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HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Very, very briefly.18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)If the right hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I will come to that in a moment. New clause 20 provides the Secretary of State with the ability to give a notice to a person who has…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I will come to the point made by the right hon. Member for Dundee East. He is absolutely right. Forgive me—that is a drafting error, which we will look at and tidy up. On…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will bow to the superior knowledge of age and give way.18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank hon. Members for their comments so far. I will first touch on the point that has been raised about the explanatory notes. I am told that it is normal procedure for that to…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will be taking that up with officials later, and I will find out why that has been said.18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The right hon. Gentleman knows that I would never do such a thing. In response to the provision on oversight, we discussed in the last sitting that we are looking at different…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The question as to why we have not addressed this sooner is a fair one. The UK’s investigation legislation is complex, as the hon. Member for Halifax knows only too well from the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It is not entirely unheard of to make reference to other legislation that is going through at the moment. Should there be issues, then there may be obstacles, but—18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 9 and schedule 2 seek to insert customer information orders into the Bill as part of the suite of investigatory…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)New clauses 14 to 17 relate to the primary registration requirement, which is the requirement for political influence activities to be registered where they are either 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)You are very welcome, Mr Gray. Subsections (3) and (4) of new clause 11 make it clear that a specified person can be a foreign power or an entity that is not an individual.…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)As the hon. Lady will know very well, I share her deep concern at this information, which was reported just this morning. First, may I say that there are already many different…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Briefly, because we have so much to get through.18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood and the right hon. Member for North Durham for the tone with which they have approached the debate. I appreciate their…18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)That is the plan.18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It will be very soon.18 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Security Bill (Twelfth sitting)Clause 54 grants the Secretary of State authority to use third parties to assist in relation to any form of monitoring in connection with the measures specified in part 2 notices.…08 Sept 2022