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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Nov 2015
Draft Investigatory Powers Bill

"I shall save my questions for the Select Committee, but in the mean time I shall ask just one. What is the timetable for the forming of the Joint Committee and when do the Government hope to receive its report?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 08 Jul 2015
Investigatory Powers

"My Lords, on behalf of those who sit on these Benches, I start by paying tribute to the dedicated and highly successful performance of the police and the agencies in keeping the people of this country safe from terrorism. While each successful attack is a severe personal tragedy for those …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 08 Jul 2015
Investigatory Powers

"My Lords, I am reluctant to delay us on an evening when there are some transport problems, but it may have slipped the Minister’s mind that I asked him a question concerning how the Government slipped through powers giving themselves the right to hack into computers and phones without any …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Jun 2015
Communications Data

"My Lords, there are half a dozen or so civil liberties organisations that could greatly assist the Government in coming up with a balanced investigatory powers Bill. Which civil liberties organisations have the Government consulted?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 02 Jun 2015
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, we live in dangerous times—the danger of imported terrorism from various parts of the world; threats from newly aggressive Russia and China; and danger from rogue nuclear states such as Iran and North Korea. However, the biggest peril we face is losing, or throwing away, the freedoms, liberty, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 02 Mar 2015
Serious Crime Bill [HL]

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That this House do agree with Amendment 11A as an amendment to Commons Amendment 11...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 02 Mar 2015
Serious Crime Bill [HL]

"My Lords, when this Bill was last debated in another place, the Home Office rejected a new clause tabled by Julian Huppert and backed by cross-party Back-Benchers that was very similar to this Amendment 11 but had a number of key differences. My amendment seeks to probe the justification, if …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 02 Mar 2015
Serious Crime Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I gave my noble friend the Minister advance notice of my questions. He has made a very good attempt at answering them and I thank him for that. Obviously, the devil will be in the detail of the code of practice. I will very gladly accept his invitation …..."
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Written Question
Electronic Surveillance
Thursday 12th February 2015

Asked by: Lord Strasburger (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recommendation from the Interception of Communications Commissioner that judicial authorisation is obtained in cases where communications data are sought to determine the source of journalistic information, whether they intend to implement the recommendation; and, if so, when.

Answered by Lord Bates

The Government indicated on the day that the Interception of Communications Commissioner’s inquiry report was published that we accepted the recommendations in it in full. We will bring forward the necessary legislation as soon as Parliamentary time allows.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2015
Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill

"My Lords, I confess that I do not really know where to start. I think it is true that all the previous speakers are former members of what I would call the security establishment: they are former policemen, former Home Office Ministers or former spies—I am not sure in which …..."
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