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National Security Bill

Proceeding contribution from Julian Lewis (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 16 November 2022. It occurred during Debate on bills on National Security Bill.

The Minister is very forbearing, and I am glad of the opportunity to warmly congratulate him on his appointment and thank him for the positive way in which he has been reaching out to the ISC.

On the question of the second tier, there appears to be some sort of discrimination between countries that are friendly and those that are hostile, and—unless I misunderstand the Bill—only the hostile ones are going to appear in the secondary designation. If that is the case, could it not lead to some anomalous situations when diplomatic relations improve with a country, so we take it off the second tier, or they worsen and we put it on? There is bound to be a time lag in that sort of thing, so how practical is the second tier scheme as it is currently constituted?

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Reference

722 c732 

Session

2022-23

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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