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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillAs a woman, I have often been called emotional in debate, but that is the nature of the patriarchy. I did not mean to be emotional; I am just trying to ask about the practicality…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as a member of your Lordships’ Delegated Powers Committee. Of course, I speak for myself only but very much with those concerns in mind. As noble…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIt is Front-Bench speeches.27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate. I said these were probing amendments because I thought it was important that we discussed in Committee…22 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will rise slowly to allow for the appropriate exodus. I have Amendments 425 and 426 in this group. They are probing amendments only, and therefore I do not propose to…22 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill22 Jan 2026HANSARDAge of Criminal ResponsibilityI am grateful, as always, to my noble friend, but wonder whether the child welfare system would not be more appropriate than the justice system for 10 year-olds. How does the…21 Jan 2026HANSARDAge of Criminal ResponsibilityTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales.21 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillDoes my noble friend the Minister agree with me on this issue? I think he does, because he said earlier, when the noble Lord, Lord Bailey, was momentarily not with us, that minor…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Sentamu, and share some of his concerns about this amendment. Before I share those concerns, I ask the…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI hear the noble Lord, but with respect, this provision relates to suspicionless stop and search. That is a term we use to describe a stop and search power that does not require…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness: I read that quote as well and was very worried about it, and the idea that we should all aspire to total surveillance and…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for his intervention, but I return to my central point, which is, as he pointed out in his intervention, that the normal law of the land is for…20 Jan 2026HANSARDEquality and Human Rights Commission: Code of PracticeMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister for her very clear answers so far. Does she agree with me that although the Supreme Court is definitive on the meaning…19 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIndeed, they went on hunger strike. It is simply ahistoric to suggest there was not a significant clandestine element to their operations. I am sure that, if one were to examine…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI rather agree with the noble Lord’s concern about how ever more protest laws are to be operated in practice by police officers, who are dealing with a growing and ever more…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am so grateful to my noble friend the Minister for giving way. I am glad to hear him restate his commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights. He will know that that…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to my noble friend for his detailed responses and for his patience in taking interventions. Could he in a moment deal with my point about why the word “expedient”…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillNot for terrorism but for extreme protest et cetera that by definition does not meet the test of terrorism but something less than that, I urge extreme caution. There is a reason…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the Committee is in the business of precision and proportionality. Those two concepts have rightly been raised by a number of noble Lords and my noble friends. It is…13 Jan 2026