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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt sounds like an important point. I am sure that the noble Baroness will understand that I do not have the answer to that at my fingertips right now, but I will write to her.09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am not taking any interventions. These amendments create a further risk of incentivising the use of palliative care when it is not in line with the wishes of the individual. If…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am not going to take any interventions, I am sorry. I am simply giving the Government’s view. We are very short of time. I apologise to the noble Baroness.09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI shall be as quick as I can on this group. My comments are restricted to those amendments on which the Government have major legal, technical or operational workability concerns.…09 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Sugg and Lady Doocey, and the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, for tabling Amendments 353, 354, 355, 355A and 356. I thank all…17 Dec 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, at the heart of this Bill are measures aimed at ensuring that victims are treated with dignity, compassion and respect throughout the justice process. This legislation…16 Dec 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts BillThat the bill be committed to a Grand Committee, and that it be an instruction to the Grand Committee that they consider the bill in the following order: Clauses 1 to 3, Schedule…16 Dec 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts BillI am grateful to the noble and learned Lord. Turning to what is not in the Bill, I of course recall that the Crime and Policing Bill—the Ministry of Justice has some of the…16 Dec 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts BillIt would be my pleasure to hear from both my noble friend and the noble and learned Lord.16 Dec 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts BillThat is very rare. If you appeal out of time, you have pretty much had it. You need to have a really good reason to do so. I now turn to—16 Dec 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts BillI would, of course, always say that I am right, would I not? In that sense, they are wrong. The noble and learned Lord made the point about needing to invest in people. I will…16 Dec 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts BillI have tried very hard to keep this non-partisan, but I have to say very gently to the noble Lord that it is a bit rich to hear from a member of the party opposite about what has…16 Dec 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts BillThe noble Lord, Lord Gove, did not say it now, but in the past that used to be said. We have moved on.16 Dec 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank your Lordships for the helpful and constructive approach taken to the Bill—and I really mean it when I say that. Many of those who have spoken this evening have…16 Dec 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts BillThat the Bill be now read a second time. Welsh legislative consent sought.16 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to the noble Lord. As far as the first of the three protections is concerned, obviously I cannot bind the Crown Prosecution Service—the whole point about it is that…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for tabling Amendments 335A and 335B. Her amendments have been grouped with the modest collection of government…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, and the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for tabling Amendments 334A and 335 respectively. I am aware of the cases that have…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill15 Dec 2025HANSARDRestriction of Jury TrialsI hope that the noble Baroness is not referring to the Government I am part of when she says that the experiences of rape victims are being weaponised. This Government did not…10 Dec 2025