House of Lords
17 July 2026
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House of Lords
01:17 - 01:27
Speaker 2
Second reading of the Conduct of Undercover Policing and Surveillance Operatives Bill, Baroness Hamwee.
01:27 - 01:44
Speaker 1
My Lords, I would like to remind the House that the advisory speaking time is four minutes for backbench contributions. This is to allow all colleagues to participate fairly and the House to rise at a reasonable time around 3:00.
01:44 - 02:51
Speaker 3
My Lords, I beg to move that this bill be now read a second time. My Lords, our reaction to rape, to violence against women and girls, coercive control and grooming has intensified over recent years, along with greater understanding of what it means to be a target. And the protection of human rights is always topical. They include the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment. All these are what underlie this bill.
It's been known for some time that some undercover police officers entered into intimate sexual relationships with women members of organisations they had infiltrated. It is still not known how many women were deceived into long-term relationships with boyfriends who had assumed false names. It seems upwards of 68. In some cases, children were born. The bill looks to the future, aiming to learn from the past.
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