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HANSARDGender Pay GapOn the blessed Europe, I have to say to the noble Lord that we are streets ahead of Europe in equalities legislation.05 Mar 2019HANSARDGender Pay GapI agree with the presumption of the noble Baroness’s question. She is absolutely right about better-quality data coming forward: it is what both employers and employees want. I…05 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillSuch a scheme would impose an additional burden. The noble Lord talks about other burdens; I am not denying that there will be burdens on various people from the introduction of…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill04 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given to an Urgent Question asked in another place. The Statement is as follows:…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I cannot commit to bringing it back at Third Reading, but I know the noble Lord will bring it back at Third Reading. By then, I hope that I will have further information…04 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeThe noble Lord points out the stark simplicity with which somebody can kill somebody else—by a single blow of a knife. In talking about the public health response to knife crime,…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill04 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeMy Lords, once again I pay tribute to my noble friend for all her work in this area. She must have heard the earlier discussion when my noble friend Lady Barran talked about…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, that would require a global trawl of every company in the world selling knives, prohibited or otherwise.04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMay I just finish before the noble Lord comes in? On the basis that we want to work with noble Lords to find an equitable solution, I hope that the noble Lord will be able to…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI am trying to say that we are trying to come to a workable solution, particularly for the Sikh community. On the question of other legislation, what immediately springs to my…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for his amendment. It deals with an issue which we discussed at length in Committee and which was the subject of a very…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI do not think there will be any disputes with the clerks.04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillIf I understand the noble Lord’s question, he is asking whether guidance is less likely to make people abide by the law and why we do not just put it in the Bill. I am struggling…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI stick by the point that people will use the list in the Bill to try to get around the law, and therefore guidance is helpful. It is helpful both to the retailers who will be…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI do not think that John Lewis currently delivers table knives or any type of bladed products to residential premises. As it stands, John Lewis does not deliver knives; people…04 Mar 2019