Data Protection Bill [HL]

My Lords, some in this Chamber have taken the view that the Leveson agreement, which united all p...

My Lords, I have Amendment 147 and the consequential Amendments 148 and 216 in this group. It may...

Before my noble friend moves on, would he care to tell your Lordships why he is making a serious ...

My noble friend makes an excellent point, which I shall come to in a moment.

The third clai...

Is the noble Earl aware that there are some, including myself, who believe that Section 40 is unl...

There is a simple answer to that—the noble Lord should test that in the courts and test it in Eur...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Earl for mentioning one of the many cases over the year...

My Lords, it is such a relief to hear the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, admit to the House, as he did...

My Lords, I declare an interest. When I was a commander in the Metropolitan Police service, my pe...

My Lords, I will speak briefly, both to the proposed new clause in the amendment moved by the nob...

The noble Viscount said a few moments ago that we do not need an inquiry because we have all the ...

But the irony is that if we have a new inquiry, we will postpone the moment when the Government c...

Of course, my amendments are entirely modelled on Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act, which P...

That may be so, but Parliament makes errors, and this House is in the business of looking again a...

My Lords, I am one of those who backed the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, and I w...

My Lords, I hope that for the last time on this Bill I declare my interest as executive director ...

And how many cases has it arbitrated?

The scheme has only just come in following a pilot, so we need to give it a bit of time to see wh...

No, no.

I hear noble Lords disagreeing, but I have to tell them that it is true. If you are a struggling ...

My Lords, I too oppose the amendments in this group. I want to focus particularly on Amendment 14...

I wonder whether I will win the sympathy of the House by saying that I am not going to make a spe...

My Lords, I came intending to support the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, asking i...

The point is not that everything is right. We accept that it is not, but the facts are already kn...

I disagree with what the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham, says—namely, that the facts are already k...

I just to make something quite clear. I hope that the noble and learned Lord is not suggesting th...

This is the crux of the position. Now that it seems to be accepted that things are not okay, if t...

I am not suggesting that breaches do not occur; I am not an apologist. My position is that if and...

I have two comments to make in response. First, the Leveson 2 inquiry was promised. As I understa...

My Lords, I was not going to speak, but I feel impelled to do so. I have no time for the media. I...

My Lords, I first declare my interest as a Times columnist. Perhaps I may also start by thanking ...

My Lords, I am not a lawyer or journalist. If I was to describe myself as anything it is a jobbin...

My Lords, I sense that the House wishes to move on, to hear from the Minister and move to the ine...

My Lords, the Government recognise that there is great deal of passion and genuine concern on all...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his thoughtful response and to noble Lords who have s...

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

130: Clause 142, page 79, line 2, at end insert “to comp...

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

133: Clause 148, page 82, line 40, after “failures” inse...

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

138: Clause 152, page 84, line 40, leave out subsection ...

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

139: Clause 153, page 85, line 27, leave out “prepared” ...

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

144: After Clause 153, insert the following new Clause—<...

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

145: Clause 159, page 89, line 15, leave out from “compe...

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

146: Clause 160, page 90, line 3, leave out from “loss” ...

Moved by

Earl Attlee

147: After Clause 160, insert the following new Clause—

“P...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to these exceptionally ...

My Lords, I wanted to ask—

No!

We have had the debate already. We should now move to the vote.

I am just asking a question, although I thank the noble Lord for his advice. There is a consequen...

No.

My Lords, my noble friend is in order.

What would my noble friend’s reaction be if the inquiry that we have just voted for determined th...

My Lords, the answer to that question is simple, and applies to Section 40. If the Government det...

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

149: Clause 161, page 90, line 18, after “court” insert ...