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HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Twelfth sitting)It has been a good debate, and I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to it. As we finish this section of the Bill, I have more hope than when we started it, in the sense…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Twelfth sitting)Antisocial behaviour is a scourge on communities, and it is right that in legislation of this type we seek to ensure that police and local authorities have the correct tools to…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Twelfth sitting)I will be very brief, because I do not want to repeat the arguments that I have already made. Clause 64 defines “local authority” and addresses local councils. I have raised this…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Twelfth sitting)The Minister is right that we have already given these issues a run-out, so I will not rehash our earlier debate. With specific regard to these clauses, however, they give us at…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eleventh sitting)I will not repeat a lot of what I have said so far. Clause 43 concerns nuisance begging prevention orders, the most severe of the three tiers of powers that the Bill covers. I…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Twelfth sitting)As the Minister says, we gave the issue a pretty thorough airing in the debate on clause 51 this morning. The Opposition are in the same place as we were this morning: we do not…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eleventh sitting)This part of the Bill, on nuisance rough sleeping provisions, is certainly the most contentious part, and probably the most interesting to the public as well. I rise to speak with…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eleventh sitting)This is the best of all the clauses that we will debate today, so the Minister will have the unanimity that he seeks. The real criminals are the ones who cause or arrange for…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eleventh sitting)Again, I will not speak in great detail, because we have covered most of the arguments under previous clauses. Clause 48 creates an offence of nuisance begging, with a punishment…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eleventh sitting)As my hon. Friend says, there would just be fields. I am keen to understand from the Minister that subsection (3) is an “or” provision to subsection (2) and not an “and”…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Tenth sitting)Tick-tock, Minister. Tick-tock.18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Tenth sitting)Will the Minister give way on that point?18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Tenth sitting)It is absolutely right that we do that, Dame Angela. The clause and the schedule govern suspended bank accounts and, more pertinently, what happens to the money in those accounts.…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Tenth sitting)The Bill defines many terms, and I hope that “crook” will become one such term at a later stage. It is a great phrase. In previous debates, the Minister has said that putting…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dame Angela. I rise to speak to amendment 62. Clause 32 and the weighty schedule that it introduces deal with confiscation orders and the…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 58, in clause 19, page 16, line 24, at end insert— “(4) The Secretary of State must, as soon as is practicable after a period of two years from the date of…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to resume proceedings with you in the Chair, Ms Bardell. I shall resist the temptation to start again for your benefit; I am sure you can look in the Official…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I give way to the Minister; nothing would please me more than to be contradicted.16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I absolutely agree, and that is exactly the point I am about to make. It is a legitimate anxiety. If that is wrong and I am somehow being conspiratorial, albeit it is not my…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)The second point and the tone of the Minister’s contribution certainly give me a degree of comfort. The first point does not give me any comfort at all. The line that he quoted,…16 Jan 2024