Contributions
719 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we have witnessed a rather remarkable half an hour in the House where an overwhelming case was made. I pay a special tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. I…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillDo I understand the Government’s position to be that there is no element of the rule of law engaged in complying with the court of Parliament, and in particular the requirements…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I approach our deliberations in this Committee with some degree of despondency today. We are addressing the rule of law in this; we are, in effect, saying that the law…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillAre the Government intending to table an amendment to this Bill to deal with pet theft?03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to everybody who has spoken in the debate, with considerable force. There was a universal view around the Committee. I am disappointed to hear that…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillBefore the Minister answers that question, does he not also agree that we have perhaps seven or eight weeks before we get to Report, so the pettifogging points he is making could…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIt is very helpful of the Minister to tell us what the law is—accurately, I am sure. I do not think it is well known that if you damage life-saving equipment, you might be falling…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI apologise for interrupting. The right reverend Prelate’s Amendment 215 says: “A court must make inquiries to establish whether the offender is a primary carer for a child”, and,…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am not disputing what the Minister says, but I read him as saying that that position is not reflected in guidance. He is saying something different: that if somebody asks for an…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe first report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights in 2021 details in section 2 the concern expressed by the committee in 2019 that there was no data about carers who were in…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure and a privilege to follow the right reverend Prelate. My name comes after hers on this amendment, and I strongly support what she has said. This is a…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThis is a separate point. Amendment 215 would require the court to “make inquiries to establish whether the offender is a primary carer for a child” and, if it discovers that the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI apologise for not standing up promptly—I was expecting the noble Baroness to say more. I will deal with two issues in relation to this group. First, I will deal with the points…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI apologise for intervening. The Minister has been very helpful with this comprehensive response, but she said that the Government were not going to respond to the Delegated…27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThis amendment deals with domestic homicide reviews, which are provided for in Section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Domestic homicide reviews are…27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, and the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for speaking in the debate. I am also grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, for his very…27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am obliged to the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, for her clear but inevitably incomplete description of the Bill. Her incomplete description of it is not her fault. We…14 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2021First, I thank the Minister, the noble Viscount, Lord Leckie, for his very clear exposition of the regulations. I apologise to him. Last time we appeared in Committee together, I…21 Jul 2021