Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Paddick has added his name to this amendment. I want from these Be...

My Lords, in considering the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, we have to look at the ...

My Lords, I rise very briefly to say that it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Harris ...

My Lords, I too agree with the noble Lord, Lord Harris. It seems to me that this clear provision ...

My Lords, I will not go over the arguments again. The noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, ...

I say this with great deference to a former senior police officer, but surely the arrest conditio...

I am grateful for the noble Lord’s intervention but, as I say, I am not going to address that poi...

My Lords, I cannot agree with everybody. The noble Lord, Lord Harris, made the crucial point that...

My Lords, Amendments 1 and 2, in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, and the noble Lord,...

I thank noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and particularly the noble Baroness, Lady Jone...

Before the noble Baroness sits down, perhaps she might address the remarks of the noble and learn...

I heard what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, had to say, but I do not agree. I hope that ...

I thank the Minister for her assurances. I do not accept that Amendment 1 nullifies Clause 1; tha...

Moved by

Lord Paddick

3: Clause 2, page 2, line 2, after “if” insert “without reasona...

My Lords, Amendment 3 is in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Hamwee. I will speak also to...

The noble Lord has read out only part of the grounds for arrest. There has to be a necessity for ...

I know that I am taking my life in my hands by arguing with a lawyer, but I believe that the nobl...

I am sorry; I cannot let this pass. If the noble Lord were to look at Section 110 of the Serious ...

Sadly, I do not have the legislation in front of me, so I cannot comment. No, I will not accept t...

We support the concerns that have been expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, that, under the...

My Lords, I declare an interest because of my professional and voluntary past, as recorded in the...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for taking us through an explanation of his amend...

I am grateful to the Minister for her explanation. The Government seem to be relying on the CPS c...

Moved by

Earl Howe

6: Clause 3, page 2, line 44, at end insert “, or

(b) the pe...

My Lords, we have had detailed and insightful debates on Clause 3, particularly on the operation ...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

7: Clause 3, in paragraph (b), leave out “the purposes of” a...

My Lords, the noble Earl says that all will become clear. I am afraid that I have another questio...

My Lords, I want to put on record my thanks to the Government for listening to the concerns expre...

My Lords, as my noble friend the Minister will know, the committee which I have the honour to ser...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for tabling the amendment. It is hard to think of any reason other...

We fully support government Amendment 6 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Williams of Traff...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken, especially for the supportive comment...

The last words of line 40 read,

“in which at the time”

and the next line starts, “of ...

My Lords, perhaps if my noble friend the Minister is not absolutely certain on this point we coul...

My Lords, I was not as precise as I should have been. The words after,

“(but are not limite...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that explanation because it answers my point and deal...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

10: Clause 4, page 3, line 13, at end insert—

“( ) If the ...

Clause 4 inserts, in new Section 58B of the Terrorism Act 2000:

“It is a defence for a pers...

My Lords, the burden of proof should be on the prosecution and should be seen to be on the prosec...

My Lords, I agree with both noble Lords. The amendment seems to be common sense. As the noble Lor...

My Lords, Section 118 got somewhat lost in the discussions earlier. I support this amendment but ...

My Lords, with great respect to my noble friend, and indeed to my noble and learned friend on my ...

My Lords, Amendment 10 returns us to an area on which we have previously had helpful and extensiv...

I am obviously disappointed by the Government’s response, although it would be wrong of me to sug...

Moved by

Earl Howe

11: Clause 4, page 3, line 19, at end insert—

“(3A) The case...

My Lords, the government amendments in this group will make a number of changes to Clause 4. Clau...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

12: Clause 4, in subsection (3B)(a), leave out “nature” and ...

My Lords, we also have Amendments 13, 14 and 17 in this group as amendments to the government ame...

My Lords, I offer my support for Amendment 15. I will speak on behalf of humanitarian aid workers...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for these amendments, and in particular for his response ...

My Lords, I strongly support the amendment; indeed I welcome the moves the Government have alread...

My Lords, I am happy to follow my noble friend Lord Sandwich. I welcome the Government’s amendmen...

My Lords, although, I hope, properly grateful for Amendment 11, I support Amendment 15. Also in t...

My Lords, I support Amendment 19. I cannot think of anything I can say that would improve on what...

I have two amendments in this group. One is Amendment 15 and I have added my name to Amendment 19...

My Lords, very briefly, I completely agree with my noble friend Lady Hamwee, who has addressed al...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, has argued for the expansion of the Government’s list ...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

15: Clause 4, page 3, line 19, at end insert—

“(3A) A pers...

I thank the Minister for his response, but obviously there is a difference of opinion. We feel th...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

16: Clause 4, page 3, line 26, at end insert—<...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

18: Clause 4, page 4, line 18, at end insert—<...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

20: Clause 4, page 4, line 27, at end insert—<...