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HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I am pleased to support Amendment 1, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord McColl. I continue to be concerned about the lack of regard for the respondent demonstrated in…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, in Committee we had a useful debate on the impact of the Bill on children. The amendment I moved on that occasion required that the best interests of children should be…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. I am again pleased that we have had such a focused discussion on the implications of this legislation for…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, in response to my amendment on children in Committee, the Minister said: “Divorce, at least in terms of the legal process, is of limited duration”.—[ Official Report ,…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate and I am not at all surprised that there is evidence which suggests that reducing conflict is a good thing for…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of Amendment 1 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord McColl, which I very much hope the Minister accepts. This amendment has two important…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall also speak to my Amendment 14 to Clause 3. At Second Reading, I expressed concerns about how the proposals in this Bill would bring a profound shift in power…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]I entirely and completely agree with the noble Lord.03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]It would be desirable to have some meetings. Under the circumstances, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, which has been extremely interesting and wide-ranging. Despite what has been said, the role of…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, the modest but important point of this amendment would be to permit a spouse who does not want to divorce to have that fact placed on the public record. As I explained…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for what he has said. It is a probing amendment and has afforded me an opportunity to make an important point about speaking up for the…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hunt, on her excellent maiden speech and welcome her to our Cross Benches. I shall concentrate on two issues: first, the…05 Feb 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I welcome the Government’s commitment to introduce its online harms Bill “to improve internet safety for all”, but, equally, stress that I remain deeply concerned by…09 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord McNally, I too have found myself having to change what I had intended to say today, following an announcement by the Secretary of State for the…22 Oct 2019HANSARDJustice: Private SectorMy Lords, recent research by the Guardian shows that private prisons are disproportionately more violent than public ones, with almost 50% more assaults. Official figures show…18 Jun 2019