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HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThat this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 62A.10 Apr 2019HANSARDProtestors’ RightsCertainly, any large organisation that needs to impact a community would be well advised to engage with it well ahead of time. During such a process, people who protest have to…09 Apr 2019HANSARDProtestors’ RightsThe noble and learned Lord is of course absolutely right—and I wish him a happy birthday.09 Apr 2019HANSARDProtestors’ RightsLancashire police received nearly £3 million in special grant in the year 2018-19, so I do not think the resources are inadequate. The two processes need to run alongside each…09 Apr 2019HANSARDProtestors’ RightsMy Lords, peaceful protest is a vital part of democratic society. It is a long-standing tradition in this country that people are free to gather together and demonstrate their…09 Apr 2019HANSARDProtestors’ RightsI think I know the case to which the noble Baroness refers, and there has been an appeal of the ruling in that case. I recognise the point that she makes about persons unknown.…09 Apr 2019HANSARDFreedom of ExpressionI say to my noble friend that the conventions and rules of this place and the other place have been upheld for hundreds of years and I agree that we should have the time to be…03 Apr 2019HANSARDFreedom of ExpressionI assure the noble Lord that in the case of the individual concerned in the Question, we are undertaking some fact-finding meetings with the member of staff and the higher officer…03 Apr 2019HANSARDFreedom of ExpressionI think my noble friend the Leader of the House is no more enthusiastic about the slogan than I am, but everyone—I thought the noble Lord was going to refer to the wife of the…03 Apr 2019HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI thank the noble Baroness for outlining the money that has been spent, which I could not do in answer to my noble friend—she has of course been right at the heart of this for…03 Apr 2019HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI thank my noble friend for asking that question. Yes, we need to turn what has now widely been seen as a negative period in our history into a positive period, one in which the…03 Apr 2019HANSARDImmigration DetentionIn terms of review, we are now trialling immigration bail at two months rather than four, which we did previously. The overall picture is that 92% of people leave immigration…03 Apr 2019HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeObviously each case is different, and the good character test would have to be applied to anyone applying for leave to remain in this country. There is a spectrum of what denotes…03 Apr 2019HANSARDImmigration DetentionNot only have the overall detention figures gone right down—they are lower than since the collation of figures began in 2009—but the number of children in detention has gone down…03 Apr 2019HANSARDImmigration DetentionAs I said, the figure of 92% of people being released from detention, who have been there perhaps for immigration bail or other forms of review, is the result of our not wanting…03 Apr 2019HANSARDFreedom of ExpressionI do not know where the specific incident that the noble Lord talked about took place. Was it in the UK? No? You only have to go outside the doors of this Palace of Westminster to…03 Apr 2019HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI thank the noble Lord for the points he has made. He will be aware that the Home Secretary has asked Wendy Williams to carry out a lessons learned review and we look forward to…03 Apr 2019HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will repeat a Statement given by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary in the other place. The Statement is as follows: “With…03 Apr 2019HANSARDImmigration DetentionI thank the noble Lord for that point. As he made it, thunder was clapping —I do not know whether it was for here or for another place. The noble Lord is absolutely right that the…03 Apr 2019HANSARDImmigration DetentionThe right reverend Prelate will be comforted to know that all decisions on detention benefit from the oversight of the independent detention gatekeeper. On the analogy with the…03 Apr 2019