National Security Bill

– in a Public Bill Committee at on 7 July 2022.

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[Rushanara Ali in the Chair]

Photo of Rushanara Ali Rushanara Ali Labour, Bethnal Green and Bow 11:30, 7 July 2022

Before we begin, I have a couple of preliminary announcements. Hansard colleagues would be grateful if hon. Members emailed their speaking notes to hansardnotes@parliament.uk. Please will you all switch your electronic devices to silent mode? I can see that you have not got teas and coffees, so that is good.

We will consider the programme motion on the amendment paper, followed by a motion to enable the reporting of written evidence for publication, and then a motion to allow us to deliberate in private about our questions before the oral evidence session. In view of the time available, I hope that we can deal with those matters formally, without debate. The programme motion was discussed on Tuesday by the Programming Sub-Committee for this Bill.

Ordered,

That—

1. the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 11.30 am on Thursday 7 July) meet—

(a) at 2.00 pm on Thursday 7 July;

(b) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 12 July;

(c) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 14 July;

(d) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 19 July;

(e) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 6 September;

(f) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 8 September;

(g) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 13 September;

2. the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following Table;

Date

Time

Witness

Thursday 7 July

Until no later than 12.00 noon

Jonathan Hall QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation

Thursday 7 July

Until no later than 12.40 pm

Sir Alex Younger, former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service; Professor Sir David Omand, King’s College London

Thursday 7 July

Until no later than 1.00 pm

Paddy McGuinness, former Deputy National Security Adviser

Thursday 7 July

Until no later than 2.40 pm

Demos; Henry Jackson Society

Thursday 7 July

Until no later than 3.00 pm

Electoral Commission

Thursday 7 July

Until no later than 3.20 pm

Professor Ciaran Martin, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Thursday 7 July

Until no later than 4.00 pm

The Law Commission; the Law Society

Thursday 7 July

Until no later than 4.20 pm

Reset

Thursday 7 July

Until no later than 4.40 pm

Reprieve

3. proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 14; Schedule 1; Clauses 15 to 20; Schedule 2; Clause 21; Schedule 3; Clauses 22 to 32; Schedule 4; Clauses 33 to 36; Schedule 5; Clauses 37 to 44; Schedule 6; Clauses 45 to 47; Schedule 7; Clauses 48 to 51; Schedule 8; Clause 52; Schedule 9; Clauses 53 to 61; Schedule 10; Clauses 62 to 65; Schedule 11; Clauses 66 to 73; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill;

4. the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 13 September.—(Scott Mann.)

Resolved,

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.—(Scott Mann.)

Resolved,

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.—(Scott Mann.)

Photo of Rushanara Ali Rushanara Ali Labour, Bethnal Green and Bow

Copies of the written evidence that the Committee receives will be made available in the Committee Room and circulated to Members by email. We will now go into private session to discuss lines of questioning.

The Committee deliberated in private.

On resuming—

Photo of Rushanara Ali Rushanara Ali Labour, Bethnal Green and Bow

We are now sitting in public again and the proceedings are being broadcast. Before we start hearing from witnesses, do any Members want to make any declarations of interest in connection with the Bill? I take it that there are no declarations of interest.