Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

My Lords, before I speak to the details of Amendment 3 in my name, I will comment briefly on the ...

My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 21 and 22, which are intended to elucidate and, if neces...

My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord, but there is a little bit of interference.

[Inaudible]—in relation to matters for which a judicial commissioner is responsible. Could the Mi...

My Lords, I do not know if the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, can hear me in the Chamber. I am afraid...

My Lords, I ask the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, not just to resume his speech—we look f...

I am grateful, and apologise for what seems to have been something of a crossed line.

I dea...

My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, who is next on the list, has bee...

My Lords, speaking for the Opposition, we support the essence of this Bill. As noble Lords from a...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, and to hear him speak in positi...

What a pleasure it is to follow the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, who has demolished the Government’s...

My Lords, it is a pleasure yet again to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. I s...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 3, which seeks to ensure that victims of criminal conduct ca...

My Lords, I also think the amendment is clear, which is why I was glad to add my name to it. I wo...

It is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, and I associate myself with his remarks...

My Lords, the Intelligence and Security Committee, which I sit on, welcomes the introduction of t...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord West. I am not a lawyer but I have had...

My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Naseby.

I see that the clear int...

My Lords, it is always stimulating to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker—although I disagree with...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, who speaks with great authority and experience...

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendments 3 and 4. If I may so, my noble friend Lord Dubs covere...

My Lords, I echo the grave concerns of many Peers. I also endorse what has been said about the go...

My Lords, it is a privilege, if not somewhat intimidating, to follow my noble friend Lady Kennedy...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bryan, in supporting Amendmen...

My Lords, it is indeed a great pleasure to follow my noble friends Lady Bryan of Partick and Lord...

My Lords, the Bill is intended to provide a legal framework for the state authorising its agents ...

My Lords, it is a real privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cooksto...

My Lords, the level of responses throughout the debates on the Bill indicates the level of concer...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, which I think has gone on n...

I have received a request to speak after the Minister and to ask a question from the noble Barone...

My Lords, with regard to the criminal injuries compensation scheme, the Minister said that the Bi...

I noticed that the noble Baroness mentioned that point in her speech. The practical application o...

My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has spoken in this debate and was quite humbled by so man...

I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness, but we are making slow progress on the Bill and we ha...

I think I made my intention to divide clear earlier and I will say one or two sentences more befo...

There appears to be a technical problem with the voting. I suggest that the House adjourn for 15 ...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 5. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...

Moved by

Lord Dubs (Lab)

5: Clause 1, page 2, line 8, at end insert—

“(1A) Auth...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 5, I shall speak also to Amendment 23, which is grouped with it. I ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 16 in my name and those of my noble friend Lord Blunkett, a f...

My Lords, in speaking to Amendments 33, 37, 44 and 46, which are also signed by the noble and lea...

Amendments 5 and 23, tabled by my noble friend Lord Dubs, provide for prior judicial oversight. T...

My Lords, it is again a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rosser. We agree with the argumen...

My Lords, I do not wish to address at any length the various competing amendments that are being ...

My Lords, I very much enjoyed the previous speech, which gave me much information about a great n...

My Lords, for the second time today, I have the great pleasure of following the noble Baroness, L...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Hain in his admirable description of what has happened h...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, who speaks with deep personal...

My Lords, the name of the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, appears next on the list by mistake—he has alr...

My Lords, in supporting the new clause in Amendment 33 and its consequentials, I am riding pillio...

My Lords, it is a great relief to follow the noble Lord, Lord Butler of Brockwell, because I enti...

My Lords, I can be brief on this, currying some favour, I hope, with the Government Whip that wil...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti. She kept me well aware...

My Lords, it is an absolute pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord West of Spithead.

There...

My Lords, I very much agree with the detail and the general sentiment in the excellent contributi...

My Lords, the interesting lesson from the noble Lord, Lord Mann, on the history of the left—it is...

My Lords, I preface my remarks with a very straightforward point, by noting that judicial commiss...

My Lords, I want to make it perfectly plain that I totally disagree with the arguments put forwar...

My Lords, I intervene briefly to support Amendments 5 and 16. The experience of so many noble Lor...

My Lords, I speak briefly to a number of amendments. First, on Amendment 5, I do not believe what...

My Lords, there are obvious flaws in any authorisation procedure in which the main safeguard agai...

My Lords, it is always a delight to follow my friend, the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The Sha...

The noble Lord, Lord King of Bridgwater, is unavailable, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Manni...

I was expecting to follow the former chair of the ISC from when I was there, but I am delighted t...

I was expecting to follow the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, but I am even more delighted, ...

My Lords, it speaks well of the House that there is such concern about safeguards to buttress cri...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this long but worthwhile debate. First, I pa...

I have received two requests to ask short questions from the noble Lords, Lord Blunkett and Lord ...

I congratulate the Minister on her tenacity and her grasp of detail, which is reassuring and refr...

While I have the opportunity, I thank the noble Lord for the conversation we had the other day—it...

I too thank the Minister for her reply and for her engagement. It is clear from the balance of th...

It was very good for us to have a chat the other day because we could discuss things that clearly...

My Lords, the Minister has already been congratulated on her mastery of the detail. I congratulat...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 6 and I remind noble Lords that Membe...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

6: Clause 1, page 2, line 17, after “person” insert “reasona...

My Lords, we have Amendments 6, 18 and 36 in this group. Under new Section 29B, the person granti...

My Lords, I have signed Amendments 6 and 36, having tabled similar amendments myself in Committee...

I can add very little to what has been so ably said in support of the amendment, to which I put m...

My Lords, the request here is very modest and I am sure that the Minister will want to accept the...

My Lords, on the narrow point just made very clearly by the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, I w...

My Lords, I have little to add to what has gone before. I often wonder whether the Government are...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, has withdrawn. I call the noble Lord, L...

Before I comment on these amendments, I am told that there was a tweet earlier today from the Com...

My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Lord, Lord Rosser. I heard earlier today that my right ho...

My Lords, I gather that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, would like to speak...

I think there is a question of consistency; if in one statute you have the word “reasonable”, whi...

Does the Minister wish to reply?

I will use the opportunity because the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, talked about the codes of practi...

I now call the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee.

My Lords, I am sorry to hear the news about James Brokenshire, whom I have known for a very long ...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 7. I remind noble Lords that Members ...

Moved by

Lord Paddick

7: Clause 1, page 2, line 27, after “detecting” insert “serious...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 7, I will speak also to Amendments 8, 9 and 10 in my name and that ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for putting the argument for my Amendmen...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Bar...

It is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti. She mentioned complacency in the...

My Lords, I join in passing best wishes on to James Brokenshire. The noble Baroness, Lady Chakrab...

My Lords, I add my thoughts for James Brokenshire, who was a member of the Justice Committee when...

My Lords, I join in the good wishes to James Brokenshire. He has been a superb Minister over many...

My Lords, I am associated with Amendment 7 and shall speak in support of my noble friend Lady Cha...

My Lords, I join so many noble Lords in paying a warm tribute to James Brokenshire and sending ou...

My Lords, this is the first time I have spoken on the Bill on Report. First, I join others in sen...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords in this group who have paid their respects and tributes to my r...

I have received two requests to ask short questions, from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay...

I am grateful to the Minister for her comments, but I fear that she has misread Amendment 11. It ...

Does the Minister wish to reply? No? Okay—I call the noble Lord, Lord Paddick.

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions, but, first, I send my best wishes to t...

Moved by

Lord Paddick

9: Clause 1, page 2, line 30, at end insert “so far as those in...

Moved by

Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab)

11: Clause 1, page 3, line 2, at end insert “; an...

My Lords, as I indicated earlier, I would like to test the opinion of the House on this amendment...