"My Lords, I agree with my noble friend the Minister that it will take careful work to construct an appropriate legal structure for the redirection of frozen assets in the future. In the meantime, what is happening to the interest?..." Baroness Chakrabarti - View Speech
"My Lords, more on terrorism, and proscription in particular. Amendment 420 is in my name, and I support Amendment 422B in the name of the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham, which would beef up parliamentary involvement, and the role of the ISC in particular, in the proscription process. I oppose later …..." Baroness Chakrabarti - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their approach to such an important debate, in particular those who made a special effort to be succinct with the long night ahead. I remind noble Lords that my amendment on one organisation per order is not about Palestine Action; …..." Baroness Chakrabarti - View Speech
"There we go: I was too optimistic, perhaps. None the less, I believe that my noble friend sees the power of the argument or he would not have said what he has said. There are plenty of ways in which the Home Office might consider doing one organisation per order …..." Baroness Chakrabarti - View Speech
"My Lords, if the litigation strategy rightly suggested by the noble Lord, Lord Clarke of Nottingham, does not bear fruit, I would urge my noble friend and the Government to consider legislation to ensure appropriate legal restitution...." Baroness Chakrabarti - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend and the working group on a very clear, common-sense definition. Does she agree that it is a very useful public educational tool, not least for signposting actual hard law, such as articles in the human rights convention on free expression and discrimination, and, …..." Baroness Chakrabarti - View Speech
"My Lords, given what the noble Lord, Lord Strasburger, said about the lateness of the hour, which I think we are all aware of, I want to be very short on my concerns about Amendments 406 and 407. I am sorry not to see the noble Baroness, Lady Cash, in …..." Baroness Chakrabarti - View Speech
"My Lords, I can be short on this important group, because of the detailed scrutiny and cross-party support that I enjoyed in Committee, because of my eminent co-signatories and because Report stage discipline is a courtesy to all noble Lords hoping to do their voting duty and get home at …..." Baroness Chakrabarti - View Speech