Member

I rise to speak in support of the principle underpinning Amendments 75A and 79A, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, and supported by the noble Baronesses, Lady Bennett and Lady Fox of Buckley. I believe that these are important and timely interventions, seeking to clarify in statute that the concept of “reasonable grounds”, which underpins so much of the investigatory framework in the Bill, cannot and must not include reliance on stereotypes, generalisations or discriminatory assumptions.