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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillDoes that mean that the noble Earl will support the amendment in the Lobby?25 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part; I am not going to namecheck—you all know who you are. It would be an act of cruelty to encourage the Minister, with his cough, to…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI will follow the strictures just put on us to stay with the amendment. I say to the noble Lord, Lord Deben, as he still came back for another bite, that as someone who sat on the…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have added my name to this amendment, which I thoroughly support, despite it committing the legislative sin of having a list in it. It references animal hustling,…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillFirst of all, I can certainly promise to hold the Minister accountable for it, so I hope that pleases him. I thank the speakers—the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones and Lady Doocey,…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, today we have discussed at length some very important issues that are also pretty bleak. It has been lightened for me only by hearing the noble Lord, Lord Jackson,…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the Minister for that answer. I was described in a previous debate as a legislative terrier, so I can assure him that I would like very much to meet his officials and, if…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have just been informed by the noble Lord, Lord Garnier, that I am about to commit almost a criminal offence by speaking at all. “We few, we happy few”. I will be as…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025My Lords, I have listened to a fascinating debate—some of it moral, some of it technical and latterly some of it even economic. But the amendment to the Motion asks us to make a…04 Feb 2026HANSARDWater Companies: FinesMy Lords, it may have come as a surprise to many water bill payers that payment plans out to 2030 were agreed to pay fines. Will the Minister agree that when fines are imposed in…29 Jan 2026HANSARDUK Start-up CompaniesMy Lords—28 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will be very brief, and I apologise for arriving a little late to the scene. The intermediate amendment before this one seemed to disappear suddenly and caught me…27 Jan 2026HANSARDLarge-scale Waste CrimeMy Lords, the Minister’s department has confirmed in Answers to a series of Written Questions from me that neither the Government nor local authorities have any responsibility for…14 Jan 2026HANSARDIndependent Water CommissionMy Lords, this is a useful and substantive report that I welcome—in particular, its suggestion to merge the regulators into one super-regulator, which we certainly need. The…12 Jan 2026HANSARDUkraine and Wider Operational UpdateI want to take the Minister back to the issue of conversation. He and I have discussed in the past that, these days, social media is a weapon of war. I quoted to him a senior…12 Jan 2026HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak fairly briefly in support of Motion D1 from the noble Lord, Lord Burns. This has become known as the hokey-cokey amendment—opt in, opt out, opt in, opt out,…10 Dec 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThe Minister gave me encouraging reassurance about independence and referred to two bodies that would be doing the monitoring and evaluation. Could she repeat for me—I think I…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, on Motion K1, I want underline what the noble Baroness, Lady Freeman, said about the need for independence in the monitoring and evaluation. The noble Baroness, Lady…24 Nov 2025