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HANSARDGender Pay GapTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to speed up progress on closing the gender pay gap.27 Feb 2024HANSARDGender Pay GapI thank the Minister for that Answer and particularly welcome the flexible working initiative. Given those endeavours, have the Government made any assessment of how quickly we…27 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I do not need to add much to the words of the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, because she has explained exactly why this is an important matter. I was slightly astonished…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I echo the worry of the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, about this, partly exactly because it may not solve the victim’s problem that the noble Baroness, Lady Fox,…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I was pleased to put my name and that of my noble friend to this amendment. The noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, has given us a comprehensive introduction to this issue.…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI thank the Minister for the detail he has gone into. I am not making fun of him; I am genuinely wondering if he thinks it is all going in the right direction and fast enough. If…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillIt is a great pleasure to move Amendment 148A and speak to Amendment 148B. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Russell, and the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for their support in this…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillWhy does the Minister think we tabled these amendments?26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 122, I shall also speak to Amendment 123. I thank Justice and Inquest for the briefings they have given us about this issue. I hope the noble and…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for throwing that in. The Minister will know that this is a discursive process and this is a probing amendment. Although we will press him…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI wonder whether the code would cover the Hillsborough situation. It seems that the definition the noble Lord has just given would not cover that situation—one in which people may…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that explanation. I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Brinton and Lady Newlove, the noble Lord, Lord Marks, and my noble friend Lord Wills for…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 124 I will speak to Amendments 125 and 128 in the name of my noble friend Lord Ponsonby. We are now, of course, continuing our discussion about major…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI thank the noble Lord for that answer. If I understood him correctly, his key point was that there is concern that the registration process might be compromised, but he did not…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillThat would be useful to the Committee, because then the legal eagles behind me and on other Benches could look at it and see whether it holds water. The noble Baroness, Lady…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI assume the noble Earl is asking me to withdraw my amendment. I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. The noble Earl will be able to report with some veracity…07 Feb 2024