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HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I am pleased, as always, to speak after the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick, in support of her amendment, supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI am grateful to the noble—09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I do not know whether I am proud to speak in support of my noble friend Lord Robertson of Port Ellen and all the other moving speeches that I have heard or devastated…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, in principle I am quite concerned about overprescribing matters to be taken into account, because I would want all prosecutors in relation to all suspects to have a very…09 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I too wish to pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Meyer, for her two decades of campaigning after a horrific experience that most people would not be able to turn…08 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his introduction to these regulations, which of course must pass this evening. Some will no doubt welcome in particular the 19p rise to…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMoved by Leave out “not”.09 Feb 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill[ Inaudible ]—my noble friend Lord Adonis, in particular with regard to the exchange between them, so I would like to test the opinion of the House.09 Feb 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, at this stage in the journey of a Bill, I know your Lordships’ House will be mindful of its role as an unelected revising Chamber, but in the context of this Bill I…09 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, first, I apologise for missing the Second Reading of such important and much awaited legislation. Secondly, I apologise for a further glaring error. Last week, at Third…27 Jan 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I have bled your Lordships’ ears over this Bill long enough, so I can be short. I thank the Minister for her patience and fortitude but my profound fears about this…21 Jan 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, on the day when so many around the world breathe a sigh of relief at the departure of Donald Trump from the US presidential office that he has so tarnished, I fear that…20 Jan 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and all those who have spoken, but it is a sad one indeed. Before we, to use her words, congratulate…13 Jan 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford. I have ringing in my ears his commitment to protecting press freedom and that, he says, of his party. I am…13 Jan 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering. The nature of our hybrid proceedings allows us to see her beavering away almost by…13 Jan 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I will be short on this, not just to please my friend the Government Whip but because I want us to move to a vote as soon as possible—certainly before the black dog that…13 Jan 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I shall be speaking to Amendments 1 and 2, which are linked. For the avoidance of doubt, I shall be pressing Amendment 1 and, if necessary, Amendment 2, but they are…11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, as I indicated earlier, I would like to test the opinion of the House on this amendment. I beg to move.11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI am grateful to the Minister for her comments, but I fear that she has misread Amendment 11. It does not ban CHIS from encouraging or assisting crime, because of course they…11 Jan 2021