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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have added my name to two amendments in this case.09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have my name on a number of amendments. I did not know that those rules applied—anyway, they do not. I have added my name to a number of amendments from the noble Lord, Lord…09 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 369 because I like the fact that it creates a duty on public authorities to respect, protect and facilitate the right to protest so…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, briefly, because very good points have been made, I am tempted to say, yes, we need to increase penalties or threaten people with prison, because fare dodging does drive…07 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, it is no fault of the noble Lord, Lord Bach, who has just explained why his amendment should perhaps not be in this group, but I am not going to talk about what he has…06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I too will be brief because I have agreed with everything that has been said so far. It is important to acknowledge that a strategy and policy on violence against women…06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I stand to support Amendment 74 in particular. Its motivations have been well outlined by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen of Elie. In a letter relating to IPP…06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, to start with, I would just like to point out that the noble Lord, Lord Timpson, is undoubtedly personally committed to resolving this issue. Nobody, I think, is making…06 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have some serious reservations about Amendment 348 and the related Amendment 349. I spoke at length against them when a similar amendment was tabled to the Employment…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower, has explained all my reservations about these clauses very articulately, so I will not repeat them. They add an unnecessary…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillNobody here is going against the principle that we should not racially or religiously insult, harass or be vile to people. We are talking about changing the criminal law and…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI suggested then that I was not happy with the wording of an amendment, and it has simply been repeated. I made a speech that I thought was reasonable at the time. This is…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThat is a fair comment. The point that I was going on to make was that she was suspended for misgendering using a gender-inclusive policy similar to that advocated in this…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support the amendments in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble Baroness, Lady Maclean of Redditch. Both amendments have been…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIt is worth clarifying that this group of people are not necessarily the kind of people I trust. This idea that a local sex offender—or terrorist, since we have been talking about…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillOn a final clarification—possibly the Minister will write to us, because there is some confusion—I have always said that it is about managing risk and that it has nothing to do…15 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, returning to the amendments that we are discussing, I want to commend the sponsors of the Bill in the sense that, when I read the Bill, multiples clauses referred to the…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will just finish, because it relates to this. I appreciate that, once given a terminal diagnosis, that might be true, but not necessarily. That is the honest reality of the…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I want to speak specifically to Amendment 22, about why prisoners should not be eligible for assisted dying. The amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, are also…12 Dec 2025HANSARDRestriction of Jury TrialsMy Lords, does the Minister not worry that, in waiting and hoping that their case might be brought to trial, the suffering of so many rape victims has been weaponised in an attack…10 Dec 2025