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HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorMy Lords, I declare my interest as director of Generation Rent. The White Paper is welcome. It is serious and ambitious. If the detail of the words follows through to the…20 Jun 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as director of Generation Rent. I will speak briefly to Motion M. Campaigners have argued consistently for a specific offence to more easily…22 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his response and for the large amount of time last week that he and his advisers gave me and Dr Rogers from Cambridge University, whose…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, men who seduced girls between the ages of 13 and 16 before 1 May 2004 are effectively immune from prosecution because of a procedural time limit. The law therefore stops…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I speak briefly in support of Amendments 104E and 104F, in the name of my noble friend Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede. In doing so, I declare my interest as director of…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 292H and declare my interest as director of Generation Rent. I also add my voice in support of Amendment 292J in the name of the noble Lord, Lord…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 277 in my name and I fully support Amendment 292C in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove, and others. In 2004, when this House also…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIf the offences were in place in 2003 and the guidance updated in 2019, why does the Minister believe that it is only this year that the first charge has been made for sex for…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords and noble and learned Lords who have spoken in today’s debate and supported my Amendment 277 and Amendment 292C in the name of the noble…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I will speak in support of Amendments 292A and 292B. In doing so, I declare my interest as director of Generation Rent. In my view, men advertising free rent for sex are…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAssisted Dying Bill [HL]My Lords, so many of us in this House have personal experience of watching someone close to us die of a terminal illness. That experience will undoubtedly influence our view, as…22 Oct 2021HANSARDArtists and Musicians: Working in EuropeTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have (1) to reduce the red tape, and (2) to improve access, for artists and musicians based in the United Kingdom seeking to work…09 Sept 2021HANSARDArtists and Musicians: Working in EuropeMy Lords, the lack of any deal for the creative industries in the Brexit negotiations has caused considerable anger, especially for the many thousands of British musicians who…09 Sept 2021HANSARDIndependent Office for Police ConductMy Lords, in March this year the noble Baroness advised the House that, from this autumn, the Government would ask police forces to identify and record where any crimes of…08 Jul 2021HANSARDCriminal Justice System: Equal Treatment of Deaths and InjuriesMy Lords, the noble Lord will be aware of the tragic death of Ryan Saltern. He was killed by a driver who failed to stop and report the accident, yet upon conviction the driver…24 Jun 2021HANSARDFolic AcidMy Lords, in March this year, the noble Lord said that the Government were taking time to create a “solution that is endorsed by mill owners, paediatricians and all the relevant…23 Jun 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, as is customary, I make it clear at the start of this debate that I may wish to test the opinion of the House on my amendment, though I say to the Government that if,…17 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken today, in particular the noble Lords, Lord Russell of Liverpool and Lord Young of Cookham, who championed this amendment in…17 Mar 2021