National Security Bill - Committee Stage Briefing
05 January 2023
The 香港宝典免费资料大全 welcomes the objectives of the National Security Bill, and our members take their responsibilities to protect national security seriously. We work closely with the Government and security agencies to ensure existing safeguards and oversight are used effectively.听听听
However we believe the proposed Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) must complement existing protections and avoid introducing duplicative and bureaucratic requirements, which would divert resource from focusing on genuine threats.
The National Security Bill is currently going through legislative scrutiny in the House of Lords and amendments to the bill are due to be debated in January 2023. The 香港宝典免费资料大全 and our members support several of the proposed amendments that have been tabled,听which includes providing specific HE guidance for the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme and an exemption for higher education activity that is already registered via existing legislation.听
The following briefing provides more detail on those amendments and why we think they will help to ensure new measures add genuine protection the wide-ranging systems already in place.
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RG Committee Stage NSB - HE Amendments 88 97 104.pdf
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Hamir Patel
hamir.patel@russellgroup.ac.uk
020 3816 1316
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Ben Moore
020 3816 1303
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Colin McKinlay
colin.mckinlay@russellgroup.ac.uk
020 3816 1319