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National Security Bill

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 16 November 2022, in the House of Commons, led by Tom Tugendhat. The answering member was Holly Lynch.
Report stage. New clause 9 debated with further new clauses, amendments and Government amendments. New clause 9 agreed to. New clause 3 negatived on division (211 to 283). Clause 27, amendment 14 negatived on division (212 to 283). Schedule 13, amendment 132, negatived on division (56 to 282). Schedule 14, amendment 60, agreed to on division (275 to 209). Amendments to various clauses made. Third reading. Agreed to on question. Bill passed.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

722 cc721-795 

Session

2022-23

Department

Home Office

Legislative stage

Third reading and Report stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
Legislative scrutiny: National Security Bill. Joint Committee on Human Rights fifth report.
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
House of Commons
National Security Bill 2022-23. As amended in Public Bill Committee.
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Bills
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c722 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

Nigel Evans | 722 cc722-730 (Link to this contribution)

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New clause 1—Offence of failing t...


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Tom Tugendhat | 722 c730 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to stand before the House today to introduce not just new clause 9, but many oth...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c730 (Link to this contribution)

Plus a few others. So it is a great pleasure to be here today.

May I also place on record m...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c731 (Link to this contribution)

On that, I will give way—not for the last time, I am sure—to the right hon. Member.

Lord Beamish | 722 c731 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister talks about Darwinian change, but evolution takes a long time. Many things in the Bi...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c731 (Link to this contribution)

What I am so pleased about with this Bill is that it introduces so many ideas that the right hon....

John Hayes | 722 c731 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend is right that this is an important step. In particular, he is right about th...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c731 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend is right. I would be very happy to write to him. I can summarise it now by s...

Chris Bryant | 722 c732 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister said that once somebody has registered on a website, we will all be able to see it. ...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c732 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member makes a very good point: there are many areas in which the individual concerned s...

Stewart Hosie | 722 c732 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister has accurately described what the two different tiers of the FIRS scheme will do, bu...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c732 (Link to this contribution)

I think the right hon. Member will find that espionage is illegal in the United Kingdom, whoever ...

Julian Lewis | 722 c732 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister is very forbearing, and I am glad of the opportunity to warmly congratulate him on h...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 cc732-3 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend makes a valid point. The challenge that we have, as he knows very well, is h...

Maria Eagle | 722 c733 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Minister give way on that point?

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c733 (Link to this contribution)

This will be the last time I give way for now.

Maria Eagle | 722 c733 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. He has talked about the challenges and the enhanced...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c733 (Link to this contribution)

I think the hon. Lady knows me well enough to know that, having been sanctioned by three countrie...

Chris Bryant | 722 c733 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman might not be in the job.

Tom Tugendhat | 722 cc733-4 (Link to this contribution)

I am very confident that others will also be bold on His Majesty’s behalf. Whoever is fortunate e...

Lord Beamish | 722 c734 (Link to this contribution)

As my hon. Friend the Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) said, we had four Ministers i...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c734 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman will not be surprised to hear that we disagree on that element, but it h...

Nigel Evans | 722 c734 (Link to this contribution)

Order. We have already had four points of order, and we have limited time, so I ask Members to pl...

Holly Lynch | 722 cc734-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to be back in the Chamber at the Report stage of this hugely important piece of ...

John Hayes | 722 c736 (Link to this contribution)

Efficacy and proportionality are the twin guarantees that underpin all security legislation and a...

Holly Lynch | 722 cc736-8 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the intervention. The points that I am about to make about the value and role o...

Lord Beamish | 722 c738 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is right that we discussed the issue in detail in Committee. Clearly, the only rea...

Holly Lynch | 722 cc738-740 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for making that powerful point. He is absolutely right that...

David Davis | 722 c740 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome the Minister to his post. He is very much a round peg in a round hole—despite my histor...

Alistair Carmichael | 722 c740 (Link to this contribution)

It is worth reflecting and placing back on the record that we know the names of Belhaj and Boudch...

David Davis | 722 cc740-3 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman is right, and it is also true that we found out about Binyam Mohamed onl...

Nigel Evans | 722 c743 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I will now announce the results of the ballot held today for the election of the Chairs of...

Stuart C McDonald | 722 cc743-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis). He has ou...

Nigel Evans | 722 c747 (Link to this contribution)

Order. As hon. Members can see, there is quite a bit of interest in the debate. I am introducing ...

Iain Duncan Smith | 722 c747 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will not take that long.

Before I speak to the amendmen...

Nigel Evans | 722 c747 (Link to this contribution)

Order. After the next speaker, the speaking time limit will be five minutes. I call Dan Jarvis.

Dan Jarvis | 722 cc748-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Dunca...

Nigel Evans | 722 c749 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I have miscalculated—this is one of the reasons I was never made a Treasury Minister—and I...

Robert Buckland | 722 cc749-750 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will not be able to emulate the admirable record of my hon. Frien...

Lord Beamish | 722 cc750-1 (Link to this contribution)

There are many things in the Bill that I support, but I think it is a missed opportunity. It has ...

Jeremy Wright | 722 c751 (Link to this contribution)

In view of the time, I will only briefly say something about three areas of the Bill. First, amen...

David Davis | 722 c751 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend will remember that, when the Overseas Operations (Service Person...

Jeremy Wright | 722 cc751-2 (Link to this contribution)

I hope my right hon. Friend is wrong, but the Government have to consider it for exactly those re...

Alistair Carmichael | 722 cc752-3 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Sir Jere...

Ben Everitt | 722 cc753-4 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) and to s...

Ben Everitt | 722 c754 (Link to this contribution)

Because I have read it. [Interruption.] I will give sources to the House of Commons Library if I ...

Chris Bryant | 722 cc754-5 (Link to this contribution)

I, too, support the Bill, but I think part 3 is a complete mess. I do not think it will survive l...

Antony Higginbotham | 722 cc755-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate and to follow the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant)...

Stewart Hosie | 722 cc756-7 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister said in relation to the foreign influence registration scheme that other countries h...

John McDonnell | 722 cc757-8 (Link to this contribution)

For the record and as a message to the other House, I wish to say that I believe that the Governm...

Joanna Cherry | 722 cc758-9 (Link to this contribution)

I was here to speak to new clause 7 and amendments 17 to 28 and 30 to 39, but there is not enough...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c759 (Link to this contribution)

This has been a very full discussion involving many people. Although I sympathise with those who ...

Chris Bryant | 722 c759 (Link to this contribution)

One thing that the Government have certainly had plenty of time to get ready is the tier 1 visa r...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 cc759-760 (Link to this contribution)

It will not surprise the hon. Gentleman to know that one of the first things I did on arrival at ...

Lord Beamish | 722 c760 (Link to this contribution)

With the greatest respect, that is a weak argument, because there can always be closed hearings o...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c760 (Link to this contribution)

I have a great trust in our jury system, and I know the right hon. Member does, too.

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c761 (Link to this contribution)

Oh, he does not. I do have trust in our jury system and I do have trust in the Great British peop...

Mary Robinson | 722 c761 (Link to this contribution)

The public interest defence has been mentioned on several occasions throughout this debate. Notwi...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c761 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that. It is not specific to this Bill, but it is some...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 cc784-792 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

It remains for me to thank enormou...

Holly Lynch | 722 cc792-3 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to confirm that the Labour party supports the Third Reading of this Bill.

It is the ...

Stuart C McDonald | 722 c793 (Link to this contribution)

I, too, thank all colleagues for their involvement and engagement in the Bill, even if we could h...

Robin Walker | 722 c793 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Further to the announcement from the Chair on the resu...

Iain Stewart | 722 cc793-4 (Link to this contribution)

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I also put on the record my grateful th...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 722 c794 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the new Chairs of the Education Committee and Transport Committee for their points of ord...

Stella Creasy | 722 c794 (Link to this contribution)

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wonder whether you might be able to advise me on a s...

Yvette Cooper | 722 c794 (Link to this contribution)

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The reports of the case are very serious an...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 722 c794 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady and the right hon. Lady for their points of order. Obviously I do not know ...

Tom Tugendhat | 722 c794 (Link to this contribution)

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am sure that I speak for the Immigration ...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 722 c795 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister; that is extremely helpful. I know that it will be fed back that this has be...

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