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HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillI thank all noble Lords who spoke in the debate, particularly the noble Lords, Lord Faulkner of Worcester and Lord Collins of Highbury, who outlined the various challenges here.…01 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for prompting this debate on the provisions contained within the Bill relating to the coronial investigation of stillbirths. I am aware of…01 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillMy Lords, I thank everyone who has spoken in what has been quite a wide-ranging debate, and in particular my noble friend Lord Hayward for moving the amendment. I am also grateful…01 Mar 2019HANSARDAnonymity (Arrested Persons) Bill [HL]I completely acknowledge that point. I am just trying to give the context of everything that has been discussed in the debate. The rationale for naming an arrested person before…01 Mar 2019HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2019That the draft Order laid before the House on 25 February be approved.28 Feb 2019HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, your Lordships will want to be aware that on 25 February we also laid a name-change order under Section 3(6) of the Terrorism Act 2000, recognising aliases of two…28 Feb 2019HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2019There might well be. As a member of a proscribed organisation, they may well have great difficulty in getting into this country. I will come to the point about democratic…28 Feb 2019HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I start with Brexit, which for once is irrelevant to this debate. Matters of national security and…28 Feb 2019HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2019I am sure the noble Lord will understand that I cannot talk about intelligence discussions with other states at the Dispatch Box. Of course, we have very close security ties with…28 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThe noble Lord makes a good point about aggravated offences—and of course, that can be explored through the call for evidence. As he will know, it is already an offence to abuse…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI totally understand the noble Lord’s point. He reminds me at every opportunity and I think that I will have written on my grave the “rogue landlords database”. However, I have to…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, the government amendments in this group introduce knife crime prevention orders. Noble Lords will recall that these amendments were debated in Grand Committee on 6…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillTurning to my noble friend’s question, if your home is also your registered business address, then clearly is it both. The noble Lord actually raised that point in Committee. The…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for explaining the rationale of these amendments, which would change the new offence of sending a corrosive or bladed…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI thank noble Lords who have spoken to these amendments, which are about the use of short custodial sentences and minimum custodial sentences. I have reflected on the concerns…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillIn precedence for these sorts of cases, it is quite often the company that is prosecuted, with a fine—of a range—imposed on it. Obviously, if an individual is prosecuted, the full…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy noble friend is absolutely right about the maximum sentence, but alights on an important aspect of someone’s rehabilitation, which is not just about the custodial sentence—it…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for speaking to this amendment. I am particularly grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for his tireless work throughout the Bill to raise…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillRepresentatives of USDAW are part of the steering group along with staff from large retail organisations right down to small shop owners. It is important that we have a wide range…26 Feb 2019