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HANSARDStop and Search PowersThe noble Lord goes to the nub of the problem. Certainly, in light of the case of Sarah Everard, trust in the police has to be regained and rebuilt, because we must have trust in…17 Nov 2021HANSARDStop and Search PowersI am sorry, my Lords; he is right. It has been a very long week and it is still Wednesday. The noble Lord is absolutely right on that, but of course a young black man is 24 times…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWe have covered a spectrum of different types of offending and behaviour. We must not forget that at the point at which—no pun intended—someone is issued with an SVRO, they will…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI completely understand that point it in the context of the previous debate. One of the things that we will be testing as part of the pilot is the impact of SVROs on the…17 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI totally agree with the noble Lord that these things are hard to predict and hard to deal with when they happen. I have seen a couple of comments, particularly from BAME…17 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI thank the noble Lord for his questions, and I join him in paying tribute to our emergency services, who acted so quickly to try to preserve life at the scene of the attack, and…17 Nov 2021HANSARDStop and Search PowersI pay tribute to the noble Baroness and all the work she has done. Despite the fact that we might have different views on how to go about it, I think we both seek the same ends:…17 Nov 2021HANSARDStop and Search PowersThe noble Lord, Lord Paddick, has often quoted that statistic and he is absolutely not wrong.17 Nov 2021HANSARDStop and Search PowersMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to correct some of the inaccurate claims. The first was that the delay was due to a record level of data, but that was a…17 Nov 2021HANSARDStop and Search PowersAn equalities impact assessment has been done on the Bill, as is done on every Bill, as the noble Lord knows. On how this looks, I have explained the process for producing the…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe for tabling their amendments, and for the opportunity that I have had to…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, it is about three minutes to the witching hour and I am absolutely delighted to be able to respond on behalf of the Government to these amendments. I and the Government…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI think I need to reflect further on what noble Lords have said. I will try to answer the noble Lord’s question in a letter before we start talking about examples. We are, after…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, has explained, this group of amendments deals with further aspects of the new serious violence reduction order. Amendments 231A and 231B…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Paddick and Lord Coaker, for speaking to these amendments, as well as the noble Baroness, Lady Armstrong, who is back in her seat—the…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIt is always dangerous to talk about specific cases but, if the knife has not been used in the commission of the offence—17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIf the Sikh was going about his business with his knife in his pocket, he would have reasonable excuse. If he then got into a fight and the knife was not used in the commission of…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have just fallen into a trap that I do not like to fall into, which is to take on specific cases. The court would have to determine the facts of the case to decide…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI will most certainly do that. So this is offences where the knife is not actually deployed and the person with the individual with a knife in their pocket would not have known…17 Nov 2021