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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, it is hard to follow the noble Lords, Lord Moylan and Lord Carlile, whose contributions were made with such panache, wit and insight. What really intimidated me was the…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI just want to ask the noble Baroness for one clarification. I agree that most doctors are not brutal and do not say, “You’ve got six months and that’s it”. I asked whether the…20 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have a lot of sympathy with trying to tackle ways of taking away the romantic attachment to terrorism as some kind of heroic endeavour, so I completely understand the…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I wanted to sound really definitive in saying that I oppose Amendment 424 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Monckton, which would remove Clause 208, and that I…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI have finished. That was it.18 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble and learned Lord for a comprehensive and useful set of answers. I asked a rather more banal question—it was a long time ago—about workforce challenges. What if…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWe are obviously at that time of day. As we have gathered, I do not want doctors to initiate raising assisted dying as a healthcare option at all but, if they do, I do not want…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, what influenced me to look positively at a number of amendments in this group, and to table Amendment 150, was that some jurisdictions with assisted dying legislation…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat is very helpful. When I see a uniform, I get a bit quivery as well—13 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I want to give enthusiastic support to this amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Sater. I think that a criminal record disclosure regime is very…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thoroughly welcome these sensible and proportionate amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, which he more than ably explained. I was prompted to speak…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 407, on the recording of sex in police data. It is a real shame that the noble Baroness, Lady Cash, is unable to be with us because she would…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI was not making the point it has been assumed I was making. This is about consistency, which is the point made by Professor Sullivan. Different police forces are collecting…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 369, which would introduce an express statutory right to protest and impose negative and positive obligations on authorities that…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIt might well be that that protester is just on a general demonstration. If you are an Iranian or Chinese dissident, you might be on a civil rights demonstration, arguing for the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Walney, Lord Pannick and Lord Hogan-Howe, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, for listening in Committee. Reservations were…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the noble and learned Lord for that clarity. That is true for that amendment. I was going on to talk about why I am sympathetic to Amendment 419, which calls on the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I know a young man who has just got his driving licence. He is very excited and sees it as a rite of passage; he is now a grown-up. He has joined the club of drivers and…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, to follow on from the noble Baroness, Lady Lawrence of Clarendon, one difficulty that we have had in relation to any discussion such as this is that the police are under…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIf I could clarify—04 Mar 2026