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HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have supported this amendment. As my noble friend described, circumstances can change. She put the position very clearly. The noble Lord…08 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillI thank the Minister for that. I hope we do not feel an urgent need to review this issue. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.08 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill08 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, I feel a sense of frustration. There are so many issues that one wants to pursue, but it is not the first Bill where we will…08 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, Amendments 24 and 25 struck me as setting out a number of concerns that we would like to have seen in the Bill now. I agree very much with what the noble Baroness, Lady…03 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillThe Minister just referred to the number of hours in the day for which the restriction may apply. Why have the Government decided, assuming that the decision is positive, not to…03 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, on that last point, I take it that the post-legislative scrutiny referred to is separate from the review of polygraph testing after three years, to which the Minister…03 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, Part 3 of the Bill raises for these Benches some considerable points of principle regarding terrorism prevention and investigation measures. I know some noble Lords may…03 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 19, I will speak also to Amendments 20 and 21. Clause 38 raises a rather different issue from the other clauses in Part 3, which deals with TPIMs.…03 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill03 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillOur views are very close, but we have not actually changed personalities yet. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, asked some extremely pertinent questions as the basis for…03 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am speaking on this group because I respect the experience and judgment of the signatories to these two amendments. The noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, mentioned the…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, the Equality and Human Rights Commission is pretty hard pressed and overloaded, so it is interesting that it chose to work on the subject of domestic abuse at work in…10 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, we have Amendment 29 in this group, and we oppose Clause 38 standing part of the Bill. The noble Lord, Lord Anderson, has Amendment 30. The clause allows for repeated…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, yes, I will seek to leave to withdraw my amendment. I find it a bit difficult to understand in this connection how one applies proportionality. The question I asked of…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I think that, on the last grouping, the question which lay behind this amendment was answered—but let me just check. Clause 42 covers the drug testing measure. My first…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillEqually, of course, we will go through the Official Report to see whether all our concerns have been addressed. For now, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I may have missed it, but I am not sure that the noble Lord answered the point about the right to silence. It is difficult to read body language from eight miles away.09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, we have Amendments 30C and 30D in this group, as well as the clause stand part debate. These take us to polygraph measures, where we were not so many hours ago in…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill09 Feb 2021