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HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions: my noble friends Lord Blencathra and Lord Goschen, the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, and indeed the noble Lord, Lord Goddard of…07 Jan 2026HANSARDShamima BegumMy Lords, the position of the Official Opposition is clear: it was a Conservative Government who stripped Shamima Begum of her citizenship, and it is our unequivocal view that she…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, for bringing forward this amendment, which addresses a very important issue. According to UK Finance, authorised push…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for bringing forward these amendments. The importance of peaceful protest in a free and democratic society is of course a principle…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, this has been an interesting short debate. I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this group of amendments, each of which addresses the issue of safety on our…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Jackson of Peterborough for tabling these excellent amendments, and to my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe for moving Amendment 366…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, this group of amendments addresses an issue that will be immediately recognisable to many people across the country: the theft of essential equipment from those who rely…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, and my noble and learned friend Lord Garnier for tabling this considered amendment. Controlling or coercive…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful for that. Perhaps it would be easier to amend the original law on this, rather than introduce it in these clauses. As I said, police officers, paramedics and other…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for responding to this debate. I spent 32 years as a police officer and an emergency worker, and I am still not persuaded by these clauses. As I…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to the group of amendments moved by my noble friend Lord Shinkwin in what I might say was rather a poignant way. The amendments probe the liability of…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, as was mentioned earlier in Committee when speaking to Amendment 346, we take the issue of bike alterations very seriously. My noble friend Lord Blencathra raises a…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, in opposing the proposition that Clause 107 should stand part of the Bill, I will speak also to my opposition to Clauses 108 and 109. These clauses were added by the…17 Dec 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls StrategyMy Lords, we have been promised this strategy all year. It was supposed to be published before the Summer Recess, and then we were told that it would be delayed. On 27 November,…17 Dec 2025HANSARDAsylum AccommodationMy Lords, on the question of barracks, Crowborough barracks in East Sussex is routinely used for the Kent and Sussex Army Cadet Forces as well as the local school CCFs, but it…16 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, stalking is an offence which constitutes severe harassment and can instil grave fear into victims, as we have just heard. It is absolutely right that the law bears down…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillDo I ever?15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group consider a highly important issue that requires the utmost consideration, so I thank noble Lords who have contributed thus far. We support…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering for her clause stand part notice. On behalf of the Opposition Front Bench, we support Clause 106. As was set out in…15 Dec 2025