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HANSARDWhite Ribbon CampaignMy Lords, it is very nice to be able to congratulate the Minister on securing the distinguished legal services of Dame Elish Angiolini as chair of the Sarah Everard inquiry. I…25 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have a duty, first, and then, I hope, the privilege to make some comments of my own. My noble friend Lord Hendy is unable to be here to speak to his Amendment 304, so,…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIn response to that and in support of the broad thrust of my noble friend Lord Coaker’s probing amendment—I think it is fair to call it that—I have long had concerns about public…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe noble and learned Lord is exactly right about this constitutional problem, but there is a further point to be made. In this context, it is not just the usual problem of…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I will be brief and not repeat the valid and chilling points that have already been made. I just say this: for me to even attempt a line-by-line examination of this…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am happy to wrap up. I am sorry, I had to read for my noble friend Lord Hendy, who had an amendment, and that took a little time. I beg your pardon; I will be very brief. I have…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI hope that this is an appropriate time for me to ask the Minister two questions in relation to her answer on this group. First, in contrast with the Minister’s answer to the…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI did not speak earlier to save the Committee’s time and please the Government Whips, but I now have two short questions in relation to the Minister’s answer.24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I do not want to elongate this procedural debate before a lengthy debate that we are debating the length of, but the protest provisions in this Bill have been some of…24 Nov 2021HANSARDMoney LaunderingMy Lords, in 2018 the National Economic Crime Centre was launched to tackle fraud and money laundering. Has it brought a single prosecution? We read reports of banks having…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillForgive me, but I did not make two speeches. I asked the Committee’s permission to read the remarks of my noble friend Lord Hendy because he could not be here to speak to his…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillYou can do better than that.22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly. I thank all noble Lords who spoke to this. It is a controversial amendment, but I think it has been spoken to quite sensitively, all things…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support both noble Baronesses’ amendments and urge the Minister to accept them with alacrity or, if that is not possible, to work with the noble Baronesses and…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I do not doubt the sincerity of his concerns about trying to maintain informality in inquisitorial process. However, can it ever be…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support this whole group of amendments from my noble and learned friend and others. The reasons given by noble Lords are hugely compelling and, if anything, I think…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am sorry to find myself intervening at this point but there is no bigger policy than the right to a fair trial. Of course that goes for complainants—and I agree with…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillObviously I will go and read the Georgian case—I will call it “the Georgian case” so as not to repeat my earlier offence in relation to my noble friend—but, before any meeting, I…22 Nov 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: CostsMy Lords, faced with repeated variations on this question from my tenacious noble friend Lord Kennedy of Southwark, I have heard the always affable Minister talk about this…18 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI should say briefly in the absence of the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle—perhaps it is not my place to do so because it was her amendment that I signed—that I…17 Nov 2021