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HANSARDProtest MeasuresMy Lords, the Minister says that live facial recognition is irrelevant to this. I see a very clear intersection with these issues. I agree with him that there are philosophical…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, there is obvious scope for confusion on the part of—I try not to use the word “victim”, because I do not want to cause confusion—people who are caught up in incidents…13 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I will speak mainly to Amendments 11 and 12 in the name of my noble friend Lord German. I cannot stop myself saying that it really goes against the grain to do anything…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, can I add to the Minister’s list the number of judges who have agreed to go to Rwanda and work there, and indeed the number of officials, and for how long?12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I know it is very boring, but could the Minister respond to my question about the legal status and the effect of Clause 1? I am still not clear what attention we should…12 Feb 2024HANSARDParliamentary Estate: Traffic MarshalsMy Lords, given how long this has gone on and is likely to go on, can the noble Lord urge that this rigorous consideration includes the use of not only human beings but electronic…08 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 115 and would certainly have put my name to it had there been any space. I was shocked when I discovered this initially, and remain shocked, that…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I raise an issue with regard to the time limit. It is not from the wording of the amendment, which I support, but the wording in the victims’ code. At the moment it says…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I was there in the 1960s but that is not quite the object of this debate. I was struck during the previous group of amendments, and it has continued in this one, by the…05 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, does the noble Lord agree that his faith will be even better kept if he keeps on advocating RJ? Does he also agree that it has its limitations, one of which is that…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI do not want to stop the Minister when he is in full flow. I understand how difficult it must be when people leap up because he has a comma in the middle of a sentence. It seems…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I have my name to Amendment 49 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, on the duty to co-operate—which seems to me not something that should have to be said,…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, to answer the noble Lord’s rhetorical question, or perhaps pre-empting it, the Justice Committee in the House of Commons said that this was “not … strong enough to drive…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, it will be abundantly clear what our view is from these Benches, but I am speaking formally from them to support this amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Russell of…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI suppose it is like our written notes: sometimes we have them, sometimes we do not and sometimes we do not follow them. We have heard that Minister Freer is looking at how audio…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, before my noble friend withdraws the amendment, as I suspect she is about to, I ask the Minister whether the Government could make some representations to the Sentencing…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I am quite a localist normally, but is this not the very point? A single point of contact that is not prescribing what is available locally but is “signposting”—to use…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I of course understand the point that the Minister is making—procedures in other countries and what is available in other countries by way of support are different—but…24 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I did not quite catch what the Minister said when referring to Clause 1(2)(a). Was he saying that a child who is the child of a victim of modern slavery will fall within…24 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, my name is on the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, although it was not meant to be—there was some confusion between “Sally” and “Sal”—but I am glad that it…24 Jan 2024