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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2018
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill

"My Lords, in considering the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, we have to look at the two new paragraphs (a) and (b) together. In the Bill, the Government seek to eliminate various routes by which an ingenious individual who wants, in effect, to incite people to support a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 Jun 2018
UK Territorial Seas: Incidents

"My Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Earl for the briefing that was provided yesterday. The improvements that have come with the co-ordination activity are welcome, but it is co-ordinating limited resources, as the noble Earl has admitted. He talked about it being intelligence led. Perhaps he cannot …..."
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Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Internet
Wednesday 16th May 2018

Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Ministry of Defence are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.

Answered by Earl Howe - Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

There are no Ministry of Defence contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud service providers that are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers.

Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Databases
Monday 30th April 2018

Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the Ministry of Defence's data is hosted (1) in the UK, and (2) overseas.

Answered by Earl Howe - Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes the security of its data and other assets very seriously. It is MOD policy that where possible and practicable, information and systems should be retained in the UK, rather than off-shore. We do not comment publicly on specific security arrangements or procedures.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Nov 2016
Multilateral Disarmament

"My Lords, the noble Earl has talked about the need to move towards multilateral disarmament, but there are stocks of fissile material in various parts of the globe. How confident is he that those stocks, which could be turned into nuclear weapons, are sufficiently secure to avoid them falling into …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill

"My Lords, noble Lords who have followed my limited contributions to the Bill will know that I take a fairly robust approach in support of what the Government seek to do in it. Indeed, they may even be slightly perplexed that I have tabled this amendment, which is supported by …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill

"Before my noble friend sits down, to be honest I think that he has slightly misunderstood the point that has been made. I am not putting this forward because of the business models of particular companies; I am proposing it because of the inherent weakness that could conceivably be created. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill

"I am very grateful for the detailed exposition that has been given. The Minister says that the Bill will not be used to do those things. Can he confirm that it cannot be used to do those things?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill

"My Lords, I am enormously grateful to the noble Earl for his detailed response and for reiterating the welcome and voluminous safeguards that are set out in the Bill. They are important and valuable, and they give me confidence about the context of the whole Bill. However, the argument with …..."
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