In the recent Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill, Barry made two interventions.
Firstly, Barry rose to clarify that he thought without the excellent Labour amendments, this Bill cannot be supported, and if the Government chooses not to relent and accept the amendments then members should vote against the Bill.
In his second intervention, Barry spoke of the concern around clause V. Barry pointed out that the Minister rightly stressed the importance of clarity, however, there was very little clarity about the word 'disorder’ and about what constitutes the economic wellbeing of UK.
When it went to vote, the Government defeated the Labour amendments, so as promised during his first intervention, Barry voted against the Bill.
You can watch both of Barry’s interventions below.