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HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalMy noble friend Lord Rosser asked about this report about the constituent parts of a homemade bomb. From my experience in the construction industry long ago, some of those bits…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have added my name to this amendment. One of the most telling statistics is that there were 28,000 hit-and-run collisions in 2017, all involving failure to stop and…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, in moving this amendment I shall speak to Amendments 169B and169C tabled by the noble Earl, Lord Atlee. These amendments came as the result of a truck hitting a railway…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillNo.08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly on Amendment 165 in my name and in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, and the noble Lord, Lord Russell of Liverpool. We are…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support this amendment and I shall add just a few words to the noble Baroness’s excellent introduction. I have a friend in Cornwall who is quite famous and about a…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillBefore the Minister sits down, would I be right in saying that, five years after my noble friend made his previous speech, which apparently lasted a bit longer, the number of…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have put my name to this amendment, because it is a really useful proposal from London Councils. The noble Lord, Lord Tope, has well outlined the purpose and the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, can I just ask the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, why he thinks that an offence in the transport sector might be different from the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act? Is it…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we have had a fascinating debate on these amendments and I have no regrets about tabling them. They came from the group that the noble Baroness, Lady Jones,…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we come to Part 5. I shall also speak to Amendments 167, 168 and 169. I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, my noble friend Lady Hayter of…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill08 Nov 2021HANSARDUK Cash NetworkMy Lords, the Minister’s answers seem to indicate that the Government are very keen that we end up as a cashless society, with everything done with cards and so on. Is he aware…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am probably alone on this one: some years ago I went away from my wedding service in a pedicab in London, and I rather enjoyed it. I understand where the noble…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed and to the Minister for his response. I am afraid my view is that, however much he may say there is existing…08 Nov 2021HANSARDTemporary Cycle Lanes in LondonMy Lords, I congratulate the Minister and TfL on these temporary cycle lanes. As other noble Lords have said, they are really good. Will the Minister confirm that as many of them…04 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillCan I ask the noble Earl a question? It seems, from listening to his speech, he is saying that all Travellers are criminals. He did not quite say that all criminals are…03 Nov 2021HANSARDCompetition Act 1998 (Coronavirus) (Public Policy Exclusions) (Revocations) Order 2021To move that this House regrets that the Competition Act 1998 (Coronavirus) (Public Policy Exclusions) (Revocations) Order 2021 (SI 2021/773), in respect of the Competition Act…01 Nov 2021HANSARDCompetition Act 1998 (Coronavirus) (Public Policy Exclusions) (Revocations) Order 2021My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate—the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, and my noble friend…01 Nov 2021