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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am going to talk about Amendment 223B onwards; Amendment 223A comes first, but I am happy to start with those. Amendments 223B to 223F have been suggested by the Mayor of…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe Minister mentioned £259 million in relation to the secure training programme. I may have not quite heard what he said. Is that new money or is it just maintaining the existing…17 Nov 2021HANSARDOffenders: Pregnant WomenThis is, as everybody who has read the report knows, a horrific case. I want to raise two issues. First, the Minister rightly said that the statutory position at the moment is…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWe on this side of the Committee strongly support these excellent amendments. The Youth Justice Board was set up in 1998. Its first chair—a Member of this House, the noble Lord,…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I join noble Lords in commending the noble Earl for the effort and work that he has put into this and the fact that he has thought it through. I also commend what the…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I join noble Lords in wishing the noble Lord, Lord Dholakia, well and a fast recovery. He has played an important part over many years in the debate on child…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillBefore we come to this important group of amendments, I have one housekeeping matter. As noble Lords are aware, the amendments have been marshalled according to the instruction of…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI agree that it does not need to be dealt with in a criminal trial, but there needs to be some process. Before one increases the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12,…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, that was my fault. I was not for one moment suggesting that the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, was saying that the Bulger case did not require enormously…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIt is not a trick question; I would have thought that that piece of information might be quite important to evaluating her amendment.15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI commend the speech of my noble friend Lord Blunkett. I agree with every single word of it. I am as culpable as he is in relation to this. I was a junior Minister in the Home…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have already spoken once. I speak very briefly to say two things. First, what an impressive debate this has been. I draw attention in particular to the speeches of my…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillNone of the amendments would mean that there would not necessarily be a consideration by the Parole Board, including Amendment 208G, which is the two-year automatic end unless the…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support this amendment, and very much hope that the Government will either accept it or explain what they are doing in response to the report of the Prisons and…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe amendment would not be duplicating anything because it contains specific provisions that are not referred to in the other statutory obligation, so it would be clear what was…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillAn incredibly powerful case has been made. We support it and I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, my noble friend Lady Lister and, in her…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe Minister said that he was dealing with the amendments logically. He dealt with only Amendment 210 and did not deal with Amendment 211.15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWe, too, oppose the amendment. I think we all accept that transgender women are entitled to live in their chosen gender. The law protects transgender women and transgender men…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe following characteristics are protected under the Equality Act: age—something else that we do not need to worry about; gender reassignment; and sex. There are others, but…15 Nov 2021