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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillThat the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House that they consider the bill in the following order:…18 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2023As far as I am aware, I can reassure the noble Lord that they will continue to be regulated appropriately. If there is any further information that I need to convey, I will write…12 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2023My Lords, I think I have only one question to deal with, on the transitional arrangements for the 99 persons with whom we are concerned. My understanding—I will write to the noble…12 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2023My Lords, I have to confess that I struggle to find anything interesting to say about this statutory instrument. Under the Legal Services Act 2007, the Legal Services Board…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their important contributions. I venture to suggest that we all in many ways share an analysis of the nature of the problem and that we are…12 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Legal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2023.12 Dec 2023HANSARDSentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Beith, for that intervention. There is a further aspect of information that I would like to share with the Committee to deal with the very…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2023. Relevant document: 1st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2023My Lords, around a quarter of homicides in this country are domestic homicides, where one spouse or partner, or ex-spouse or ex-partner, is killed by the other. In recent years,…12 Dec 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: Government ResponseMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will repeat a Statement made in the other place by my right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor. “With permission, Madam Deputy Speaker,…06 Dec 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: Government ResponseMy Lords, I entirely echo the tributes paid by the noble Lord and commend him, if I may, on a dignified and memorable speech marking the important occasion tonight. As I said a…06 Dec 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: Government ResponseMy Lords, the noble Baroness rightly makes a point about the distinction between junior officials and senior officials. The present public accountability Bill does not make that…06 Dec 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: Government ResponseI entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Coaker. Something—a combination of many things—went very badly wrong. As often with tragedies on this scale, it is a series of things…06 Dec 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: Government ResponseMy Lords, to respond to the points that have been made and in particular, the principal point about the need for a Hillsborough law going slightly further than the Government have…06 Dec 2023HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]My Lords, as I understand it, this Bill will follow Law Commission Bill procedure, which is a special procedure whereby, in essence, we simply adopt a recommendation by the Law…04 Dec 2023HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]That the Bill be referred to a Second Reading Committee.04 Dec 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, if the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, will permit me a brief moment, I was completely unaware when I made the opening speech of the sad death of Lord Judge. He was a…08 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a privilege to open this adjourned debate on His Majesty’s most gracious Speech. Today’s debate will focus on home affairs, justice and devolution. It will give us…08 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal of Prisoners for Deportation) Order 2023That the draft Order laid before the House on 16 October be approved. Relevant document: 54th Report from the Secondary Legislation Committee26 Oct 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal of Prisoners for Deportation) Order 2023My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their interventions on the matter of this order. A number of very wide-ranging points have been made. I thank particularly the noble Lord,…26 Oct 2023