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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for the explanations of their amendments. I support the Government’s Amendments 308 and 309 for reasons that will be explained by the…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I speak in strong support of the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton. I do not know whether it is necessary. I declare an interest as a victim. My concern…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the problem of prostitution has been around since biblical times. I can understand why the noble Lord might not be very supportive of Amendments 310 and 311, but does my…09 Dec 2025HANSARDOpen Access Rail ServicesMy Lords, the Minister told us that the west coast main line either is out of capacity or will be very shortly. Why have the Government acquiesced to the previous Administration’s…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDrink-Drive LimitMy Lords, is it not the case that the Scottish Government did exactly what the noble Baroness proposes, then commissioned research that showed the change made absolutely no…22 Oct 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for the introduction of her Bill, which has much to commend it. Earlier this year, I indicated that I would retire in the spring. However,…16 Oct 2025HANSARDRoad PricingMy Lords, why is it sensible to tax a motorist who drives 5 miles in the middle of Lincolnshire at 6 am exactly the same as a motorist who drives 5 miles on the M25 at 8.30 am?18 Sept 2025HANSARDUK Defence and Aerospace Facilities: ProtestsMy Lords, can the Minister explain how a relatively unsophisticated attack was able to put out of action an RAF aircraft?04 Sept 2025HANSARDFriendly Wifi CertificationMy Lords, will the Senior Deputy Speaker pass on to the officials in the PDS our gratitude for providing a really effective system that keeps us safe, as well as the very…02 Sept 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I have sympathy for the amendment and I am happy with the percentage suggested, but there is a difficulty. I spent most of 1995 running an NGO in Rwanda. In the winter…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThis is the problem, though. When I was running an NGO in Africa, if I had taken a leave of absence and come back to the UK on R&R —some opportunity—but there was a debate about…09 Jul 2025HANSARDPrisons: Mothers and BabiesMy Lords, we are all very grateful for the efforts of the Minister in this matter. He is very careful to maintain judicial independence and independence from sentencing, but is he…07 Jul 2025HANSARDMalvern Hills Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, for his usual expert introduction of the Bill today. The promoters would have been hard pushed to find a…04 Jun 2025HANSARDMalvern Hills Bill [HL]That it be an instruction to the Select Committee to whom the Malvern Hills Bill is committed that— (a) notwithstanding that the promoters themselves are under a restriction which…04 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewMy Lords, is it correct that in the United Kingdom we have the highest rate of incarceration in Europe and are exceeded only by the United States? When did officials at the…02 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Transport: Expansion and ElectrificationMy Lords, is it mathematically and physically possible to strengthen the UK’s electricity supply system in time to meet the UK’s net-zero target?19 May 2025HANSARD80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over JapanMy Lords, I have been a Member of this House for 33 years, and I can tell the noble Baroness that I made exactly the same mistake. I was sitting on the Cross Benches and jumped up…09 May 2025HANSARDLandmines and Cluster MunitionsMy Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dubs. We have debated this issue before—18 years ago. I have to say that, in the 25 years I have known the noble Lord, he…03 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, all these amendments are unnecessary as, in my opinion, there will be no next stage of reform at any time soon—certainly not in this Parliament. The drivers for this…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am at one with the noble Baroness the Leader about Mr Gove and York, but can she explain why she cannot blow the dust off the royal commission report—the Wakeham…25 Mar 2025