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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I was listening with great interest to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick. It was a very good contribution and he raised a huge number of real concerns shared by many noble…17 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces Bill08 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Browne, the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble and gallant Lords, Lord Houghton and Lord Craig, for tabling this incredibly…08 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillI thank the Minister for her response which, as usual, sought to engage with the questions. That is always very helpful to the Committee. In particular, we all look forward to…08 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillGood afternoon, my Lords. I look forward to continuing the interesting debate that we have had on the Bill. As I know all Members of the Committee will agree, these are extremely…08 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, I am a bit nervous of standing up. I will make some brief remarks, if noble Lords will bear with me. It is somewhat strange for me: my noble friend Lady Massey, the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, it is good to be back from the Armed Forces Bill to join you all again for this group of amendments. I start with a comment that the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, made…08 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords—08 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillI thank the Minister for her response. Many people hearing it will be reassured not so much by the Government’s intentions and so on, but by what shone through: her honest answer…02 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, I beg to move Amendment 50 in my name, which is in this important group of amendments. I thank the noble Lords, Lord Cashman and Lord Lexden, for their amendments in…02 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces Bill02 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillI would say that my noble friend laid the ground for it. My serious point is that it has left a situation in which thousands upon thousands of ex-service men and women were…02 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, I support all the amendments in the important group before us. There are clearly many issues around mental health support but I have an optimistic note. We heard…02 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillI am not going to press my amendments and I say to the Minister that that was a very helpful reply to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd. She will have heard from…02 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, first, good afternoon, everyone; it is a great privilege to be here again for the second meeting of the Committee, after what I thought was a really interesting and…02 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, it is getting quite late in the evening, but I think everyone here would agree that this has been a fantastically high-quality debate on one of the most crucial issues…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for his amendment. I have a very brief comment for the Minister. The Explanatory Notes say: “Section 64A of PACE confers a power on the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am sorry to interrupt, but is the Minister saying that it was a mistake? It was an omission; was it a mistake?01 Nov 2021HANSARDAutonomous Weapons SystemsArtificial intelligence is clearly an increasing part of the modern way of warfare but, as we have just heard from the noble Lord, Lord Lancaster, and my noble friend Lord West,…01 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillWe are getting used to various constituencies. I expect the Minister to come forward with Scottish towns for us to compare with Welsh ones. This is another important group of…27 Oct 2021