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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI cannot speak to that sort of case, and I entirely agree that it sounds terrible. But the police are there to investigate; that is their job. They have to do it according to…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, to conclude, I do not have long comments on this. The Attorney-General would be there in such cases to examine whether something illegal and wrong has occurred, and he…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThat does not detract from the fact that Amendment 456 would create a robust filter, through which prosecutions would have to go before instituting criminal proceedings. That…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the debate that we have just been having illustrates perfectly why the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame, is so apt. His amendment would insert a…02 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I added my name to Amendment 84 since I think the noble Lord, Lord Frost, has struck gold with this amendment. Requiring “unbearable suffering … which cannot be relieved…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am very grateful to the noble and learned Lord for his explanation of informed consent. There is a little doubt as to whether giving people lots of information, leading to an…23 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I respectfully disagree with the proposition that these clauses should be removed from the Bill. My views will come as no surprise to the 10 noble Lords who were present…22 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am going to speak to Amendment 486D, and I support all the other amendments in this group. I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for his compelling…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, my Amendment 423 would implement a recommendation of the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords in the judgment in the Lee Clegg case in the 1990s. Briefly, the facts…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am extremely grateful. To some extent mine is a probing amendment—I need more facts and evidence around this—but the Minister referred to the Code for Crown Prosecutors. The…20 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I speak to the six amendments in my name in this group. I do not need to explain what they say because they are all replicated by other amendments in the group, so I can…09 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 90 in this group, which would insert a proposed new clause on extended determinate sentence prisoners, who I will refer to as EDS prisoners.…06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I too strongly support the amendment moved by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas. This amendment is the safest, best amendment on IPP prisoners we have seen so far.…06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I will be brief. I support Amendment 52, and I declare my interest as a trustee of the Prison Reform Trust. Although Section 57 of the Sentencing Act 2020 sets out the…06 Jan 2026HANSARDFair Work Agency: Small and Micro BusinessesMy Lords, the Fair Work Agency and the Secretary of State are legally one and the same entity. Given the extent of enforcement and police powers which the agency will enjoy, will…17 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the Minister referred to a number of articles of the ECHR, but she has not referred to Article 2, which is the duty on a state to protect life. That is why the courts…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I want to make a very brief intervention in relation to the prison population. It is only the second time I have spoken on the Bill. I declare an interest as a trustee…12 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I heartily support Amendment 314 and the others in this group. It is shocking that there is a disparity in the ways that online pornography and offline pornography are…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWill this review—yet another review—take place before Report? The Bill is before us, so once Report has passed, it will be too late to have the review. This is not something that…09 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I am going to comment on Amendment 94A tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Bach, and then I will present my Amendments 95 and 128. I declare my interest as a trustee of the…03 Dec 2025