Children: Covert Human Intelligence Sources Debate

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Department: Department for International Development

Children: Covert Human Intelligence Sources

Lord Tebbit Excerpts
Thursday 13th September 2018

(6 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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The noble Baroness asks a very pertinent question. This is not a comfortable or easy arrangement. She will know, of course, that it was brought in by the Labour Government in 2000. With the safeguards that are in place and the work that needs to be undertaken, all these things are taken into consideration.

Lord Tebbit Portrait Lord Tebbit (Con)
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My Lords, would my noble friend agree that it is overwhelmingly in the interest of the child that he or she should grow up in a society in which crime is reduced? That is the purpose of the measures that are being undertaken.

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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My noble friend puts it absolutely succinctly and correctly: the overall aim is that children should grow up in a society free of crime.