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National Security Bill. Committee stage fourteenth sitting (afternoon).

New clause 11 (Requirement to register foreign activity arrangements), discussed with new clauses 12 (Offence of carrying out activities under an unregistered foreign activity arrangement) and 13 (Requirement to register activities of specified persons), agreed to. New clauses 12 and 13 agreed to. New clause 14 (Requirement to register foreign influence arrangements), discussed with new clauses 15 (Meaning of “political influence activity”), 16 (Offence of carrying out political influence activities pursuant to unregistered foreign influence arrangement) and 17 (Requirement to register political influence activities of foreign principals), agreed to. New clauses 15 to 17 agreed to. New clause 18 (General exemptions), discussed with new clauses 19 (Registration information), 20 (Information notices), 21 (Confidential material), 25 (Publication and copying of information) and 28 (Interpretation), agreed to. New clauses 19 to 21 agreed to. New clause 22 (Offence of providing false information), discussed with new clause 23 (Offence of carrying out activities under arrangements tainted by false information), agreed to. New clause 23 agreed to. New clause 24 (Offences: penalties), discussed with new clause 26 (Offences: supplementary provision), agreed to. New clauses 25 and 26 agreed to. New clause 27 (Annual report) agreed to. New clause 28 agreed to. New clause 4 (Proceedings relating to safety or interests of the United Kingdom) debated and withdrawn. New clause 5 (Ministerial conduct) debated and withdrawn. New clause 6 (Defences) debated and withdrawn. New clause 29 (Registration of former employees of foreign security services) debated and withdrawn. New schedule 1 (Disclosure orders), new schedule 2 (Customer information orders) and new schedule 3 (Account monitoring orders) agreed to. Title amended. Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 165). Written evidence reported to the House.