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HANSARDImprisonment for Public ProtectionI do not assert that everything in the garden is rosy. This area is one of the acute—perhaps the most acute—dilemmas faced by the Ministry of Justice. Your Lordships will be aware…16 Jan 2024HANSARDJudicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 November 2023 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 10 January .11 Jan 2024HANSARDJudicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.10 Jan 2024HANSARDEmployment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Regulations 2023My Lords, this draft instrument will delegate the power to determine the composition of employment tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal to the Senior President of…10 Jan 2024HANSARDEmployment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Regulations 2023.10 Jan 2024HANSARDJudicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, your Lordships last considered matters relating to judicial pensions following the McCloud judgment on 15 June, when the Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.)…10 Jan 2024HANSARDEmployment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Regulations 2023I thank noble Lords for their comments. On the mechanics of this—I will be corrected by those sitting behind me if I get this wrong—if your Lordships approve these regulations,…10 Jan 2024HANSARDJudicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank noble Lords for those remarks. I respectfully tiptoe in the distinguished shoes of the noble Lord, Lord McNally—let me make it absolutely clear: he was one of…10 Jan 2024HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]That the Committee do consider the Bill.19 Dec 2023HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, for that intervention. As far as I know, the Law Commission did not consider that specific question, so I am not entirely sure, as…19 Dec 2023HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords and noble and learned Lords for their contributions to this debate, in particular for the broad welcome that the Bill has received from the…19 Dec 2023HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]However, this is an area where Governments, the profession and practitioners are constantly aware of the need for London to be competitive, fair, open and transparent and to…19 Dec 2023HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]My Lords, as our learned Chairman has just indicated, the procedure is, as I understand it, that we will formally move a Motion for Second Reading on the Floor of the Chamber…19 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2023That the draft Order and Regulations laid before the House on 23 October be approved. Relevant document: 1st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered…18 Dec 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.18 Dec 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, in opening this important debate, I first express the Government’s warm thanks to all those who have contributed to this Bill’s engender, notably the many organisations…18 Dec 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Carter of Haslemere, on his magnificent maiden speech. I hope your Lordships will…18 Dec 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, my noble friend makes a perfectly fair debating point—and we are debating, so it is perfectly fair that he makes a debating point—but it is a debating point at the end…18 Dec 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am not sure that I entirely understood the noble Baroness’s point, but it is perfectly true that I am thinking—rather, the Government are thinking; I should not put it in…18 Dec 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI warmly thank the noble Baroness for that intervention. I will ask my officials to go through this debate, identify at least the principal questions and see whether we can write…18 Dec 2023