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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I start by answering one of the Minister’s questions: what would constitute evidence? The answer is: the same kind of evidence that was sufficiently persuasive for the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 111 I will speak to the related Amendment 112. Here, we are being asked to amend the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to import some definitions into it.…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am glad to support my noble friend in questioning whether the processes outlined in this clause should be altered so that they protect the procedures that we already…27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI hope I am right, but surely there is nothing in the provisions being carried through now that would in any way relieve the prosecution of the obligation to disclose to the…27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillCan the Minister explain subsection (5), which sets out that “the governor of a prison, young offender institution or secure training centre” is not covered by these provisions?27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, this is an important part of the Bill and an important and large group of amendments. I want simply to concentrate on the two amendments to which the noble Baroness has…27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillBefore my noble friend does that, can the Minister clear up a mystery? I remain mystified. A person has been stabbed, but no charge has been laid against anyone because the police…27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIt is important that we get this matter clear. If the coroner has begun an inquest, does that inquest fall within the limitation that the Minister has described, which would…27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, my name is on the amendment, following that of the chairman of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. I commend the committee’s work in general, with more…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, could I ask the Minister if I heard him correctly? I think that, in the early part of the remarks he read out, he used the phrase “pursuit or emergency.” That appeared…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillHe might be going to answer that.20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I entirely accept that this is a real problem, but real problems require real solutions that have some chance of being effective. I cannot imagine anyone who commits an…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, there are some valuable things in the Bill but they are dwarfed by things that really should not be in it. Parts of the Bill are dangerous to our civil liberties while…14 Sept 2021HANSARDRailways: East Coast Main LineTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with London North Eastern Railway about proposals to change the frequency of services north of Newcastle on the East…15 Jul 2021HANSARDRailways: East Coast Main LineMy Lords, the consultation document to which the Minister has referred says that the structure of the timetable for May 2022 is fixed, which leaves little opportunity for change…15 Jul 2021HANSARDNorth of England: Rapid Mass Transport SystemMy Lords, what the north-east needs is not an underground line but investment in the East Coast Main Line, which, according to LNER, does not have the capacity even to accommodate…28 Jun 2021HANSARDLaw Enforcement Agencies: Duty of CandourMy Lords, although the duty of candour has to be organised in ways that do not compromise either national security or police intelligence gathering against serious crime, is it…22 Jun 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan Independent Panel ReportMy Lords, senior police officers, who abhor the corrupt relationships with criminals that are fully illustrated in this report, still find it difficult to accept that they may be…22 Jun 2021HANSARDCriminal Trials: Intercept EvidenceTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have, if any, to change the law or practice on the use of intercept evidence in criminal trials.09 Jun 2021HANSARDCriminal Trials: Intercept EvidenceMy Lords, hundreds of arrests have been made because of the French police’s hacking of the EncroChat system used by criminal gangs, and more as a result of criminal use of the…09 Jun 2021