Extracts from report stage (Lords) of the Covert Human Intelligence
Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill Lord Cormack (Con) [V]:...I have a
suggestion, and I hope that my noble friend the Minister will take
it seriously. She has been very kind in making officials available
to many of us. I have much enjoyed the discussions I have had,
which have mostly focused on young people being used as CHIS; we
will come to that later in our debate. She has been very helpful,
as the noble Lord, Lord Dubs,...Request free trial
Extracts from
report stage (Lords) of the Covert Human Intelligence Sources
(Criminal Conduct) Bill
(Con) [V]:...I have a suggestion, and I
hope that my noble friend the Minister will take it seriously. She
has been very kind in making officials available to many of us. I
have much enjoyed the discussions I have had, which have mostly
focused on young people being used as CHIS; we will come to that
later in our debate. She has been very helpful, as the noble Lord,
, said. I would like her to talk personally to the noble
Lords, Lord Anderson and , probably on one of these ghastly Zoom calls where they can
all talk together. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, and the
noble Lord, , should also
certainly be included. I would like to come out of this an
amendment which the Minister can table and introduce at Third
Reading, incorporating the best features of all the amendments
before us this evening...
(Con):...I was pleased to meet the noble Lords, and , for the chance to discuss this the other
day—by Zoom my noble friend will be pleased to know. The nub of the issue is that
they want some political sighting of exactly what is going on
operationally to have a regular view of whether the power is
working as intended. I promised the noble Lords that I would go
back, and I confirm that the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister
will consider both the open and closed parts of the annual report
from the IPC, which will include information about criminal conduct
authorisation. If that identifies any issues that the Ministers
feel are important to address, I reassure the noble Lords,
and , that they would look to address
them...
Extract from
Westminster Hall debate on Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out
(Montgomeryshire) (Con):...I would like further
consideration of what can be done for frontline first responders
and teachers in future roll-outs. How do they feature? My key ask,
however, is that we be as transparent as possible with the vaccine
roll-out. We need communication not just with our teachers and
first responders, but across the country, to make it clear when
people can expect vaccinations and when the schools will fully
reopen, so that we can say goodbye to
Zoom—especially those of us with a four-year-old.
When can people expect their local vaccine centres, GPs, or, I hope
and pray eventually in Wales, community pharmacists to get involved
in the frontline delivery of vaccines?
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