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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIt is Front-Bench speeches.27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I declare my interest again. My son is an academic who specialises in online radicalisation and Prevent, and advises Governments, Parliaments and public bodies,…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful for all the contributions to this, as usual, heated debate about recording data. I will focus mainly on data in my response from these Benches. I thank the…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I declare my interest that my son is a senior lecturer at Swansea University, specialising in online radicalisation. He advises a number of Governments and parliaments,…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am very grateful for that last point. The point I raised was that the data is so small that if only two people had committed a certain offence in a year, they would be…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am very grateful to the noble Lord for mentioning that. That is exactly why I mentioned the Metropolitan Police’s London Race Action Plan earlier on—because it has not worked.…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, for mentioning those things. I am not quite sure what the questions are, but I can say quite clearly that I do not see a direct line…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for outlining the core, essential use of the public sector equality duty. I note that the Government’s website says: “The…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe noble Lord commented about it not being the right time for Wales, but does this mean that the Labour Government are changing their view about police devolution in Scotland? It…22 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, we on the Liberal Democrat Benches are grateful to the noble Lady Baroness, Smith of Llanfaes, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, for tabling…22 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am very grateful to the noble Lord. I think I was making a very slightly different point. I am aware of these courses, but my argument was that what the military has achieved…22 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to support the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, on Amendment 427, and I have signed Amendment 428, which I will address. I come to the issue of mental…22 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am very sorry. I am recalling the passage of the Procurement Act, where we discussed at some considerable length what contract could and could not be kept from the public. The…22 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillAccountability.22 Jan 2026HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls StrategyMy Lords, the violence against women and girls action plan sets out clear steps for schools in updating relationships and sex education, making it mandatory for all pupils and…21 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have signed my noble friend Lord Marks’s Amendment 420 and thank him for his excellent explanation. I am also reminded that our noble friend Lord Dholakia has…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Herbert, for his contribution because he set out the balance between non-crime hate incidents and non-crime incidents and the…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I also support Amendment 415 from the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower, which seeks to introduce a new safeguard for the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 regarding…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, my colleagues in the Commons very much supported Helen Grant in her campaign for this amendment. I pay particular tribute to Jess Brown-Fuller MP. It is very helpful…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI referred to the comments made by previous speakers on this group who talked about police wasting their time recording. The two groups of people I have just referred to have…20 Jan 2026