"My Lords, as the Minister knows, Sir Lindsay Hoyle said that the ISC is completely separate and independent, so there should be no barrier to releasing the information. At the same time, the Minister for the Cabinet Office is supposed to have released a Written Statement today giving more details. …..." Baroness Coffey - View Speech
"My Lords, can the Minister confirm that the National Security Adviser, who is not a civil servant and was very deliberately chosen by the Prime Minister to be a special adviser, will have no involvement in the scrutiny of what information is going to be released, and that it will …..." Baroness Coffey - View Speech
"My Lords, I have tabled Amendment 2. The clerks suggested changing the wording to what is now there. It is a probing amendment, and like those of the noble Lord, Lord Patel, it could be applied to other clauses as well. It is about the principle. My strong view is …..." Baroness Coffey - View Speech
"My Lords, I have tabled in this group Amendments 222D to 222F, 225A, 230A, 232A, 232B, 234ZA and 234B, and the Schedule 29 stand part notice. I do not want to say that I am against Schedule 29, but it is only by doing a stand part notice that I …..." Baroness Coffey - View Speech
"My Lords, I have a few questions for the Minister. My noble and learned friend Lord Keen has set out pretty eloquently the issue of the narrowness, and the House will be aware that one of the elements of Section 30 orders, and indeed of a variety of subordinate secondary …..." Baroness Coffey - View Speech
"Before the Minister sits down, I asked whether the Government suggested to Kim Leadbeater that she table Amendment 77 back in June, which started to extend parts of the Bill to Scotland. I can always ask the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, about his Amendment 888, but, if she …..." Baroness Coffey - View Speech
"My Lords, I have tabled Amendment 110, which is about trying to understand which version of the Mental Capacity Act we are dealing with. Section 2 of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 would replace what was in the 2005 Act. It has not yet been implemented. I do not …..." Baroness Coffey - View Speech
"My Lords, I have tabled Amendment 73. One of the issues here is whether a disease is terminal without treatment. A simple example is type 1 diabetes. The World Health Organization classifies diabetes as a disease. That means that, under the Bill as it stands, as pointed out by witnesses …..." Baroness Coffey - View Speech
"In my Amendment 110, I was basically saying that there is a new section in waiting, and what is the Government’s intention regarding it? My amendment would put it in place a capacity measure in this legislation, and I want to try to understand the position. Also, I do not …..." Baroness Coffey - View Speech
"My Lords, I start by welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Roe, to the House. I am sure that his experience will be informative in many ways, including now as chair of the building safety regulator. I am sure his insight will be very valuable to the R&R committee in a …..." Baroness Coffey - View Speech