Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 12:14 pm ar 20 Gorffennaf 2021.
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Green
12:14,
20 Gorffennaf 2021
I am absolutely thrilled to hear that the Government are, in the words of the Minister, committed to transparency. A few Members of this House—I do not know how many—have been told that MI5 has files on them. Can the Minister therefore, in this spirit of transparency, get those files for us so that we can see exactly what information is held on us? I cannot believe that any of us is a threat to national security—apart from, obviously, the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes.
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