Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

I will speak to Amendments 12 and 61 in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of T...

I understand that the noble Lord, Lord Judd, has withdrawn, so the next speaker will be the noble...

My Lords, in many ways, subsection (5) of Clause 1 could well be the most important part of the B...

My Lords, it is a pity, although entirely understandable, that we had to break the debate last we...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, who has brought to bea...

I am very pleased to follow the noble and learned Lord, who ended by saying that he wanted to ens...

My Lords, I will confine my remarks on this Bill to the thrust of Amendment 46. I declare an inte...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow my noble friend Lord Campbell-Savours, whose expertise in t...

My Lords, I support the case for strengthening oversight as put forward in Amendments 46 and 73, ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 14. I was sorry that I was unable to attend Second Reading. I was s...

My Lords, I too regret the split in this debate and certainly hope that it does not happen again....

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow so many distinguished Members of your Lordships’ House...

My Lords, this has been a lengthy and complex debate, and I blame the noble Lord, Lord Anderson o...

Amendments 14 and 75 in my name and the name of my noble friend Lord Kennedy of Southwark provide...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for contributing to what has been quite a lengthy debate on thi...

My Lords, I have had six requests to speak after the Minister, from the noble Lords, Lord Hain an...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her typically courteous and thoughtful response, particularly ...

The noble Lord knows how I operate, so he can be absolutely sure I would be happy to meet noble L...

In the light of the answer the Minister has given, including her willingness to talk with my nobl...

My Lords, I am not going to repeat what I said in my speech, but I want to make three small point...

Try as I might, that was very difficult to hear. I think that the noble Baroness—I know that she ...

My Lords, I want to make a point on Amendment 77 on journalistic sources, in the name of the nobl...

I think the only response to that is to thank my noble friend for taking the time to explain it t...

In thanking the noble Baroness for her characteristically thoughtful response and her offer to me...

I am very happy either to write to the noble Baroness and outline what I said in more detail or m...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for what she has said. I accept what she and the noble Baroness, L...

If I understand the point from the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, that the CHIS is authorised to commi...

My Lords, I am grateful for the way in which the Minister so helpfully explained the Government’s...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 16. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

16: Clause 1, page 2, line 16, leave out “the person believe...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Paddick and I have Amendments 16, 18, 20, 32 and 33 in this group,...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness for at least part of her journey, as she ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and the noble Lord, Lord An...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. I support and wil...

The noble Lord, Lord Judd, has withdrawn so I call the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford.

My Lords, the first issue to consider is the identity of the person who grants the prior authoris...

The noble Lord, Lord Cormack, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon, have withd...

My Lords, I will speak to a number of these amendments simultaneously, using a different word to ...

I can be very brief in support of Amendment 17 and its Scottish equivalent. The intention appears...

My Lords, I listened to my noble friend opposite and his detailed, and quite persuasive, contribu...

My Lords, during this sitting of the Committee, I have just discovered about the passing of Lord ...

My Lords, I have looked carefully at the amendments in this group. Amendment 16 moved by the nobl...

My Lords, perhaps I may begin by discussing the question of the test of necessity and proportiona...

I have received two requests to speak after the Minister, from the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of I...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his courteous and measured response, but can I press ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for his supplementary question. I apologise for having ...

I am not sure we want exchanges in this manner. Minister, are you complete or are you continuing?...

With your leave, I was about to indicate that I think it better in the circumstances—and where th...

I want to make just a couple of points. I do not accept the noble and learned Lord’s point that, ...

I am obliged to the noble Lord for that final submission. We do, I acknowledge, need to address t...

My noble friend Lord Paddick has been using his experience of the past—experience is, by definiti...

My Lords, we need to halt our proceedings before too long so that we can move on to the coronavir...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 19A. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

19A: Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 22 and ...

My Lords, I have written a very long speech, so I hope I will not hold people up for too long.