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Debate on Tuesday, 30 March 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock. The answering member was Lord West of Spithead.

Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report for 2008–09 (Cm 7807)

Lords debate on motion to consider the Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report for 2008-09 (Cm 7807). Agreed to on question. (Debated with Lords motion to consider the Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report for 2009-10 (Cm 7844)).

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
718 c525-60GC 
Session
2009-10
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness Neville-Jones | 718 c539GC (Link to this contribution) I was just going to say that as the committee currently reports to the Executive, it seems rather od...
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Lord West of Spithead | 718 c549-51GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Foulkes for opening the debate, as I do others who have spoke...
Lord King of Bridgwater | 718 c554GC (Link to this contribution) Why does it matter what the investigator is tackling? He reports to the committee, and the committee...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c532GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may deal with the second question first. There are problems with taking evidence officiall...
Lord Geddes | 718 c546GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with great respect to the noble Lord, perhaps I might remind him of the Companion where, a...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 718 c551GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may make one point. In the event of a Joint Select Committee of Parliament being set up, t...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 718 c529GC (Link to this contribution) My noble friend referred to paragraph 11 of the report. If there was a misunderstanding in the burea...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 718 c532GC (Link to this contribution) I follow the comment of the noble Lord, Lord King of Bridgwater. Under the new arrangement, will the...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c531-2GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, particularly since I had anticipated his asking that question. I ca...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c533GC (Link to this contribution) That is an interesting suggestion which has come up on a number of occasions in a number of venues. ...
Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 718 c532GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way and apologise for arriving late. Does he think that t...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 718 c539GC (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to intervene like this. However, when we did some work on this some years ago we found th...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 718 c542-3GC (Link to this contribution) The police, the Financial Services Authority and others need to keep a very active watch on what goe...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 718 c544-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I chime with the noble Lord, Lord King, in his view that the chairman of the committee sho...
Lord West of Spithead | 718 c551GC (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend for that. He pre-empted exactly what I was about to say. Creating a committe...
Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 718 c546-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I, too, may crave the indulgence of the Committee to make a short contribution in ...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c557-60GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my reply can be very brief for a number of reasons: first, because I spoke for rather long...
Lord West of Spithead | 718 c554-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the noble Lord is right, I am not aware of the embargo on journalists. It is amazing qu...
Lord King of Bridgwater | 718 c529GC (Link to this contribution) Following on from the question of the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, and without wishing to caus...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c532GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord has a point. As I said earlier, the operational arrangements of the committee have de...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 718 c539GC (Link to this contribution) Will the noble Baroness tell us her view on making the committee a committee of the House of Commons...
Baroness Neville-Jones | 718 c539-40GC (Link to this contribution) I take note of what the noble Lord says and we will certainly look at that. Even if one did not chan...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 718 c540-1GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very much an outsider on this matter compared with the previous speaker although for ...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 718 c546GC (Link to this contribution) Forgive me; I did not realise we were in the gap. I take my place immediately.
Lord King of Bridgwater | 718 c543-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak briefly in the gap if I may. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, for the w...
Baroness Hamwee | 718 c547-9GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a fascinating debate. I had few expectations when I came to it, other than t...
Lord West of Spithead | 718 c551-4GC (Link to this contribution) I will not comment on them going native. The Prime Minister is committed to considering further refo...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c525GC (Link to this contribution) That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Intelligence and Security...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c525-9GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is the second opportunity I have had to report on the work of the committee to this H...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c529GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend for that question. There were a number of indications that led us t...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c529-31GC (Link to this contribution) What I can say—I must choose my words carefully—is that certain officials in the Cabinet Office trea...
Lord King of Bridgwater | 718 c531GC (Link to this contribution) The degree to which questioning is robust depends on the information available to members of the com...
Lord Campbell-Savours | 718 c532GC (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to press my noble friend, but surely the argument over record-keeping which has surfaced ...
Baroness Neville-Jones | 718 c533-9GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this debate is always welcome; indeed I would say it is a necessary opportunity to acknowl...
Subjects
Admissibility of evidence Data protection Counter-terrorism Detainees Annual reports Cybercrime Electronic surveillance Intelligence services ICT International cooperation GCHQ Intelligence and Security Committee National security Northern Ireland MI6 MI5 Terrorism Trials Torture USA Rendition Electronic warfare Espionage Mohamed, Binyam
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