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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI do not want to re-enter an old argument but, in Committee, I was almost embarrassed when the Minister pointed out that I was completely wrong about mandatory minimum sentences.…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to rise to support government amendments. There are cases of child abuse and neglect that cannot be adequately punished under the current maximum…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, when I was a child and my parents stopped me doing something I would say “That’s not fair” and they would say “Well, life isn’t fair.” I would argue that this House is…15 Dec 2021HANSARDConstruction Sector: Roadmap to Zero RetentionsMy Lords, I regret that I was not able to come to the briefing that the Minister gave. It strikes me that this distorts all the figures that come out of the building industry,…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI will be brief. There is an IPP fact sheet on the Ministry of Justice website that describes IPP sentences as “unclear and inconsistent” and says that they are not working…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWhen this Government want to bring in some quite nasty legislation, they can move very fast. I do not see why they could not bring in some rather nice legislation very fast as…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am sorry, but I do not understand what the Minister means.15 Dec 2021HANSARDMaldives: TariffsI understand that since Brexit we have joined the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. With all our knowledge of sustainability and conservation, are…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWas that objection to what I am saying or support? I could not work it out. We should be aiming for zero road deaths. They just should not happen. The roads and pavement should be…13 Dec 2021HANSARDDrax Wood PelletsDo the Government understand that Drax has been taken to court twice this year for air pollution offences and reported to the OECD for misleading and, frankly, untrue statements…13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, it is good that the Government have realised that our road traffic laws are a mess, because the cost—the human cost, the social cost—of the crimes and offences we are…13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I very much hope the Minister can listen to this, because it is obvious that there is a general concern. I will keep my remarks brief because I agree with everything…13 Dec 2021HANSARDFreedom of SpeechI thank the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury for tabling this debate. He gave an excellent speech and, in spite of being an atheist, I agreed with almost every…10 Dec 2021HANSARDDowning Street Christmas PartiesMy Lords—09 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am so sorry, but I do not understand why we are arguing about this. We are all dissatisfied with what the Government are doing, yet none of us can stop it. It is all angels…08 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI have an alternative suggestion; perhaps the clerk can tell us whether it is legal. Is there anything to stop any of us calling for a vote once—08 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThen if the Minister puts the Question, I will call for a vote.08 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I had a problem with this amendment myself but, not being a lawyer, I thought I would leave it to those who are. And, having heard the lawyerly wisdom pouring from your…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNet-zero EmissionsMy Lords, the campaign group Insulate Britain, which has annoyed people so badly, was asking for a national programme to ensure that homes are insulated to be low energy by 2030.…07 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bichard, who talked about his parents. My parents never owned their own home, but they had exactly the same emotional…07 Dec 2021