesty’s behalf. Whoever is fortunate enough to be representing His Majesty in the Home Office will be able to conduct…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillMy right hon. Friend is right. I would be very happy to write to him. I can summarise it now by saying that the primary tier is that connected to political activity. Anybody from…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillWhat I am so pleased about with this Bill is that it introduces so many ideas that the right hon. Gentleman and I have discussed in private over many years when I was in a similar…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillI will.16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillI think the right hon. Member will find that espionage is illegal in the United Kingdom, whoever is carrying it out.16 Nov 2022