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HANSARDVictims 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 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 BillMy Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for bringing forward the amendments in this group. All but one relate to the important issue of the definition of a major incident and its…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am very grateful to the noble Lord for those comments and will ensure that they are fed back to my noble and learned friend Lord Bellamy, and the department as a whole.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, this group of amendments brings together a very important set of issues, as we have heard. I am most grateful to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester and…05 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillThat is clearly a concern, and we must listen to the domestic abuse commissioner very carefully. I have tried to set out how we have responded within existing powers and…05 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillFirst, I take the noble Lord’s point about the Victims’ Commissioner; I am happy to feed that into the department. Secondly, I come back to the point I made earlier about building…05 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI will need to write to the noble Baroness—and to other noble Lords, of course—on that point, as I have no advice. I shall come on to Amendment 80 in a moment. Amendment 75 in the…05 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I too am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken to this group of amendments, which cover a range of sensitive and complex issues. I turn first to Amendment…05 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI think we come back to the guidance on this—to get the guidance right and ensure that the focus on victims’ needs is there, and on teasing out what we mean when we refer to…05 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillIndeed. We come back to the earlier amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Bach, on how one should best join up individual reports of crime, abuse or whatever else so that the…05 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS: General Medical PractitionersMy Lords, it is the turn of the Cross Benches.20 Nov 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, with the leave of the House, in moving Motion A I shall also speak to Motion B. Your Lordships will remember that, during our consideration of Commons amendments on…25 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend, the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Pinnock and Lady Hayman of Ullock, for their respective remarks. As I said…25 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 45 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 45C in lieu.25 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 22B, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 22C.25 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, the Levelling up and Regeneration Bill establishes the foundations to address entrenched geographic disparities across the UK. Throughout the Bill’s passage we have…23 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, with the leave of the House, in moving Motion Z I will also speak to Motions ZA, ZB and ZB1. As in the earlier group, I draw the attention of the House to the advice…23 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 1, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 1A.23 Oct 2023