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HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I welcome the spirit with which the hon. Member for Halifax has entered into this discussion, and I appreciate her points. Making illegal those matters that irritate Ministers of…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I take that point in the spirit in which it was made. I think that makes sense, but it should be possible to refer back through the registrations. If registrations have not been…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Yes, there is no question but that it should be according to when the first part of the scheme comes into effect, not when the whole scheme is done.18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 27 requires the Secretary of State to prepare and publish an annual report to Parliament on the operation of FIRS.…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The difference between the tariffs is purely down to the different importance of a general registration and an enhanced registration. Question put and agreed to. New clause 24…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Not very veiled, no.18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)New clauses 24 and 26 deal with the penalties and supplementary provisions for the offences under the scheme. I start by reminding the Committee of one of the scheme’s aims: to…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I turn to new clauses 22 and 23, which relate to the offence of providing false information and of carrying out activities under arrangements tainted by false information. New…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The hon. Member for Halifax has raised the question of oversight on various occasions and I have already committed to discussing it with her, so I will come back to that point. As…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Okay. I am going to carry on, but I am very happy to continue this discussion on a later occasion. New clause 11 will provide three principal benefits. First, it will give the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)New clauses 11, 12 and 13 are the first of a series of amendments relating to the foreign influence registration scheme announced by the Home Secretary on Second Reading. I will…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Thank you very much for chairing this sitting, Mr Gray. It is a pleasure to be here under your chairmanship, and a great pleasure to introduce new clause 8 and new schedule 1,…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)That is simply not correct.18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)That is simply not correct. It is going forward. [ Interruption. ] I commit to writing to hon. Members should there be any changes, but the Bill is still going forward. New clause…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I want to start by addressing the point about disinformation, which is also about fake journalism. Hon. Members are absolutely right that that is a point that needs to be…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)This group relates to scheme exemptions; the power for the Secretary of State to set what information needs to be registered with the scheme; the power for the Secretary of State…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)As with the whole Bill, the way to think about it is as a public register, and because it is a public register the scrutiny will be provided, no doubt, by our friends in His…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Oct 2022