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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I signed this amendment, which was originally laid by my late noble and learned friend Lord Wallace of Tankerness. I think that he would have been very pleased to hear…18 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, on behalf of the Liberal Democrat Benches, I am very grateful that the Conservatives have already expressed their thanks for the Bill. We echo that thanks. I welcome the…17 Mar 2026HANSARDNHS: Heart Valve DiseaseMy Lords, the Resuscitation Council UK, the British Cardiovascular Society and the National Council for Palliative Care have excellent and sensitive joint guidance on the use of…12 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the government amendments are welcomed from these Benches. In their scope and depth, they ensure that offenders who have committed the heinous crime of child cruelty…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, from these Benches, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Levitt, for the meeting that she had with my noble friend Lord Marks and the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby. I gather…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Lochiel, introduced Amendment 402, which proposes that the police should be exempt from the public sector equality duty under the…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am struggling to hear the question in the noble Baroness’s intervention. I repeat the point that the Office for National Statistics and the police data that is currently…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have one sentence to add to the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Paddick. The Office for National Statistics, in response to an FoI, said on the collection of data in…11 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I have tabled Amendment 10 in this group, on bereaved victims of murder abroad. I have also signed the three amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Russell, on…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for her helpful meeting between Committee and Report. As a result of her concerns about the practicalities of summing up for victims,…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this fairly short debate. I think we have managed to get to the essence of the issues remaining from Committee. I am…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister and her officials for the helpful meetings between Committee and Report and for the correspondence. I have retabled my amendment from Committee,…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, and the Minister for their contributions. I thank the noble and learned Lord for his support of our…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillI beg to move.10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, this group is titled simply “victim support”, but in the debate so far we have heard strikingly different issues in victim support, none of which can really be put…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, on behalf of these Benches, I have relaid the amendment on the victim’s right to review in the event of discontinuance of proceedings. Amendment 23 would extend the…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her comments. The difficulty we face is that a lot of the responses from the Government talk about raising victims’ expectations. We are trying…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill10 Mar 2026