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Labour's Lord Liddle, a former adviser on European matters to the former Prime Minister Tony Blair, says he does not like this bill and believes it is in pursuit of a foolish objective of having an independent trade policy which is not required from an EU withdrawal.

"It's a bad ideological choice to pursue this independent trade policy."

Lord Liddle questions whether any research has been done into the benefits of an independent trade policy by the Department of International Trade.

He says pursuing an independent trade policy "is like forgoing a three course dinner for a packet of crisps".

Lord Liddle further questions whether the government are prepared to sacrifice standards on policies such as food regulation to do deals with larger countries like the United States.

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Home Office Minister Ben Wallace says the UK last year "faced numerous attacks", but "the government did not kneejerk as sometimes has been done in the past" and instead properly considered what was needed to tackle changing threats.

This country has some of the greatest oversight of our intelligence services, he says, adding that this combined with a commitment to human rights means the bill they have produced ensures that liberty is not affected.

This bill protects our values, he says, and "is going to leave this House doing the right thing to keep people safe."

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Ayes: 255

Noes: 293

Majority: 38

MPs have voted against Labour's New Clause 1, which would have required continued participation in the European Arrest Warrant being a negotiating objective in Brexit talks.

The remaining government amendments proceed without division.

The bill proceeds to third reading.

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Home Office Minister Ben Wallace says elements of the bill which Labour opposes would allow the government to deal with when intelligence of a potential threat is "broad", rather than specific.

Labour's Nick Thomas-Symonds says concerns are about accountability. Mr Wallace responds that "I can give assurances that it will be recorded" so there will be accountability.

Regarding concerns over the overhearing of what is said between a suspect and a lawyer, he says anything that is heard will not be able to be used in court.

On the European Arrest Warrant, he says, "it is very clear that the government's conditional offer on security is unconditional. We want to have the European Arrest Warrant, or as similar as possible.

"If that was not our negotiation position, I would not be standing here as minister," he says, adding that the New Clause 1 is therefore unnecessary.

Labour MP Stephen Doughty asks why the government doesn't just support the amendment if he supports continued membership, suggesting some Conservatives are opposed to it continuing and threaten it.

"I don't believe putting it on the front of primary legislation is appropriate," Mr Wallace says.

The House divides on NC1, after Mr Thomas-Symonds declines to withdraw his amendment.

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Lord Kerr, the former diplomat who drafted Article 50, says this kind of bill is needed on the statute book before March 2019, but he is becoming increasingly doubtful that the UK will leave the EU then.

He says there is a lot to be done on the detail on this bill and the balance it strikes between the executive and the legislature and how transparent it should be.

Lord Kerr predicts a long committee stage for this bill, and suggests that he is upset that the Lords are unable to sit next week while the European Council sits, as he would like more time for the Lords to discuss trade agreement plans further.

Lord Kerr says he is not sure people understand what WTO terms would mean, as it would significantly increase the costs to businesses.

He says under WTO terms, the UK "wouldn't be fine", as it would hit producers and exporters, the UK would have left the world's largest single market and would see the single market oblige by WTO rules to act against their exports.

"If there's no deal, there's no free trade agreement."

Lord Kerr says the documents provided by the government so far have been "largely vague and inspirational".

He says the view that the Good Friday Agreement has run its course is "shaming", and says it is not the view of the 27 other governments within the EU.

Lord Kerr says without a secure backstop there will be no withdrawal agreement or a free trade agreement, and believes there is no sign of the backstop deadlock breaking.

"The solution to the issue of the Irish border is for the UK to negotiate a customs union with the European Union."

The ex-foreign secretary was at an event making the economic case for leaving the EU without a trade deal.

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Labour's Baroness Henig says she is concerned that in the two years since the formation of the Department of International Trade, nothing has been said about their priorities or policies.

Baroness Henig criticises the lack of in depth updates on negotiations by ministers, noting that all businesses and the public are being told is that talks are "going well".

She asks how people are supposed to plan ahead for March 29 "if we have no idea of a real plan".

"On policy we have failed to see any objectives of what the government would like to see in future trade arrangements and agreements."

Baroness Henrig says the government should be concerned about secrecy, and this bill shows a lack of trust and communication.

She warns that UK manufactured goods might not be available for tariff preferences in these replicated trading deals, as trading partners will not accept the continuation of existing rules of origin once the focus in the UK and not the whole EU.

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Conservative peer Baroness Cooper says there is scope for improvement on current trade deals with countries in Latin America, but the government should make sure there are enough staff with the necessary range of languages to negotiate the most effective deals with these countries.

She says that whilst she voted remain and wishes the UK had a group of like minded countries to negotiate with, she acknowledges that as a country, the UK has made the decision to go it alone and wants the whole country to get behind this decision and the ongoing negotiations.

Baroness Cooper acknowledges that many of the Lords in the house voted to remain in the EU like herself, but says "this bill must be given a fair wind".

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Lib-Dem spokesperson Sir Ed Davey says Labour are "absolutely right to press this point" with their amendment, as "there can be no doubt that these tools are at risk at the moment".

He expresses wider concern about other crime fighting and security agreements with the EU after Brexit, suggesting he is "not yet convinced that the Europeans are going to gladly throw all those open".

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SNP spokesperson Gavin Newlands warns that changes made by the government could "restrict access" to a suspect's "fundamental right" of being able to consult a lawyer in private.

He expresses his support for Labour's New Clause 1, as he says Brexit is potentially the greatest threat to national security if Britain does not remain part of security arrangements.

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Labour MP Stephen Doughty stands to speak in support of New Clause 1, and says he "cannot see any reason why the government would want to reject this new clause" considering what is written in the government's Brexit White Paper.

He adds that looking more generally at the bill, the changes will "only be able to be applied with the right resources". He says it's vital police officers are given the resources they need to do their job.

Justice Committee Chair Bob Neill stands briefly to say that his committee has said that on going membership of the European Arrest Warrant is essential after Brexit. He adds however that the government has made clear that this is a priority of negotiations regardless of whether not it is included in the bill.

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Lord Cooper of Windrush says the fundamental question hanging over the Brexit debate is "what are the people's red lines?"

David Cameron's former Director of Strategy says that many of those who supported Brexit have changed their answer considerably over the last two years but many "attitudes have hardened" too.

Lord Cooper says that people were told repeatedly by the Leave Campaign during the referendum campaign that the "EU needed us more than we need them".

This was "false logic" and "fantasy all along", he says.

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Shadow Home Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds is tabling Labour's amendments.

New Clause 1 requires continued participation in the European Arrest Warrant in relation to terrorism suspects to be a negotiating objective of EU withdrawal agreement.

Mr Thomas-Symonds says even the government's Brexit white paper acknowledges that "extradition arrangements do not provide the same level of capabilities" as the European Arrest Warrant.

He says adding this to the legislation would "send a message" to the EU for future negotiations over Brexit.

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MPs have voted against the Labour and SNP amendment 13, which called for a review of support for people vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism.

Ayes: 265

Noes: 296

Majority: 31

The House now moves to the second group of amendments to the bill.

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Lord Monks, former General Secretary of the European Trade Confederation remarks that the TUC has edged "rather reluctantly" to supporting a popular vote on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations.

Lord Monks says it is of great concerns that the UK is distancing itself from "our biggest trading partners" with "no customs union and no single market".

The Labour peer says he hopes everybody recognises there is a "huge risk involved" unless the UK's future trade deals with the EU are agreed quickly and amicably.

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Ayes: 292

Noes: 47

Majority: 245

MPs have voted in favour of the government's New Clause 2, which makes it an offence for a UK national or resident to travel to a "designated area" overseas that poses a security risk.

The House now divides again to vote on Labour and the SNP's amendment 13, which calls for a review of support for people vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism.

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Labour's Lord Adonis takes the conversation back to what he describes as "the critical issue of Northern Ireland".

He says most of Ireland's trade is with or through the UK, and if the UK unilaterally erect barriers to that trade, this will cause obvious economic harm and will disrupt Northern Ireland.

Lord Adonis says the position has worsened this week due to the inflammatory remarks by Boris Johnson about the backstop agreement.

He says that whilst Boris Johnson is right that the backstop imperils Brexit itself, anything else imperils the Good Friday Agreement and threatens to provoke military activity in Northern Ireland, which is why the prime minister agreed to the backstop last December.

Lord Adonis questions whether, if under section 10 of the EU Withdrawal Act, a no deal Brexit or any Brexit without a backstop is illegal in respect of Northern Ireland, and different customs arrangements are not allowed to exist in Northern Ireland and Great Britain, a no deal Brexit or any Brexit inconsistent with the backstop or Good Friday Agreement is illegal.

He says he is taking legal advice on these questions, and warns the house that the "Achilles heel" of Brexit is about to go "gangrenous".

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Home Office Minister Ben Wallace rises to sum up the government's position, and tells MPs the government "want to balance liberal democracy and our clear and solid duty to keep people safe".

The new amendments would provide for an offence under the Terrorism Act 2000 of entering, or remaining in, an area outside the United Kingdom that has been designated in regulations made by the secretary of state.

MPs have divided to vote on New Clause 2 - the result will be declared just before 6pm.