My Lords, I speak as a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. I intend to make only one speech, if I can get away with that, and to make it as brief as I can.

The issues raised in this debate are of profound importance to the rule of...

My Lords, I speak as a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. I intend to make only one speech, if I can get away with that, and to make it as brief as I can.

The issues raised in this debate are of profound importance to the rule of...

I am sorry to interrupt my noble friend, but does he accept that in the Binyam Mohamed case, neither the Divisional Court nor the Court of Appeal presided over by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Neuberger, revealed any information that in any way prejudiced national security, even though it...

I am sorry to interrupt my noble friend, but does he accept that in the Binyam Mohamed case, neither the Divisional Court nor the Court of Appeal presided over by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Neuberger, revealed any information that in any way prejudiced national security, even though it...

I am sorry to interrupt my noble and learned friend. Does he accept the Joint Committee’s point that, instead of relying on Article 6, to weaken the common law, one should approach the convention through our legal system, including common law guarantees of fairness? Does he also accept that we...

I am sorry to interrupt my noble and learned friend. Does he accept the Joint Committee’s point that, instead of relying on Article 6, to weaken the common law, one should approach the convention through our legal system, including common law guarantees of fairness? Does he also accept that we...

My Lords, I apologise for the fact that I missed the very beginning of this and it may be that in doing so I am about to say something stupid. However, am I right in taking from what the Minister is saying that the Government oppose Amendment 56 even though...

My Lords, I apologise for the fact that I missed the very beginning of this and it may be that in doing so I am about to say something stupid. However, am I right in taking from what the Minister is saying that the Government oppose Amendment 56 even though...

I am grateful to my noble friend for the way in which he introduced the amendments. It makes my task brief and rather less sophisticated. I will make a number of points. First, the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Green Paper summarised, in paragraph 97...

I am grateful to my noble friend for the way in which he introduced the amendments. It makes my task brief and rather less sophisticated. I will make a number of points. First, the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Green Paper summarised, in paragraph 97...

My Lords, in a sense, we have been through this before. This is another means of tackling the problem. I entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, in raising issues of public confidence. It is a matter of great concern to me that what we call civil society—often very...

My Lords, in a sense, we have been through this before. This is another means of tackling the problem. I entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, in raising issues of public confidence. It is a matter of great concern to me that what we call civil society—often very...

Is the answer to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, that the principle of proportionality is intended to apply here—in other words, that the court must exercise a sense of proportion once a case is through the gateway? If that is so, it is very important. Can the Government...

Is the answer to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, that the principle of proportionality is intended to apply here—in other words, that the court must exercise a sense of proportion once a case is through the gateway? If that is so, it is very important. Can the Government...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce measures to ensure that judgments made by courts and tribunals under the Closed Material Procedure are made public when the reasons for maintaining their secrecy no longer obtain. [HL953]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce measures to ensure that judgments made by courts and tribunals under the Closed Material Procedure are made public when the reasons for maintaining their secrecy no longer obtain. [HL953]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many judgments and decisions have been handed down following a closed material proceeding in the past 15 years by (1) the Employment Tribunal; (2) the Special Immigration Appeals Commission; (3) the High Court exercising its judicial review jurisdiction; and (4) any other court or...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many judgments and decisions have been handed down following a closed material proceeding in the past 15 years by (1) the Employment Tribunal; (2) the Special Immigration Appeals Commission; (3) the High Court exercising its judicial review jurisdiction; and (4) any other court or...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the responses to the public consultation on the Justice and Security Green Paper.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the responses to the public consultation on the Justice and Security Green Paper.

Whether they will obtain and publish, in relation to the British citizens facing the possibility of trials before military commissions in Guantanamo, copies of: (a) President Bushs Military Order of November 2001 authorising trials outside the normal federal and military courts; (b) the Military Commission Order of March 2002; (c)...

Whether they will obtain and publish, in relation to the British citizens facing the possibility of trials before military commissions in Guantanamo, copies of: (a) President Bushs Military Order of November 2001 authorising trials outside the normal federal and military courts; (b) the Military Commission Order of March 2002; (c)...