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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillBriefly, has the noble Lord opposite considered Section 127 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, which has a six-month time limit on prosecutions brought in the magistrates’ court? Has…09 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI am sorry. It is nearly Christmas, and it is late. There are policies that sit on shelves in Westminster and Whitehall for many years, and over the years and the decades people…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. Parliamentary draftsmen have been appropriately euphemistic in the title of Clause 35, but they could have…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing Bill03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I am so grateful once more to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, but, I have to say, I am disappointed in the responses from both Front Benches on this occasion. They were…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I wish I could offer every Member of the Committee who is still here an espresso at this point. Instead, I will try to be short and lively. This amendment is the only…03 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillObviously, I correctly anticipated the response that was coming, but I would be grateful if my noble friend would deal with this point about “enabling”, which is a substantive…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Brown of Silvertown, but she may not need much support, having received the much-coveted gold star from the noble and learned Baroness,…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his detailed response, but will he reflect on the potential distinction between “enabling” and “causing”? Will he go back to…27 Nov 2025HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsMy Lords, this feels like an appropriate moment to pay tribute to my noble friend Lady Gale, who has worked so hard on this issue for so long, and to remember the friend of this…27 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI find myself back in the comfortable spot where I agree with the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham. Of course, that is something that we will come to later, no doubt, when we discuss…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I agree with much of what the noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath, said, save that I think that the Bill already deals with the problem identified by the noble Lord, Lord…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSeparation Centres: Terrorist OffendersDoes my noble friend agree that there is no inconsistency between having adequate separation of terrorism offenders and complying with our most basic and fundamental human rights…25 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyMy Lords, I welcome the Minister’s commitment to human rights, and I know it is a sincere one, but the Statement itself appears to express some irritation with both Article 8,…20 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformMy Lords, I remind the House and declare that, as a former director of Liberty, I was in unusual lockstep with chief constables in opposing what was to become the cross-party…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPrisoner Releases in ErrorMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister, but on this occasion also to the noble Lord, Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, for the bipartisan nature of his question focusing on this…13 Nov 2025HANSARDPrisoner Releases in ErrorThe noble Lord was my boss.13 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I must add to the tributes to that great, brave and humane soul, Baroness Newlove. It is, as we have heard, over 30 years since two political pugilists faced off from…12 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for even being in the Chamber, let alone participating in this short debate. I am particularly grateful to my noble friend for his…11 Nov 2025