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HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I support the principle of this amendment. It is all of a piece with the way this legislation has been conducted. My noble friend Lord Hain described the attitude of the Minister…17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]That is disappointing. In any event, I think the view of the House is unanimous. This is an inappropriate provision. I will not press my amendment. I take it that the Minister…17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I will explain the question. Does the noble and learned Lord agree that, now that Clause 2 has been deleted, Schedule 6 should also be deleted?17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]The only example that the noble and learned Lord has given of the need for a criminal offence is in relation to family law—for example, making it a criminal offence not to comply…17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, this is the main amendment on Report. It seeks to leave out Clause 2, which gives the appropriate Minister, whether in the devolved Administrations or in central…17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, makes a very strong case. It is extraordinary that this has not yet been incorporated into the law of England,…17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I am very obliged to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, and I am very grateful for the almost universal support I got from the noble Lords, Lord Marks, Lord Bhatia…03 Jun 2020HANSARDRoyal Commission on Criminal JusticeAs previous noble Lords have indicated, there is an immediate crisis in the criminal justice system, made worse by the Covid-19 crisis—demonstrated, for example, by the fact that…03 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]03 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I am grateful to the Minister for indicating that he is not going to proceed with this amendment today and that he has moved it simply to open it for debate. We oppose the…03 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]This is, in effect, a probing group of amendments, repeating many of the arguments that we discussed on day one in Committee, and the amendments do two things. Amendment 19 would…03 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall try to deal with this group very quickly. It illustrates the width and uncertainty of the power given in Clause 2. Clause 2(1) states: “The appropriate national…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]The Minister remorselessly misses the point over a period of time. The purpose of the amendment is to ask the question: is it right that you can have a different private…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have adumbrated many of the same points over and over, because they keep coming up again and again, so I will try to restrict my remarks on these amendments to…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]The extraordinary tedium of that answer should not detract from the enormity of what the Minister has just said. He basically said “I can’t really give you a definition in the…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I simply underline the points made by my noble friend Lord Foulkes and the noble and learned Lords, Lord Wallace and Lord Hope. As far as my noble friend Lord Foulkes is…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]This very interesting debate has raised, in effect, two substantial questions: as a matter of principle should there be the Clause 2 power at all and, if not, should we…13 May 2020