National Security Bill

My Lords, in general we support the aims of this Bill. We agree that our national security law ne...

My Lords, I welcome the introduction of this Bill. It has been very clear for many years that our...

My Lords, this is a long and detailed Bill which is clearly the product of much consultation and ...

My Lords, this Bill is clearly necessary. I welcome the intentions behind it, but I want to focus...

My Lords, I was going to say quite a lot this afternoon, but my noble friend Lord Evans and I did...

My Lords, this legislation has been a long time coming. The ISC first recommended reform of the o...

My Lords, the speakers’ list for this Second Reading debate is a terrifying assortment of people ...

My Lords, like previous legislation on intelligence and security, the Bill gives significant powe...

My Lords, a benefit of my removal to the Cross Benches some years ago is that, very occasionally,...

I welcome the intentions of the Bill and I strongly support the work of the agencies in keeping u...

My Lords, I want to pick up two points raised by my noble friend Lord Coaker in his introduction,...

My Lords, I rise from what has clearly become the securocrats Bench. I am able to speak pretty br...

My Lords, like others in this Second Reading debate, I welcome the Bill. It updates security legi...

My Lords, I do not normally speak in national security debates, and I bow to the far greater expe...

My Lords, when I was a squadron leader, I signed the Official Secrets Act. I still have my copy o...

My Lords, this has been a most interesting debate, not least due to the contributions from our na...

My Lords, I too thank the Minister and his officials for helping us prepare for this Bill. As the...

My Lords, I am grateful to all who have contributed to what has been a very constructive and inst...

My Lords, before Committee, could we be told how this new proposal will interact with the Nationa...

I shall get back to the noble Lord on that point.

To conclude on that issue, these decision...