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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am sincerely grateful to everyone who has spoken and to the winding speakers today. It is such an important question, and it is such a pleasure to have a debate like…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI have never spoken in this Chamber on digital ID; I want to make that clear for the record, because the noble Baroness used the plural in talking about all those present. I also…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I rise to move Amendment 438B, the wording of which is intended to be replaced by Amendment 438EF. I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, and the…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the mandatory recording of ethnicity data was a recommendation of the Macpherson inquiry—it was that long ago—and it just has not happened; it has not been put on a…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am sorry—it is me again. I very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Katz, for the White Paper, which I have skim-read—I will admit that I have not read it closely—and I…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillAs we are in Committee, I welcome the noble Baroness’s comments on this. The 18-category classification is the gold standard of identification. In practice, a police officer may…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support the stand part notices tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, and supported by the noble Lord, Lord Black of Brentwood. Clauses 152 to 155 should be removed…22 Jan 2026HANSARDEquality and Human Rights Commission: Code of PracticeWe have had a number of Questions now on this matter so it would be very helpful to the House if the Minister could finally provide a timetable to indicate when we might have this…19 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I support this group of amendments for a specific reason. I tried to ask the Minister this question during their closing speech last week, but there was not time. The…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am grateful for the chance to clarify my point. It is not about litigating any of those complex issues. The EHRC is the regulator for this type of law in this country. The EHRC…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt was Alasdair Henderson, who gave evidence to the Select Committee and raised a lot of the concerns that have been reiterated by the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, and others…16 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord for raising the issue of Miznon and Erev in Notting Hill. There have been a number of protests outside that restaurant, which is…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am sorry to intervene, particularly because of the time, but to clarify, I said that there are many individual laws that one could use to pursue individuals. It is incredibly…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful for that reminder. It is another point in support of the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Walney. The overall position of the group is much more easily managed by…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, mindful of time, I will limit my comments to the first amendment of the group, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Walney, and spoken to by my noble friend Lord Young. A few…13 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—09 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillHow are the Government addressing the fundamental fact—which has not been addressed by the Minister, I am afraid—that Mauritius does not have the capacity to police these waters…05 Jan 2026