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HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, we now come to the totally uncontroversial matter of protecting journalists from abuse of police power. This is an amendment in my name and also those of the noble…07 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillThis being not Committee but Report, the simplest and speediest answer that I can give to the noble Lord’s question is that Clause 11 is about suspicionless stop and search. He…07 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this short but vital debate. Once more to respond to the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, who I am not sure has read the…07 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI wonder if I could help the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, because he has not, with respect, read the amendment—or at least not very carefully. To be clear, there would be nothing…07 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillThis amendment is not about preventing the arrest of anybody, journalist or otherwise, who is reasonably suspected of committing a criminal offence, including offences in this…07 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseMy Lords, it goes some way but, sadly, not far enough. It should not be a matter of exceptional case funding, should it? If public authorities are funding themselves and the…02 Feb 2023HANSARDCCTVMy Lords, does the Minister understand that these mostly Chinese smart cameras have the triple vices of being incredibly intrusive, incredibly unreliable and racially…02 Feb 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the internet is in so many ways a wonderful new continent, discovered only in my adult lifetime. But like older territories it has not been the unadulterated bastion of…01 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and a daunting privilege, as always, to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Brown of…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, now we turn to the offence of interference with the use or operation of key national infrastructure, which is clearly a matter of considerable concern to the life of the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI think the difference between us is that the noble and learned Lord is suggesting that there is a binary: there is “minor” and there is “significant”, and therefore anything…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI am sorry to be a hindrance to the noble and learned Lord, although I hope no more than a minor hindrance. The concept of “prolonged disruption” is a tiny part of the definition,…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI am grateful to all noble Lords who spoke in an incredibly thoughtful debate—your Lordships’ House at its best, if I may say so. Noble Lords will forgive me if I do not mention…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I first thank noble Lords; so too does Cole Porter from the grave, because “how strange the change” would have been from “major” to “just a little bit more than minor”.…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI am grateful once more to all noble Lords who spoke in this short debate. Once more, not testing the opinion of the House should in no way be taken as consent, let alone…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lord, we come to the next group, and I have put my name to leaving out Clauses 1 and 2, on locking on and going equipped. I will not rehearse the problems with the vague nature…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI am grateful to all noble Lords who spoke in this short debate. I believe it was such a short debate because so much of the argument has been rehearsed in the first two groups. I…30 Jan 2023