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HANSARDOffender Management and TreatmentMy Lords, I very much agree with the noble Lord, Lord Judd, and I also agree with all those Peers who have thanked the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, for introducing this debate.…03 Oct 2019HANSARDNewcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2019My Lords, I support this order but, as has been indicated by the speech your Lordships have just heard, it is founded on a far-from-ideal devolution scheme for Northumberland,…01 Oct 2019HANSARDHong KongMy Lords, what does it say about mainland China’s attitude to the two systems that Hong Kong has a Chief Executive who seems to believe she does not have the autonomy to withdraw…03 Sept 2019HANSARDCommemoration: Victims of Religious ViolenceMy Lords, among the recommendations made specifically to the Foreign Office by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Truro in his report were that there should be a spreading…10 Jul 2019HANSARDRailways: South-eastern FranchiseMy Lords, will the Minister clarify the press reports about franchising that have appeared today, indicating that the Government may give the state-owned LNER a five-year…04 Jul 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]I think we are in danger of slight confusion, with too many amendments moved at the same time. This is obviously a mark of the Minister’s enthusiasm for his amendments, which is…02 Jul 2019HANSARDFuture of Seaside TownsMy Lords, following the wise words we have just heard, I want to take you on a journey of nearly 500 miles from Weymouth to Berwick-upon-Tweed. I am fortunate to live in the…01 Jul 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not know what answer the Minister will give to the pertinent question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, about the Clause 8 powers. The Lord Chief Justice might…24 Jun 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for that indication. I will not seek to move the amendment at this stage.24 Jun 2019HANSARDRailways: Newcastle and EdinburghBearing in mind that the local stations along the line deserve a better service, will these trains be able to stop at intermediate stations or will capacity constraints mean that…24 Jun 2019HANSARDRailways: Newcastle and EdinburghTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with train operators about additional train services between Newcastle and Edinburgh.24 Jun 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]My Lords, I tabled the amendment to which my noble friend referred, Amendment 5 to government Amendment 4, because I did not believe that the government Amendment, helpful though…24 Jun 2019HANSARDPreparing Legislation for Parliament (Constitution Committee Report)My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth, and to pay tribute to his work on constitutional issues on the committee, in his professional career and…12 Jun 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]My Lords, I can easily follow my noble friend because he has said much of what needs to be said. With Amendment 4, I am trying to explore what the circumstances are in which it…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]My Lords, the weakness in this part of the Bill seems to be that there are no limitations on or barriers to the total extension of the online procedure to all civil, family and…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble and learned Lord has reminded me that it is well known that the application system for the US ESTA visa waiver scheme has a number of such sites which exact…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]My Lords, the messages are getting more complicated and conflicting between approaching trains, rivers and nuclear options. Perhaps we should recognise that we are replaying…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]To support that approach, perhaps the Government should be using different language from that used in the Explanatory Notes in paragraph 1, which says: “We expect the Committee to…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the noble and learned Lord’s amendment. I apologise to the Committee that I was not able to speak at Second Reading, but the discussions in the Constitution…04 Jun 2019HANSARDProbation ReformMy Lords, if the Government do not succeed in putting right the failings which many of us identified in previous reports, they will not win the confidence of sentencers and be…16 May 2019