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Justice and Security Green Paper

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

533 c899-910 

Session

2010-12

Department

Ministry of Justice

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Justice and security green paper.
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Command papers
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Keith Vaz | 533 c904 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Green paper and the fact that the right hon. and learned Gentleman is working closely ...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c904 (Link to this contribution) Yes, and the ladies who made the tea. I compliment them all. I work very closely with colleagues and...

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Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c903 (Link to this contribution) On the first point, we canvassed opinion on the prospect of it being extended to inquests. There wil...

Jack Straw | 533 c903 (Link to this contribution) On the strengthening of the ISC, I commend what the Secretary of State is proposing. It is 17 years ...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c903-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. He will not be surprised to learn that, although I made t...

Speaker | 533 c904 (Link to this contribution) Order. We have a further statement to follow and it is of course an Opposition day. I therefore appe...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 533 c904 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend will know well that much of the success of intelligence is based up...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c904 (Link to this contribution) Having said that I worked on this with the Home Secretary and the Foreign Secretary, I have now seen...

Mark Durkan | 533 c904 (Link to this contribution) And the Attorney-General.

Lord Beith | 533 c903 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the publication of the Green Paper because it is better to find a way of getting intellige...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c901-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his extremely constructive response, which is important. As I s...

Lord Khan of Tooting | 533 c900-1 (Link to this contribution) First, may I thank the Secretary of State for Justice for giving advance sight of his statement this...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c899-900 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement. I have today laid before Parliament ...

Fiona Mactaggart | 533 c908 (Link to this contribution) One way we could make the new Committee effective would be to guarantee that its reports were debate...

Chris Bryant | 533 c908 (Link to this contribution) We clearly need some form of closed material procedure, if only to deal with the counter-intelligenc...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c908 (Link to this contribution) Well, we will look at that, because I stress that this is a Green Paper and we are seeking cross-par...

David Burrowes | 533 c908 (Link to this contribution) I commend the Justice Secretary for drawing the politicised sting from the false battle between just...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c908 (Link to this contribution) The idea is floated in the Green Paper, and it often comes up. We will obviously look at it, alongsi...

George Howarth | 533 c907 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will be aware that certain judicial decisions on intelligence sharing have un...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c907-8 (Link to this contribution) There has been the one case, the Binyam Mohamed case, which we have touched on, but unsurprisingly n...

Jessica Lee | 533 c908 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. and learned Friend please set out the position in respect of Northern Ireland? It...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c908 (Link to this contribution) It is very important that my hon. Friend raises this issue. We have indeed consulted the Northern Ir...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c907 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree with all my right hon. Friend's principles, and they are confirmed by the current ...

Tom Brake | 533 c907 (Link to this contribution) There will be nervousness at the use of special advocates in cases such as those of the Guantanamo d...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c907 (Link to this contribution) I have had some preliminary discussions with the judiciary, and I am quite sure that they will now r...

Speaker | 533 c906 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am still seeking brevity, an object lesson in which I know will be provided by the right ho...

Paul Goggins | 533 c906 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful, Mr Speaker, and I, too, welcome the Green Paper. It is perfectly clear that the ...

David Davis | 533 c906 (Link to this contribution) The purpose of state secrecy is to protect the safety of citizens, not to cover up criminality or to...

Hazel Blears | 533 c905 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the Green paper and its proposals. Maintaining the confidence of our allies in shari...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c905-6 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady is also a member of the ISC, so I am grateful for her support for our proposals....

Malcolm Rifkind | 533 c905 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the priority given to the protection of information provided by friendly foreign Go...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c905 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that authoritative response to the Green Paper. I think that it matters on both si...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c909 (Link to this contribution) That is more a matter for the Leader of the House than for me, but I am just turning to some members...

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 533 c909 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State acknowledge that it is vital that we have a common regime across the Uni...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c909 (Link to this contribution) There is no question of having this in criminal cases—it would be quite impossible. A person could n...

Jonathan Evans | 533 c910 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. and learned Friend recognise that there remains a high level of dissatisfaction w...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c909 (Link to this contribution) I think that the issues are exactly the same, in relevant cases, in all parts of the United Kingdom....

Andrew Miller | 533 c910 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State rightly highlighted the importance of the growing cyber-threat. He is of cour...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c910 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman knows, we are investing in cyber-security. He is right to say that this is now...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c904-5 (Link to this contribution) Special advocates are a key part of what we are proposing. Controlled material proceedings will invo...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c906 (Link to this contribution) If my right hon. Friend will excuse me, I shall not comment on the Binyam Mohamed case in detail. Th...

Julian Huppert | 533 c909 (Link to this contribution) I am instinctively uncomfortable about keeping evidence secret from those in court cases, but I look...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 533 c910 (Link to this contribution) Yes, indeed; I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. I remind him that we are going to look into rendi...

Subjects

Disclosure of information Counter-terrorism Courts Evidence Intelligence services Internet Intelligence and Security Committee National security Security Trials Intelligence Services Commissioner Interception of Communications Commissioner

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