To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions suspects have been arrested in Northern Ireland on the basis of mistaken identity and released after fingerprinting in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions suspects have been arrested in Northern Ireland on the basis of mistaken identity and released after fingerprinting in the last 12 months.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the ethnicity and religious backgrounds of persons stopped, detained and arrested since 2001 under the Terrorism Act 2000.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the ethnicity and religious backgrounds of persons stopped, detained and arrested since 2001 under the Terrorism Act 2000.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been stopped under Schedule 7 (Port and Border Controls) to the Terrorism Act 2000; how many have been detained; how many arrested; and how many subsequently convicted of a terrorist offence since 2004.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been stopped under Schedule 7 (Port and Border Controls) to the Terrorism Act 2000; how many have been detained; how many arrested; and how many subsequently convicted of a terrorist offence since 2004.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students have been stopped, detained or arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 in the past five years.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students have been stopped, detained or arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 in the past five years.

I am announcing today proposals on a new retention framework for DNA and fingerprints to be introduced though primary legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows. I am also today publishing on the Home Office website and placing in the Library of the House the responses to the consultation exercise...

I am announcing today proposals on a new retention framework for DNA and fingerprints to be introduced though primary legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows. I am also today publishing on the Home Office website and placing in the Library of the House the responses to the consultation exercise...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Alan Johnson) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am announcing today proposals on a new retention framework for DNA and fingerprints to be introduced though primary legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows. I am...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Alan Johnson) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am announcing today proposals on a new retention framework for DNA and fingerprints to be introduced though primary legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows. I am...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug-related arrests there have been in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug-related arrests there have been in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in each year since 1997.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether pirates arrested off Somalia by the Royal Navy have been brought to justice; and, if so, where.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether pirates arrested off Somalia by the Royal Navy have been brought to justice; and, if so, where.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets police forces have for arrests following reports of domestic violence.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets police forces have for arrests following reports of domestic violence.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for inciting terrorism overseas in each year since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for inciting terrorism overseas in each year since 2000.

117A: After Clause 164, insert the following new Clause— "Police retention of photographs "(1) The Secretary of State must, as soon as possible and not later than three months after Royal Assent, amend Code D made under section 67(3) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (codes...

117A: After Clause 164, insert the following new Clause— "Police retention of photographs "(1) The Secretary of State must, as soon as possible and not later than three months after Royal Assent, amend Code D made under section 67(3) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (codes...

121: Schedule 20, page 218, line 18, at end insert— "( ) In Schedule 1, in paragraph 30 (date of taking effect of youth rehabilitation orders etc)— (a) in sub-paragraph (1)— (i) for "sub-paragraph (2)" substitute "sub-paragraphs (1A) and (2)", and (ii) omit "the day after", (b) after that sub-paragraph...

121: Schedule 20, page 218, line 18, at end insert— "( ) In Schedule 1, in paragraph 30 (date of taking effect of youth rehabilitation orders etc)— (a) in sub-paragraph (1)— (i) for "sub-paragraph (2)" substitute "sub-paragraphs (1A) and (2)", and (ii) omit "the day after", (b) after that sub-paragraph...

My Lords, I welcome the comments of the Minister. I, too, was concerned and had discussions with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf. I agreed with the points that he made that the amendment would have an effect much wider than the one that the Minister outlined. We are...

My Lords, I welcome the comments of the Minister. I, too, was concerned and had discussions with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf. I agreed with the points that he made that the amendment would have an effect much wider than the one that the Minister outlined. We are...

My Lords, I thank both noble Lords who have spoken. I say straight away to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, that we need to legislate urgently on this and will bring back amendments at Third Reading, which I hope to share with noble Lords in good time. We will see...

My Lords, I thank both noble Lords who have spoken. I say straight away to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, that we need to legislate urgently on this and will bring back amendments at Third Reading, which I hope to share with noble Lords in good time. We will see...

97: Clause 144, leave out Clause 144

97: Clause 144, leave out Clause 144

My Lords, together with other noble Lords whose names are appended to several amendments of the same kind, I tabled these amendments to remove Part 7 altogether from the Bill. We were not satisfied with the Government’s response to similar amendments that were tabled in Committee. We continued to be...

My Lords, together with other noble Lords whose names are appended to several amendments of the same kind, I tabled these amendments to remove Part 7 altogether from the Bill. We were not satisfied with the Government’s response to similar amendments that were tabled in Committee. We continued to be...

My Lords, my name is attached to the amendments, and I have tabled a couple of my own, Amendments 106A and 107A. I shall concentrate on why I consider that the Bill is not fit for purpose because Part 7 does not comply with the European Convention on Human Rights....

My Lords, my name is attached to the amendments, and I have tabled a couple of my own, Amendments 106A and 107A. I shall concentrate on why I consider that the Bill is not fit for purpose because Part 7 does not comply with the European Convention on Human Rights....

My Lords, I understand fully where the Government are coming from on this, and I am sympathetic to anything that tries to stop the distress caused by some of these publications to victims of crime and their close friends and families. As the Minister has already discovered, the problem is...

My Lords, I understand fully where the Government are coming from on this, and I am sympathetic to anything that tries to stop the distress caused by some of these publications to victims of crime and their close friends and families. As the Minister has already discovered, the problem is...

My Lords, I rise to support these amendments. I believe I am the only professional writer—that is, one who lives solely by her writing—to have spoken during the course of the Bill, and therefore what I have to say may be of some help. At Second Reading, my noble friend...

My Lords, I rise to support these amendments. I believe I am the only professional writer—that is, one who lives solely by her writing—to have spoken during the course of the Bill, and therefore what I have to say may be of some help. At Second Reading, my noble friend...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I have every intention of withdrawing the amendment at the end of the debate, which I hope may be short or even non-existent. I shall try to explain in a few words why I intend to take this course. These amendments would...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I have every intention of withdrawing the amendment at the end of the debate, which I hope may be short or even non-existent. I shall try to explain in a few words why I intend to take this course. These amendments would...