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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, Amendment 99, is in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede and Lord Paddick: I am grateful for their support. We return to the issue of…10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all three noble Lords who have spoken on this issue and the two who have supported me. I believe my noble friend the Minister has taken this issue on…10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I strongly support my noble friend Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbots. I agree with everything that noble Lords have said so far. I moved a similar amendment in Committee,…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support the noble Baroness in Amendment 89, for the reasons she has outlined. I think the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, in this Report stage seems to get…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, makes a very good case for his amendments. I hope that my noble friend the Minister can satisfy the House, but I think that he will…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, if the Scottish experience shows that it is no good, why on earth was it put in the White Paper?15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillSurely the Minister could introduce at Third Reading an order-making power that would last indefinitely.15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have no objection to short prison sentences per se. The problem I have is that our current prison system is so hopelessly ineffective at rehabilitation. That is why in…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMaybe the Minister was suggesting something. Seriously, I hope that my noble and learned friend agrees to reflect on this matter, thus avoiding a Division.15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I most sincerely apologise to the House for not being present at the start of this debate. I strongly support the thrust of the amendment about bridge-bashing in the…13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, arguing this case is far beyond my pay grade, but I support everything that my noble friend Lord Hailsham said in opposition to these amendments. I do not support…08 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I cannot resist the temptation. Would the Minister be prepared to express some uncertainty about the “exceptional” rule? If he expressed that uncertainty, it would mean…08 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, does the Minister not run the risk of ending up, in the case of the pub brawl, with the offender being sentenced to life but with only a four-year tariff?08 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am not convinced that the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, is correct because if we delay the amendment, we would be putting it at the back of the Bill, but it has to be in…08 Dec 2021HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) (No. 4) Regulations 2021That a Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1207), laid before the…06 Dec 2021HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) (No. 4) Regulations 2021My Lords, in moving that the House annuls the Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) (No. 4) Regulations 2021, I make it clear that I do not intend to test the…06 Dec 2021HANSARDDrivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) (No. 4) Regulations 2021My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I am especially grateful to the Minister for explaining how limited the relaxation is to the…06 Dec 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have not chosen to speak on any of the previous occasions that the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, has sought, with his usual skill and humour, to tempt the House with one…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]My Lords, we knew that we had to comply with that manifesto commitment. The party opposite and the Prime Minister were out-negotiated by Lord Cranborne.03 Dec 2021