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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. I am not a lawyer and certainly do not understand the law, even vaguely, but I really do not understand this. If what I am asking…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am pleased to support Amendment 337A, which is about consistency and common sense. The same standard of protection should apply wherever a child is taught, whether in…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am still not clear. There are 90,000 names on the DBS barred list. I understand the Minister to have said that parents will now be able to access the enhanced barred…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIt would say, “This person is barred”.15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, this debate has underlined that stalking is not an occasional nuisance but a pattern of behaviour that our systems still struggle to recognise and act on early enough.…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, Amendment 334A is in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Blower. I am grateful to Southall Black Sisters for the detailed evidence it has provided. On Wednesday…15 Dec 2025HANSARDSocial Media: Scam Adverts and Fraudulent ContentMy Lords, how will the Government ensure that the new fraud strategy leads to a genuine increase in fraud cases being properly investigated and taken to court? Will the Government…11 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, this amendment exposes the indefensible gap between Parliament’s clear intent and women’s lived reality. The new offence was deliberately framed to capture deliberate,…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, on these Benches we recognise the purpose of time limits and we recognise the right to fair trial, but survivors of child sexual abuse should not be barred from justice…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lady Brinton has made a powerful case for removing the limitation period. The Government have already signalled a willingness to act, so objections are…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, these dangerous practices of strangulation and suffocation are often used to control, intimidate and silence in domestic abuse situations. The growing normalisation of…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, this group of amendments reflects the realities that the police, the NCA and child protection agencies now face, with children being coerced online into self-abuse,…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for bringing forward these amendments and for explaining them so clearly. The understanding of the Independent Reviewer of…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, very briefly, the government amendments set out the devolution arrangements to ensure that criminals cannot exploit differences between the four nations, and we are very…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I fully endorse the important points raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Brown. I had great pleasure in working with the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, on…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWill the Minister take on board the fact that countless inspections of police training, including by HMICFRS, have said that there has not been an independent assessment of police…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, we welcome this amendment, which would provide a valuable additional tool to protect children who are criminally exploited while at the same time committing criminal…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, we welcome government Amendment 262, which recognises that cases of cuckooing often involve a complex web of coercive control. The person who seems to be in charge may…27 Nov 2025HANSARDNon-Crime Hate IncidentsMy Lords, inspections by HMIC have found that about one-quarter of non-crime hate incidents are recorded incorrectly, with many people wrongly included. Following several reviews…24 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, put forward a number of alternative approaches to reduce shoplifting. However, they fail to…19 Nov 2025