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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI will reply in writing, if the noble Lord will let me.12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, in arriving, as we now have, at Part 3 of the Bill, I should like to begin by thanking all noble Lords who have spoken so powerfully and movingly on a set of events…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, for explaining the background to her amendment. It would require by law that the criminal justice agencies—the police,…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for her amendment, which, as she explained, would require the Government to publish a timeline for the payment of…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillOn the noble Baroness’s latter point, I hope to have extensive discussions with noble Lords about the Government’s amendments and their intended and literal effect. On setting up…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI perfectly understand the noble Baroness’s strength of feeling on this long-standing scandal. It may be of some reassurance to her if I repeat the words of my honourable friend…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for this amendment, which, as she explained, would require the Crown Court to automatically impose a restraining…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI anticipate using every opportunity available to engage with noble Lords on not only what the amendments will comprise but what we intend to do thereafter. As the noble Lord will…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I express my thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, and the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for these amendments, which bring us to an important dimension of any major…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI meant to respond to the very pertinent points the noble Lord made on the cost and duration of public inquiries. He is, of course, quite right. This is a matter of concern. It is…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI think we have already debated the latitude that the Secretary of State enjoys in interpreting the word “significant” when we debated the previous group of amendments. The noble…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Wills, so ably explained, this group of amendments covers a number of issues: the appointment of the standing advocate, the function of the…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I am the first to agree that a code of practice takes us only a certain distance. We also need to ensure that there is proper training for police and others. We had a…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI recognise the seriousness of the issue. I have no advice in my brief on that, but I will be happy to write to the noble Lord on that point.07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI would be happy to write to my noble friend. Amendment 173 seeks to extend Clause 24 to the whole of the UK. At the moment these measures apply to England and Wales, on the basis…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI hear what my noble friend has said. I was able to give what I hoped was helpful information in our debate on Monday about police training, but it is by no means an overnight…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, having tasked the Law Commission, as we have, with preparing a full-scale set of recommendations in this area, it would be unthinkable for us to pre-empt its report. I…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI have heard the strength of feeling on this, and I will be more than happy to take the issues raised back to my colleagues and officials in the department. I will be happy to…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, with this group of amendments we arrive at a particularly sensitive and emotive set of issues, as noble Lords have so movingly described. I shall do my best to provide…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI take the point about burdens placed on families at exactly the point they should not be, and I will feed that in. Amendments 85 and 96 seek the automatic suspension of parental…07 Feb 2024