My Lords, this is not only a major issue, but it will become more and more important as the Internet extends to more countries and more people in those countries. Members of the House may recall that a couple of years ago the BBC attempted to extend its contract in...

My Lords, this is not only a major issue, but it will become more and more important as the Internet extends to more countries and more people in those countries. Members of the House may recall that a couple of years ago the BBC attempted to extend its contract in...

My Lords, on some occasions there is nothing so powerful as an example. This is a good occasion briefly to bring such an example to the attention of the House. In the course of the passing of the Terrorism Act 2000, provision was made for setting out a list of proscribed...

My Lords, on some occasions there is nothing so powerful as an example. This is a good occasion briefly to bring such an example to the attention of the House. In the course of the passing of the Terrorism Act 2000, provision was made for setting out a list of proscribed...

My Lords, I, too, thank those who have produced this comprehensive amendment. It is very pleasing that agreement has been reached. The Government, the opposition and my noble friend have contributed substantially to that, as have the chief executive of Universities UK and the chairman of the British Library. At...

My Lords, I, too, thank those who have produced this comprehensive amendment. It is very pleasing that agreement has been reached. The Government, the opposition and my noble friend have contributed substantially to that, as have the chief executive of Universities UK and the chairman of the British Library. At...

moved Amendment No. 41:"Page 4, line 27, at end insert—" ““(e)   that the publication to which the conduct related was received by a library in consequence of its obligations under the British Library Act 1972 (c. 54) or the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 (c. 28)”” The noble Baroness said: My...

moved Amendment No. 41:"Page 4, line 27, at end insert—" ““(e)   that the publication to which the conduct related was received by a library in consequence of its obligations under the British Library Act 1972 (c. 54) or the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 (c. 28)”” The noble Baroness said: My...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for giving way. I fully accept what she says. However, the date of the right honourable lady’s letter was 3 January. We were aware that the Government had been tabling amendments which were known within the departments, although not to the Opposition, before...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for giving way. I fully accept what she says. However, the date of the right honourable lady’s letter was 3 January. We were aware that the Government had been tabling amendments which were known within the departments, although not to the Opposition, before...

My Lords, I follow what has just been said by the noble Lords, Lord Judd and Lord Rees-Mogg, because I think all noble Lords welcome the Government’s move on Clause 2 and want to help the Government in any way we can in picking their way through the extremely difficult...

My Lords, I follow what has just been said by the noble Lords, Lord Judd and Lord Rees-Mogg, because I think all noble Lords welcome the Government’s move on Clause 2 and want to help the Government in any way we can in picking their way through the extremely difficult...

My Lords, I want to echo what the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Winchester said about the extent to which British legislation becomes an instance and, indeed, a model for legislation in many other Commonwealth countries—not least, in countries which are far more threatened with tyranny than ourselves. That...

My Lords, I want to echo what the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Winchester said about the extent to which British legislation becomes an instance and, indeed, a model for legislation in many other Commonwealth countries—not least, in countries which are far more threatened with tyranny than ourselves. That...

My Lords, but not, I hope, to glorify me.

My Lords, but not, I hope, to glorify me.

My Lords, I add just one thought as a non-lawyer. Amendment No. 20 is almost impossible to understand. The noble Baroness said, with some feeling, that she had done her best to meet the House, and she must be feeling quite fed up that we are not at the moment...

My Lords, I add just one thought as a non-lawyer. Amendment No. 20 is almost impossible to understand. The noble Baroness said, with some feeling, that she had done her best to meet the House, and she must be feeling quite fed up that we are not at the moment...

My Lords, I agree completely with the noble Baroness that there is no desire to make politics out of this particular argument. However, can she explain, not least in the light of the forceful intervention by the chief executive of Universities UK, why it is that we cannot move towards...

My Lords, I agree completely with the noble Baroness that there is no desire to make politics out of this particular argument. However, can she explain, not least in the light of the forceful intervention by the chief executive of Universities UK, why it is that we cannot move towards...

My Lords, in the hope that the Bill will not cease the process of being surveyed by this House completely, in the light of those remarks I will withdraw the amendment but my expectations continue to be relatively lively. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

My Lords, in the hope that the Bill will not cease the process of being surveyed by this House completely, in the light of those remarks I will withdraw the amendment but my expectations continue to be relatively lively. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

My Lords, I apologise because the hour is getting late, but I have one further question. Does the Minister agree that the position of the deposit libraries with their specific legal obligations is not the same as that of all the other libraries? I do not wish to do anything...

My Lords, I apologise because the hour is getting late, but I have one further question. Does the Minister agree that the position of the deposit libraries with their specific legal obligations is not the same as that of all the other libraries? I do not wish to do anything...

moved Amendment No. 43:"Page 4, line 30, at end insert—" ““(e)   that the publication to which the conduct related was received by a library in consequence of its obligations under the British Library Act 1972 (c. 54) or the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 (c. 28).”” The noble Baroness said: I am delighted to move an amendment...

moved Amendment No. 43:"Page 4, line 30, at end insert—" ““(e)   that the publication to which the conduct related was received by a library in consequence of its obligations under the British Library Act 1972 (c. 54) or the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 (c. 28).”” The noble Baroness said: I am delighted to move an amendment...

I make a very small point in support of my noble friend’s amendment, but it is an important one. Increasingly, the relationship of the police to the Internet relates to certain areas of crime, and we are all very much aware that some of the crimes to which it relates are...

I make a very small point in support of my noble friend’s amendment, but it is an important one. Increasingly, the relationship of the police to the Internet relates to certain areas of crime, and we are all very much aware that some of the crimes to which it relates are...

I thank the Minister for his remarks, but I am rather disappointed. It is an issue to which we shall have to return for the reasons set out, I think very cogently, by the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell. As he pointed out, if intent were in the clause we would not be pressing the...

I thank the Minister for his remarks, but I am rather disappointed. It is an issue to which we shall have to return for the reasons set out, I think very cogently, by the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell. As he pointed out, if intent were in the clause we would not be pressing the...

It is sometimes said that hard cases make bad law, and here I am concerned about what might happen to someone who was found guilty on the basis indicated by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Cameron; that is, that he or she had, as it were, blundered into such a place...

It is sometimes said that hard cases make bad law, and here I am concerned about what might happen to someone who was found guilty on the basis indicated by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Cameron; that is, that he or she had, as it were, blundered into such a place...

I wish to add a further thought to the discussion between my noble friend Lord Thomas of Gresford, the noble Lord, Lord Judd, and, indeed, my noble friend Lord Greaves. As someone who taught for many years in the Workers’ Educational Association and the National Council of Labour Colleges, I sympathise deeply with...

I wish to add a further thought to the discussion between my noble friend Lord Thomas of Gresford, the noble Lord, Lord Judd, and, indeed, my noble friend Lord Greaves. As someone who taught for many years in the Workers’ Educational Association and the National Council of Labour Colleges, I sympathise deeply with...

In supporting the argument of the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, I adduce two other points that it is important for the Committee to have before it. The first of those is the extremely interesting report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. Without delaying the Committee, I shall briefly remind it of the...

In supporting the argument of the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, I adduce two other points that it is important for the Committee to have before it. The first of those is the extremely interesting report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. Without delaying the Committee, I shall briefly remind it of the...

In that event, and given that considerable restrictions exist at Report stage, will the Minister give us any idea when she is likely to be able to table this most significant group of amendments and whether there will be any opportunity to consult on them before Report?

In that event, and given that considerable restrictions exist at Report stage, will the Minister give us any idea when she is likely to be able to table this most significant group of amendments and whether there will be any opportunity to consult on them before Report?

I apologise that against the breaking wave of Peers leaving the Chamber I was a little slow in reaching my seat. The purpose of these amendments is to exclude from the sweep of the Bill, which as the Committee will know is a wide and not very clear sweep, academic research related...

I apologise that against the breaking wave of Peers leaving the Chamber I was a little slow in reaching my seat. The purpose of these amendments is to exclude from the sweep of the Bill, which as the Committee will know is a wide and not very clear sweep, academic research related...