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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am sorry to interrupt the Minister but in sentencing law and in the criminal justice system, minimum sentences are currently referred to as “mandatory minimum sentences”,…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillForgive me, but I sense an element of unworldliness about this. If it is appropriate in a given case for there to be just words spoken and a warning, and it would be…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have to agree with the three Members of the Committee who have just spoken. I will deal with the two proposals in turn, first that relating to children and their…10 Nov 2021HANSARDSarah Everard: Home Office InquiryMy Lords, just yesterday we read that the Centre for Women’s Justice is proposing to judicially review the Home Office on this matter, complaining that correspondence with that…09 Nov 2021HANSARDSarah Everard: Home Office InquiryTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria they will use in deciding whether the Home Office inquiry into the matters arising from the murder of Sarah Everard should be…09 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, there is so much to get through. First, I disagree with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier; secondly, I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, about the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, the lateness of the hour and eloquence of many of the speeches tonight mean that I can be brief, but I feel compelled to say a few words in this debate. First, to the…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendment 276, to which I have added my name. Suspicionless stop and search is a significant problem for community relations in this country. It is a…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillCould I put an ethical and constitutional question to my noble friend, who is both an experienced parliamentarian and a magistrate? When I go to the airport, I understand that I…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillBefore the Minister sits down, will she briefly address the question I put to my noble friend Lord Ponsonby, because I think it is crucial to what a legitimate use of Section 60…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am more optimistic about these amendments than the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, and want to help her find some optimism. However, I first pay tribute to…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, Amendment 132B—a probing amendment—is in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Hain. The Committee will know that everyone here is engaged with scrutiny of the…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all Members of the Committee who spoke on this amendment. I want to be clear: it was a probe, and my ideal scenario would not even be for a…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI thank the Minister for that, and I will certainly go back to look at that. When she made her comments, I asked about the statutory framework, the legal basis. A list came back…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am grateful to the noble Earl for that. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people are a tiny percentage of our population in the United Kingdom. Undoubtedly, they are one of the most…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWill my noble friend give way? He has just come to a very important part of his remarks. Every community is capable of committing crime, and therefore we have criminal and civil…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier, for that. There is ample criminal law and ample tort law for nuisance. There are ample laws to protect people from…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am hugely grateful to all Members of the Committee for the substance and tone of our proceedings. I am particularly grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, who dealt…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have the duty of opening this debate on amendments tabled by noble Lords in response to Sarah Everard’s abduction, rape and murder by a man who was, at the relevant…01 Nov 2021