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HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI am sure that the noble Baroness is very much comforted. I hope I can clarify the meaning. Amendment 12 seeks to test why it is necessary to include in Clause 2(6)(a) the words,…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThe noble Lord is both right and wrong. A shop might sell a range of products that includes all these things—I am thinking of Tesco, for example—whereas a corner shop might be…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI think that the noble Lord was referring to the taking and retention of photographs, which is slightly different, and we need to acknowledge the distinction.28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillWould it be helpful if I wrote to noble Lords giving examples?28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillIn fact, I was thinking precisely of the small shop owner, who may not have the resource. If they could sign up or reference some sort of guidance that would be ideal. I was…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, if you buy from Amazon, you are buying from Amazon UK.28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThat depends entirely on whether the seller is a UK seller or an overseas seller.28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillIf the seller is in the UK, the seller is in the UK. If the seller is overseas there is a slightly different mechanism. As I said, that is because of our ability to enforce sales…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillYou can buy it from either, but the mechanisms for age verification are slightly different.28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for tabling these amendments and the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for speaking to them, as it provides us with the opportunity to debate the…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThe noble Earl, Lord Erroll, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, essentially come back to the point that the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, made. Sellers want to make sure they are…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThat it be an instruction to the Grand Committee to which the Offensive Weapons Bill has been committed that they consider the bill in the following order: Clause 1, Schedule 1,…24 Jan 2019HANSARDShop Workers: ProtectionI do not agree that they are acting as law-enforcement officers. One could take that to its ultimate conclusion and say that everyone who upholds the law is acting as a…23 Jan 2019HANSARDShop Workers: ProtectionMy Lords, I fully support what the noble Lord says about protecting shop workers. A number of laws to protect them are already in place; we need to explore this issue more to see…23 Jan 2019HANSARDShop Workers: ProtectionMy Lords, I am very happy to meet USDAW, which I fully expected might be one of the things I would do during the passage of the Offensive Weapons Bill. The noble Baroness will…23 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Foreign Language Teaching and Public Service InterpretingMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, on securing this debate and thank all noble Lords who have spoken in what has been my second non-fractious debate of…23 Jan 2019HANSARDShop Workers: ProtectionI agree with the noble Earl that putting young people in custody is not the answer every time. Obviously, magistrates have a range of sentencing powers open to them but I believe…23 Jan 2019HANSARDShop Workers: ProtectionMy Lords, everyone has the right to feel safe at work. I have enormous sympathy for shop workers, who can face intimidation, threats and in some cases violence. I can confirm…23 Jan 2019HANSARDShop Workers: ProtectionThe noble Lord is absolutely right. As legislators, we must be consistent in protecting the public from the harms of crime and other things that take place on our streets. There…23 Jan 2019HANSARDShop Workers: ProtectionAs my noble friend said, the call for evidence is open; therefore, we must go through that process. I do not disagree with her about the behaviour that goes on in airports when…23 Jan 2019