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Nuclear Safeguards Bill

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 20 March 2018, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Henley.
Lords report stage first day. Government amendments to clause 1 agreed to. New clause agreed to on division (265 votes to 194). Government amendments made to clause 2. Amendment to Government new clause agreed to on division (244 votes to 194). Other amendments debated and withdrawn. Bill, as amended, ordered to be printed (HL Bill 91).

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

790 cc188-231 

Session

2017-19

Legislative stage

Report stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Nuclear Safeguards Bill 2017-19. Brought from the Commons.
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Bills
House of Lords
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee thirteenth report.
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee seventeenth report.
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Nuclear Safeguards Bill 2017-19. As amended on Report.
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Bills
House of Lords

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Deposited Paper DEP2018-0322
Sunday, 25 March 2018
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Henley | 790 c189 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Henley

1: Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 18 and 19

Lord Henley | 790 cc189-190 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 2 and 12.The amendments place the definition of “civil...


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Lord Hutton of Furness | 790 c190 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome the tabling by the Minister of this amendment. It is always a good idea to se...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 790 c190 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will enjoy the Minister’s response to my noble friend’s question. I welcome the amend...

Lord Henley | 790 cc190-1 (Link to this contribution)

On the last point of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, it is not necessary to rehearse all the arguments...

Lord Henley | 790 c191 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Henley

2: Clause 1, page 2, line 23, at end insert—

““civil activ...

Lord Broers | 790 c191 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Broers

3: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Agree...

Lord Broers | 790 cc191-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 3 seeks to ensure that the necessary agreements to secure the safeguards for ...

Earl of Selborne | 790 cc192-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in the draft transition agreement published yesterday the entry on Euratom is in green,...

Lord Warner | 790 cc193-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I strongly support this amendment. I want to focus on the one issue that will cause me ...

Lord Teverson | 790 cc194-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very happy to have added my name to this amendment. I am chair of the House’s EU E...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 790 cc195-7 (Link to this contribution)

I want to say a few words in support of the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Broers. I draw the ...

Viscount Trenchard | 790 cc197-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I very much respect the expert opinion of the noble Lords who have tabled this amendmen...

Viscount Hanworth | 790 cc198-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am inclined to clap a hand on my head and express my utter amazement at the absurdity...

Lord Grantchester | 790 cc200-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Broers, for tabling this amendment, to which we have added...

Lord Henley | 790 cc201-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I hope that I can persuade the House that it could be irresponsible and would create co...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 790 c202 (Link to this contribution)

Have Her Majesty’s Government received any assurance from the Government of the United States tha...

Lord Henley | 790 cc202-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am not aware of any such assurances. It is important that we get this legislation in ...

Lord Warner | 790 c205 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister as he comes to his peroration. Will he answer the question a...

Lord Henley | 790 c205 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord is asking whether that NCA with the United States will be completed. I have given ...

Lord Broers | 790 c205 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I very much appreciate what the Minister said with respect to the progress the Governme...

Baroness Vere of Norbiton | 790 c209 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Vere of Norbiton

4: Clause 2, page 4, line 24, at end insert—

Baroness Vere of Norbiton | 790 cc209-210 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendments 4 and 5 seek to place a time limit, also called a sunset, on use of the powe...

Lord Grantchester | 790 c210 (Link to this contribution)

I speak to our Amendment 5, which is in this group. In Committee, we proposed that the power of t...

Baroness Vere of Norbiton | 790 cc210-1 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for his contribution. It is clear that the sunset provision we are discuss...

Lord Henley | 790 c211 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Henley

6: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—

“Repor...

Lord Henley | 790 cc211-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 6 I shall speak also to my Amendment 10. This group includes Amendm...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 790 c212 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

7: After Clause 2, after subsection (2), insert—

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 790 cc212-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Henley, for suggesting that I go next and sp...

Baroness Featherstone | 790 cc213-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have attached my name to Amendment 7. I also support Amendment 9, which will be cover...

Viscount Trenchard | 790 c215 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome Amendment 6, proposed by the Minister. It makes a lot of sense but I do not t...

Lord Fox | 790 c215 (Link to this contribution)

I remind the noble Viscount that the two are not mutually exclusive.

Viscount Trenchard | 790 c216 (Link to this contribution)

I accept what the noble Lord says but if you are bound to commit, through the Euratom programmes,...

Lord Warner | 790 c216 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendments 7 and 9, and I compliment the Government on Amendment 6. I remind ...

Lord Fox | 790 cc216-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendment 9, to which my name is appended, and I commend the Government on Am...

Lord Broers | 790 cc217-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will make some brief remarks in answer to the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard. The res...

Lord Henley | 790 c218 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to begin by adding to something that the noble Lord, Lord Fox, said. He said tha...

Lord Fox | 790 c218 (Link to this contribution)

I should say that was not intended in any way to impugn the noble Lord’s integrity in his answers...

Lord Henley | 790 c218 (Link to this contribution)

I was not suggesting that the noble Lord was doing that in any way whatsoever.

Since Second...

Lord Henley | 790 cc218-220 (Link to this contribution)

I am amusing the clerical members of the Cross Benches and I will try to restrain from doing so. ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 790 c220 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that full response. He expressed deep sympathy with the intent...

Lord Teverson | 790 c221 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Teverson

8: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—

“Fre...

Lord Teverson | 790 cc221-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I remind Members of what the Euratom treaty says in Article 2(g)—that, in order to perf...

Lord Warner | 790 c225 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment because, like the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, I r...

Earl of Selborne | 790 c225 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, for at least 20 years this country allowed its specialist skills in matters nuclear to ...

Lord Hunt of Chesterton | 790 c226 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, an important point about Euratom is that it had a research programme on connecting fusi...

Lord Grantchester | 790 c226 (Link to this contribution)

I commend the noble Lords, Lord Teverson and Lord Warner, for bringing back this amendment on Rep...

Lord Henley | 790 c226 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for moving his amendment, and for the c...

Lord Fox | 790 c226 (Link to this contribution)

Can the Minister confirm that the issues rehearsed in this debate have been presented by DBEIS to...

Lord Henley | 790 c227 (Link to this contribution)

As I remember, the last time we debated this, by chance—I may be misremembering—a Home Office Min...

Lord Teverson | 790 cc227-8 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his reply. It is good to have some figures: can we have more of them in ...

Lord Teverson | 790 c228 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Teverson

9A: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—

“Re...

Lord Teverson | 790 cc228-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in Committee I raised an issue that I do not think has been raised before, about the in...

Lord Warner | 790 c229 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the amendment, but I do not expect us to go for our hat trick of votes on it....

Lord Fox | 790 c229 (Link to this contribution)

Following my noble friend Lord Teverson’s excellent explanation for the reason for this amendment...

Lord Grantchester | 790 c229 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for raising the important issue of the information technol...

Lord Henley | 790 cc230-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for moving his amendment. He and the Ho...

Lord Teverson | 790 c231 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister and welcome his undertaking that the IT systems will be included i...

Lord Henley | 790 c231 (Link to this contribution)

I give an assurance to write to the noble Lord, Lord Fox.

Lord Teverson | 790 c231 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome that and on that basis beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Lord Henley | 790 c231 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Henley

10: Clause 4, page 4, line 38, leave out “Section 3,” and insert...

Lord Henley | 790 c231 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Henley

12: The Schedule, page 7, line 3, leave out “76A(5) or (8)” and ...

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