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HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillOn the basis of what the Minister has just argued, do I understand the Government’s position to be that unless this presumption is included, insufficient use will be made of these…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, if I were to give my apprentice joiner grandson a tool for his toolbox, I would not say, “In all circumstances, other than quite limited circumstances, this is the tool…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, this is an area of complexity and difficulty and I think the difficulties are added to by the content of the Bill as the Government have brought it before us. It was not…21 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, this is a new threat. We have heard of the threat of an election being called to the detriment of Back-Bench Members whose support is being sought, but the threat of…09 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I think even the Government sometimes concede that judicial review is a vital protection for the citizen against the unlawful abuse of power by the Executive, other…07 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThis is an issue which divided the Joint Committee. The view expressed by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, was the view of a minority of the committee of which I was a…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI shall seek to answer the noble Lord’s question. I go back to February 1974. Imagine that Harold Wilson had said, “I’ve become the Prime Minister. I don’t have a majority. Mine…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, with a Supreme Court judge, the chairman of the most recent inquiry into the workings of judicial review—he did an extremely good piece of work on that—and a former…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI want to clarify something. Clearly, one reason to include the word “purported” is to deal with the annulling of decisions that have begun to be put into effect. But the Minister…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, the House is indebted to the noble Lord for elucidating this issue and tabling the amendment. In the Joint Committee, it was worrying that the Government did not…25 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I agree with all the arguments my noble friend brought forward for having an overall look at sentencing and how it operates, and how that needs to be done at arm’s…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, one thing I want to say in response to the Minister is that, as I said earlier, there are many thousands of people engaged in the training of young people in many…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillTo clarify, is the noble Lord saying that when the department looked into this matter it discovered more evidence in respect of sport and religion than in other fields, or some…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, in moving this amendment, I seek to bring music, drama and dance within provisions that the Government have included in the Bill in respect of sport and religion. The…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill12 Jan 2022HANSARDIntegrated Rail Plan: Northern Powerhouse AreaI agree with the objectives of the integrated rail plan but, as far as the east and north-east of England are concerned, the plan fails to meet them. HS2 was never going to do…16 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I certainly want to hear what the Minister has to say because I will go home very uneasy indeed if I pass up the opportunity for a vote to make it clear that this House…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am ready to support the commitment of the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, in bringing forward this amendment, and appreciative of the Minister’s moves as represented…13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe relevance of IPP sentences to this debate is that, when IPP sentences were introduced, rather similar speeches were made from the Front Bench to the one that the Minister is…08 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, just illustrated the value of his service as chairman of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, which the House should…08 Dec 2021