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HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, referred to me as his erstwhile sparring partner; I am going to have to up my game. Amendment 58A was intended as a mechanism to introduce…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing Bill01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, rehabilitative activities, activities designed to reduce reoffending—whatever we call them; I do not disagree with my noble friend that what we call them is…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I have been struggling to find the amendments that I was speaking to, to which the noble Lord referred when he talked about my opposition. I remember querying terms such…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI for one would really welcome a discussion with the noble Lord; I did not realise that we should use this occasion to accept the invitation. Perhaps at the same time, I should…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI may have missed it, but I am still unclear about what happens under Clause 18 and new Section 118A. If there is no approval of the business plan from the Lord Chancellor, does…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I want to say a word about Amendment 84 on sentencing remarks. I was proposing to leave it until the Victims and Courts Bill, but this gives me an initial run at it, as…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, this is one of those occasions when scrutiny is important to both the proponents and opponents of a proposition. Some of us want to make sure that it works; others want…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI am grateful to the Minister for that. As I have said earlier today, I have struggled with the guidelines, which are long and dense. Without seeing the individual offences which…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames has added his name to this amendment, which would ensure that sentencing guidelines “provide that domestic abuse is an…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillNo, the noble Lord, Lord Lemos, is quite right. I had only realised it shortly before we came to this group. “Discouraged” means no in House of Lords language, I think. So I…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillThat is helpful, because what is a high income to one person is not necessarily a high income in the eyes of another. I am grateful to the Minister for his response to the…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, before I get on to the detail of this amendment, may I say how much I agree with the comments that have been made about the increasing complexity of the Sentencing Code,…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I got my calculator out because I was reminding myself, so far as I could, what the amount might be, in cash terms, that an offender could be left with. I am not sure…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI agree that my amendment is not necessary, but perhaps that is in a technical sense; it is the practical situation that the Prison Reform Trust, particularly, and the Women’s…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing Bill26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMost of them have gone.26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing Bill26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI speak to Amendment 36, and will also speak to Amendment 39. Amendment 79 in the name of my noble friend Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames is in this group. As rapid consultation…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing Bill26 Nov 2025