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Freedom of Information Bill (22 Nov 2000)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: ...last time I am sure, why I believe that the Bill as it stands now provides a proper constitutional and legal framework for balancing the competing public interests. My starting-point is Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees the right to free speech, subject to necessary exceptions. Article 10 does not segment information and ideas into little categories....

Freedom of Information Bill (19 Oct 2000)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: In speaking in support of Amendment No. 134, I wish to address Amendments Nos. 139 and 159 standing in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish, and also Amendments Nos. 216 and 361 standing in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Goodhart. If I make a single speech, that will dispense with the need to make others later. I say at the outset that we on these Benches regard...

Freedom of Information Bill (19 Oct 2000)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: I would not dream of ever doing that. I wonder whether the noble Lord is aware that a single judge has precisely the function of weighing the conflicting rights between personal privacy and freedom of speech and information in a whole variety of contexts. Spycatcher was one example of such conflict: between the public's right to know the information from the former spy who was disloyal and...

Freedom of Information Bill (17 Oct 2000)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: ...to those given in debate on an earlier amendment on judicial powers. The amendment seeks to override Community obligations or something forbidden under another statute or punishable as a contempt of court, treating the Freedom of Information Bill as trumping it. But that would not produce clarity but confusion. I take the examples covered by Clause 42. There is already a fair recognition...

Freedom of Information Bill (17 Oct 2000)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: ...Government's White Paper. This is my first opportunity to congratulate them on the Bill. I shall explain briefly why a purpose clause matters and would make a difference. I am not normally a fan of purpose clauses. I am in favour of them only if they serve a practical purpose. The problem is that we are asking public authorities, the information commissioner and the courts to interpret and...

EU Proposals to Combat Discrimination: Select Committee Report (30 Jun 2000)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: My Lords, the debate on the report of the committee, chaired by my noble friend Lord Wallace of Saltaire, is timely. It is obvious from the report that the committee was divided in its approach to the EU proposals to combat discrimination. None the less, the report makes a useful contribution to public understanding of the issues. It is a matter for celebration that the Community is acting at...

Terrorism Bill (20 Jun 2000)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: My Lords, before the Minister sits down, perhaps I may ask him two questions. Am I right in recollecting that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, specifically recommended in his report against retaining this offence in relation to journalism? I do not have the report in front of me but that is my recollection. Secondly, the Minister referred to the defence of "reasonable...

Terrorism Bill (20 Jun 2000)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: My Lords, that point was made by the Home Secretary in another place. He recognised the threat to free speech posed by this provision, but stated that the safeguard lay in the discretion to be given to the prosecuting authorities, who would exercise that discretion sensibly. Perhaps I may ask the Minister a question. Since we are not dealing here with the oxygen of publicity in the sense of a...

Terrorism Bill (20 Jun 2000)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: My Lords, perhaps I may add a couple of words in support. This is, as my noble friend has said, an extremely important matter. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, may remember that during the passage of the Human Rights Bill the press made an enormous fuss about the potential threat, as they saw it, in the Human Rights Bill to freedom of speech and freedom of the press. The noble and...

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (16 Jun 2000)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: My Lords, the House has abandoned the custom whereby each of us congratulates a maiden speaker. Nevertheless, I cannot resist congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Billingham, on an excellent maiden speech. It is marvellous to have an experienced parliamentarian of good humour, as she is, contributing to our work. Perhaps I may also say that she will never be intimidated by a barrage of...

Terrorism Bill (16 May 2000)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: I have added my name to my noble friend's amendment. The most serious concern of Justice, of whose council and executive I declare an interest as a member, is that the restrictions placed on free speech and freedom of assembly by Clause 12 violate the human rights standards in the European convention. The reasons have been given by all noble Lords who have spoken so far. The effect of the...

Terrorism Bill (16 May 2000)

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: ...which I hope the Minister and his advisers will reflect. First, there is no doubt that, by proscribing an organisation, action is being taken that interferes with a human right, the human right to freedom of association and the associated right to freedom of speech. Secondly, that interference can be made only if it is prescribed by law and is necessary in a democratic society. The Human...


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