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HANSARDIndependent Public AdvocateMy Lords, I welcome the Statement repeated by the Minister today, and we look forward to the legislation, of course. I go back to the inquest issue, because it is intimately…02 Mar 2023HANSARDViolence Against Women and Girls: StalkingMy Lords, will the Minister invite the Safeguarding Minister to send the letter she is sending to chief constables to police and crime commissioners as well?23 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime PanelsMy Lords, I begin by thanking other speakers in this short debate. I also thank the House of Lords Library for its useful and well-written background paper and for its extra help…23 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime PanelsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to change the (1) structure, (2) purpose, and (3) powers, of Police and Crime Panels.23 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: Accountability ArrangementsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer and for his written reply I received this morning on the vexed question of whether the accountability of police and crime…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: Accountability ArrangementsTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to change the accountability arrangements for Police and Crime Commissioners.25 Jan 2023HANSARDLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Family and Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023My Lords, I shall be very quick, not least because the chairman of the committee mentioned by the Minister in his answer on the previous instrument is in her place, and she can…23 Jan 2023HANSARDRape: Operation SoteriaMy Lords, one reason why so many victims pull out of proceedings is the backlog in cases being heard. Could the Minister talk to his colleagues in the Ministry of Justice and…23 Jan 2023HANSARDCivil Legal Aid (Housing and Asylum Accommodation) Order 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the order. No one could have done it with more clarity than he has. I hope he will forgive me: while I of course welcome the small…23 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I remind the House that I am a former police and crime commissioner for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. I am going to talk about something a bit different. By any…17 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyI ask the Minister gently about the decision to get rid of police officers during the first eight years or so, from 2010 onwards. Now that the Government have changed their…02 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners and PanelsMy Lords, I thank the Minister. Does he agree that, to do their core job of holding police and crime commissioners to account—nobody else does it, least of all the Home Office, I…31 Oct 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime CommissionersMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, for securing this short debate. I agree with his every word. I want to stress that I still support the idea of police and crime…31 Oct 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners and PanelsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the ability of Police and Crime Panels to hold Police and Crime Commissioners to account.31 Oct 2022HANSARD50th Anniversary of the Expulsion of Asians from UgandaMy Lords, 10 years on, I have even more pleasure in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Popat, on securing this debate. That debate was on 6 December 2012 and it was excellent. It…27 Oct 2022HANSARDViolent Crime, Gang Activity and BurglariesMy Lords, I congratulate and thank my noble friend on securing this debate. I intend to speak about my experience as the police and crime commissioner for Leicester,…20 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I am a simple soul, and the argument put forward by the last few very eminent speakers is not one which persuades me. The reason that persuades me that this is a bad…11 Oct 2022HANSARDMr Mike VealeMy Lords, how much longer must this farce go on? I am grateful to the Minister for her reply to my noble friend Lord Lexden, as I shall I call him, on this matter. I very much…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSocial Welfare Law Cases: Legal AidTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what further steps they are taking to restore legal aid funding in the area of social welfare law.16 May 2022HANSARDSocial Welfare Law Cases: Legal AidMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer. I acknowledge the work done in this field by the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson. Frankly, though, two small pilots over a two-year period…16 May 2022