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Debate on bill on Monday, 21 November 2005, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Scotland of Asthal. The answering member was Lord Kingsland.

Terrorism Bill

Terrorism Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
675 c1384-492 
Session
2005-06
Department
Home Office
Legislative stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Desai | 675 c1447-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, being the 27th speaker, almost everything that I want to say has been said. Briefly, when ...
Lord Plant of Highfield | 675 c1440-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased that the Government have produced a legislative framework for dealing with th...
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Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 675 c1442-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, to follow one philosopher of distinction in a debate is lucky, but to follow two of the ca...
Lord Stratford | 675 c1437-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, has an eminent, albeit difficult, position. But it is not as...
Lord Lyell of Markyate | 675 c1438-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a fascinating debate, not least the speech by the noble Lord, Lord Stratford...
Lord Parekh | 675 c1431-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the light of the July attacks in London and the knowledge that we have acquired about t...
Lord Carlile of Berriew | 675 c1434-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure the whole House will join with me in expressing pleasure that the noble Lord, Lo...
Lord Brennan | 675 c1448-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it has rightly been said in the debate that a primary duty of the state is to protect its ...
Lord Mayhew of Twysden | 675 c1429-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if he will forgive me, I shall not follow the noble Lord, Lord Soley, in his examination o...
Baroness Cox | 675 c1423-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in general I welcome the Bill’s measures to contain terrorism. My concern is whether it is...
Lord Soley | 675 c1426-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it may be something of an understatement to describe the previous speech as intriguing, bu...
Lord Soley | 675 c1427 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure whether I get injury time here, but I shall give way nevertheless.
Lord Goodhart | 675 c1417-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble Lord not understand that, for example, we were advocating an offence of pre...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 675 c1418-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I accept that and I look forward to the noble Lord’s contribution at the end of the debate...
Lord Morris of Aberavon | 675 c1421-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this Terrorism Bill is the Government’s fourth counter-terrorism Bill in five years. I sta...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 675 c1427-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a very quick point. Does the noble Lord agree that I was talking specifically about ...
Lord Soley | 675 c1428-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand that, but some of the people whom it is trying to hold outside are people who...
Lord Thomas of Gresford | 675 c1403-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, all Members of this House agree that terrorism must be detected, defeated and punished. My...
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 675 c1398-400 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in supporting the Second Reading of this Bill today, I speak from the particular experienc...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 675 c1409-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I know that several noble Lords later in the debate will talk about the great anxiety in u...
Baroness Hayman | 675 c1410-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in introducing the Bill my noble friend on the Front Bench said that we need legislation d...
Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 675 c1405-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Clause 5 makes it an offence to prepare to commit an act of terrorism. This clause fills a...
Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale | 675 c1407-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as a general observation on this Bill, I should like to say that, just like the noble Lord...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 675 c1417 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start with a confession. I have had a secret admiration for the noble Baroness, Lady Wil...
Baroness Henig | 675 c1412-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first of all I declare an interest as president of the Association of Police Authorities. ...
Baroness Williams of Crosby | 675 c1414-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Henig, has put one side of the case strongly and eloquently. Let ...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 675 c1384-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. No one can doubt the threat to ou...
Lord Kingsland | 675 c1388-92 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Baroness indicated, terrorism represents the biggest single threat to the sec...
Lord McNally | 675 c1392-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, gave his Dimbleby lecture on Wed...
Bishop of Southwark | 675 c1396-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the London bombings of 7 July have confirmed that our nation faces a grave challenge, whic...
Lord Clement-Jones | 675 c1452-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I follow my noble friend Lady Williams of Crosby in her passionate yet chilling speech, wh...
Baroness Goudie | 675 c1468-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the very recent, appalling atrocities in Amman are yet another reminder, if any are needed...
Lord Ahmed | 675 c1466-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I fully support the Government’s review of existing anti-terrorism laws, although it is a ...
Viscount Brookeborough | 675 c1464-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a sad reflection that after 30 years of terrorism in Northern Ireland we are still i...
Lord Griffiths of Burry Port | 675 c1462-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I live and work across the street from the Honourable Artillery Company, near the City of ...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 675 c1461-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is no more important human right than the right to life. It is of course the duty of...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 675 c1459-61 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will speak about one issue on the Bill: its effect on universities and academic freedom....
Lord Judd | 675 c1457-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the pain, the bereavement, the suffering and the danger speak for themselves. They represe...
Lord Eatwell | 675 c1454-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is much that is worth while in this Bill. I am sure that the whole House appreciates...
Lord Elton | 675 c1470-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I always wonder whether the process of taking notes for five hours does not addle the brai...
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe | 675 c1471-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as chief executive of Universities UK, in drawing attention to the g...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 675 c1473-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I concur almost entirely with the detailed critique of the Bill made from these Benches an...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 675 c1486 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the noble Lord give me the rational case for 28 days?
Lord Henley | 675 c1484-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin with brief thanks to the Chief Whip for suggesting certain time limits that have a...
Lord Henley | 675 c1486-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the case has been put forward by a great many people already. To give just one example, ma...
Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 675 c1476-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Elton, I hope that the Government will pay particular attention ...
Lord Davies of Coity | 675 c1474-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, although I am very clear in my uncompromising hatred of acts of terror, my contribution th...
Lord Goodhart | 675 c1481-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have now passed the gap in the speakers’ list, so the end of this long but interesting ...
Lord Harris of Haringey | 675 c1478-81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority with specific respo...
Lord Harris of Haringey | 675 c1487 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the noble Lord does not like the charge of political opportunism, presumably he will ac...
Lord Henley | 675 c1487-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we on the Front Bench of the Conservative Party have made no attacks on the police. That i...
Lord Davies of Coity | 675 c1487 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the noble Lord is suggesting that more than 28 days will be a recruiting sergeant, wher...
Lord Henley | 675 c1487 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, 28 days is much less. Some have argued for preserving the status quo of 14 days. We need t...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 675 c1488-92 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a good debate, notwithstanding the last series of heated exchanges. I am mos...
Baroness Park of Monmouth | 675 c1419-21 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wholeheartedly support the proposed maximum of 90 days’ detention, given that, as has be...
Lord Hurd of Westwell | 675 c1400-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Symons, the Minister and all those who support the Government’s c...
Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 675 c1444-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Benjamin Franklin reminded us that those who surrender liberty for security deserve neithe...
Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate | 675 c1450-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as a former senior police officer, you will be pleased to hear that I do not intend to det...
Subjects
Disclosure of information Civil liberties Criminal investigation Detainees Chemical weapons Intelligence services Incitement Judges Libraries Internet National security Police Organised crime Powers Nuclear weapons Proscribed organisations Police custody Publications Sentencing Universities Terrorism Stop and search Training Trespass Right of search Remand in custody Interception warrants Encouragement of terrorism Sunset clauses
Legislation
Terrorism Bill 2005-06
Link
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