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HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill18 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationI very much welcome the deliberative aspect of this consultation. It is good to see the Government doing that, and I hope it goes into other areas. I want to associate myself with…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his words and his roll-call of that incredible list of speakers who supported the amendments. That was a wonderful list of people from all sides…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will speak to all the amendments in this group in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord Clement-Jones, the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, and…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 404, 405, 431 and 432. In the light of the hour and the spirit of my conversations with the Minister, I will not go through my amendments in…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank all noble Lords who have supported this, not just tonight but on previous occasions, and I thank the Minister. Earlier this afternoon, we were looking for the perfect…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill11 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I join the Minister’s fan club and thank her for her engagement on this, which has really helped get this to a better place. I am grateful for that. I believe we will…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I added my name to Amendment 14, alongside that of my noble friend Lord Russell, and he has adequately explained the gap. I started, unfortunately, looking at child…10 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, as a point of information, I feel it would be useful to say that Clauses 64 and 65, to which the Minister refers, are in fact a narrowing of an original amendment, laid…02 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIf I was in the same meeting as the Minister, officials were unable to say that LLMs and generative models would be covered by that amendment. Indeed, they said that the policy of…02 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI say to the noble Lord that there is only one way to prevent a Division on this issue, which is either to stand at the Dispatch Box and say that it is covered, or that we will…02 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Cotes, and the noble Lords, Lord Russell and Lord Clement-Jones, for adding their names. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady…02 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillNo, I dare not tackle the noble Baroness on legal matters—what we do and do not do in the law—but, if you accidentally poison children’s food, you do not get a free pass. There…02 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, briefly, I support the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Bertin. It has been a very grim afternoon, I have to say, repeatedly hearing some of the most…02 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support all the amendments in this group—the government amendments, those in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, and the other amendment that was tabled. It was…02 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill02 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillI would never compete with the noble and learned Lord.11 Feb 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 61, to which I have added my name, and associate myself with the noble Baroness’s words on Amendment 62. I was sitting here thinking that if I was…11 Feb 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords—11 Feb 2026