To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times (a) her Department, (b) Border Force and (c) a contractor acting on their behalf directed a search and rescue vessel to (i) suspend, (ii) disable, or (iii) otherwise cease transmitting Automatic Identification System data since 1 January...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times (a) her Department, (b) Border Force and (c) a contractor acting on their behalf directed a search and rescue vessel to (i) suspend, (ii) disable, or (iii) otherwise cease transmitting Automatic Identification System data since 1 January...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Home Office, Border Force and any person acting under their authority has the power to require, request and advise search and rescue vessels, including RNLI lifeboats, to deactivate and suspend Automatic Identification System transmissions.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Home Office, Border Force and any person acting under their authority has the power to require, request and advise search and rescue vessels, including RNLI lifeboats, to deactivate and suspend Automatic Identification System transmissions.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the a) identification and b) prosecution of individuals responsible for deliberately starting wildfires.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the a) identification and b) prosecution of individuals responsible for deliberately starting wildfires.

How can the upcoming Health Data Research Service simplify access to national health data for research opportunities, while addressing technical challenges, security, governance and public trust?

How can the upcoming Health Data Research Service simplify access to national health data for research opportunities, while addressing technical challenges, security, governance and public trust?

I. Digital verification services. 2026 annual report on the operation of Part 2 of Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. 28p. II. Letter dates 14/07/2026 from Ian Murray MP to Chi Onwurah MP and Baroness Keeley regarding publication of the annual report. 1p.

I. Digital verification services. 2026 annual report on the operation of Part 2 of Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. 28p. II. Letter dates 14/07/2026 from Ian Murray MP to Chi Onwurah MP and Baroness Keeley regarding publication of the annual report. 1p.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of vessels switching off or falsifying their Automatic Identification System (AIS) data have been identified in UK waters in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of vessels switching off or falsifying their Automatic Identification System (AIS) data have been identified in UK waters in the last 12 months.

My hon Friend the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls (Jess Phillips) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

On 16 July 2025, I announced a public Call for Evidence on Identification of Victims of Modern Slavery. The goal of this Call for Evidence was to...

My hon Friend the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls (Jess Phillips) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

On 16 July 2025, I announced a public Call for Evidence on Identification of Victims of Modern Slavery. The goal of this Call for Evidence was to...

On 16 July 2025, I announced a public Call for Evidence on Identification of Victims of Modern Slavery. The goal of this Call for Evidence was to hear views from stakeholders on the definitions of a victim of modern slavery, identification and decision-making processes, and futureproofing the modern slavery system.

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On 16 July 2025, I announced a public Call for Evidence on Identification of Victims of Modern Slavery. The goal of this Call for Evidence was to hear views from stakeholders on the definitions of a victim of modern slavery, identification and decision-making processes, and futureproofing the modern slavery system.

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Identification of victims of modern slavery. Call for evidence: summary of responses. Incl. annex. 23p.

Identification of victims of modern slavery. Call for evidence: summary of responses. Incl. annex. 23p.

Lords committee stage ninth day. Clauses 118 to 122 agreed to. (Part 1 of 2).

Lords committee stage ninth day. Clauses 118 to 122 agreed to. (Part 1 of 2).

How nice it is to be back here again. I oppose Clauses 118, 119 and 120 standing part of the Bill. These clauses introduce a pre-emptive targeting of people based on location rather than behaviour. That should concern anyone who cares about the right to peaceful protest. Under these clauses,...

How nice it is to be back here again. I oppose Clauses 118, 119 and 120 standing part of the Bill. These clauses introduce a pre-emptive targeting of people based on location rather than behaviour. That should concern anyone who cares about the right to peaceful protest. Under these clauses,...

My Lords, I stand to oppose the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, and to suggest that it is vital that these clauses stand part of the Bill, because protest is strongest when it is open, accountable and proud. A movement that hides its face borrows the language of secrecy;...

My Lords, I stand to oppose the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, and to suggest that it is vital that these clauses stand part of the Bill, because protest is strongest when it is open, accountable and proud. A movement that hides its face borrows the language of secrecy;...

My Lords, that was a powerful speech, but it really is not the case that all protesters are in the position of Martin Luther King, Emmeline

Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi and the noble Baroness herself. There are protesters who have good reason for wishing to conceal their identity. If I am...

My Lords, that was a powerful speech, but it really is not the case that all protesters are in the position of Martin Luther King, Emmeline

Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi and the noble Baroness herself. There are protesters who have good reason for wishing to conceal their identity. If I am...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. The noble Baroness, Lady Jones, made her point so ably that I was not tempted to speak, until I heard the counter-speech from the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra. It is simply ahistoric to suggest that the suffragettes—those protesters who everybody...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. The noble Baroness, Lady Jones, made her point so ably that I was not tempted to speak, until I heard the counter-speech from the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra. It is simply ahistoric to suggest that the suffragettes—those protesters who everybody...

They went on hunger strike.

They went on hunger strike.

Indeed, they went on hunger strike. It is simply ahistoric to suggest there was not a significant clandestine element to their operations. I am sure that, if one were to examine other examples the noble Lord gave, one would find greater complexity than he offered us in his very glib...

Indeed, they went on hunger strike. It is simply ahistoric to suggest there was not a significant clandestine element to their operations. I am sure that, if one were to examine other examples the noble Lord gave, one would find greater complexity than he offered us in his very glib...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti. I agree with everything that she said. I start by reminding the Committee that I have an interest as chair of Big Brother Watch. In this group we are considering Clauses 118, 119 and 120, which are...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti. I agree with everything that she said. I start by reminding the Committee that I have an interest as chair of Big Brother Watch. In this group we are considering Clauses 118, 119 and 120, which are...

My Lords, I am quite open- minded about the clause on face coverings and whether it is a good or bad thing to have face coverings at protests. I have just a couple of points for the Government in considering whether to change the provisions in any way.

First, imposing more...

My Lords, I am quite open- minded about the clause on face coverings and whether it is a good or bad thing to have face coverings at protests. I have just a couple of points for the Government in considering whether to change the provisions in any way.

First, imposing more...

I rather agree with the noble Lord’s concern about how ever more protest laws are to be operated in practice by police officers, who are dealing with a growing and ever more complex statute book. But I wonder what he thinks about the comments from the noble Lord, Lord Strasburger,...

I rather agree with the noble Lord’s concern about how ever more protest laws are to be operated in practice by police officers, who are dealing with a growing and ever more complex statute book. But I wonder what he thinks about the comments from the noble Lord, Lord Strasburger,...