Lord Verdirame

My Lords, I too support the Bill and commend the Government for bringing forward this long-awaited legislation. I join others in paying tribute to Jonathan Hall KC, who has done much of the work that

My Lords, as the Minister said earlier, the legal basis for this intervention is the collective self-defence of our allies in the Gulf. The Government’s position is that under collective self-defence,

I apologise for interrupting, but I just wanted to make sure that I am not misunderstood. The ICC is there where it has jurisdiction, but the problem that we have is that, in some of these countries,

It is not quite like that, because the Foreign Office would have to issue special mission status to the person who would then come within the jurisdiction, and now that courts have clarified the law o

I appreciate that it is about only those who are within the jurisdiction, but a lot of foreign officials come within the jurisdiction at different points in time and for different reasons. There was a

My Lords, I also offer my support but express some concerns that I believe could be addressed. I do not think I need to say very much as to the reasons I support the amendments, because the speakers b