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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI cannot confirm that, but I will certainly have a look at it. The question is not whether children should be protected but whether removing the ability to intervene criminally…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI would not say that I found nothing.05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, this is a short and uncontroversial amendment. The 15 days in Committee we have had on the Bill have been a very long but important process, and I thank all the noble…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am not entirely sure that I know all the facts of that case, so I am probably not qualified to answer that question. I spent my job putting people behind bars, not defending…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, we thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for his amendments and the importance that he has obviously placed on the right to privacy of the general public. I support…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for tabling this clause stand part notice. I would like to add my reservations about this clause. First, I am concerned that…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025My Lords, this has been a passionate debate, which we on these Benches welcome. Dealing with the statutory instrument before us gives us the opportunity to recognise the…04 Feb 2026HANSARDShamima BegumI have said it before and I will say it again: we on these Benches are unequivocal in our view that Shamima Begum should never be allowed to return to Britain. However, the noble…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillCan I raise one point with the noble Lord? It seems to me—certainly from reflecting on my own police service—that one of the issues regarding suicide simply was the fact that…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe for tabling her two amendments. I begin with Amendment 436, co-signed by my noble friend Lord Jackson of Peterborough. I…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Bailey of Paddington and the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, for bringing this matter to the attention of the Committee. The noble…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Cash for tabling this important amendment, allowing for a debate on this matter. The link between ethnicity and crime has, for far too long,…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate; it has been short but stimulating. In particular, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Jackson of Peterborough,…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, Amendment 438D, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Cameron of Lochiel, seeks to exempt the police from the public sector equality duty under Section 149 of the…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, for this amendment and the case she put forward. It is absolutely axiomatic that we must honour and recognise those brave police…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Goodman of Wycombe for his recent group of amendments. Extremism in its worst form of course becomes terrorism. This is often, if not…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have spoken, and I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Cash both for bringing forward this amendment and for the clarity with which she…27 Jan 2026HANSARDGreat Western Railway: InfrastructureTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the condition, maintenance, and long-term resilience of rail infrastructure on the Great Western Railway network;…21 Jan 2026HANSARDGreat Western Railway: InfrastructureMy Lords, recent months have seen the western region suffer delays and cancellations through infrastructure issues. Signalling failure is partly to blame, but inclement weather…21 Jan 2026