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HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak now to my Amendments 5 and 15, which includes civil partnerships. If the 20-week period begins as soon as the application is made, the respondent may have…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]I beg to move.03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I have attached my name to Amendment 21 tabled by my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clashfern. As he said, his original Family Law Act 1996 required this longer…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 21, which is grouped with Amendment 3. It is also about marriage counselling once the application for divorce has been made. My amendment…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, this amendment would ensure that there are no discussions about financial settlement for 20 weeks unless both parties agree, or unless there is an application to the…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions. I am saddened that mine was not welcomed more than it was, but at this stage I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I am not at all convinced by the Government’s family test statement for the Bill, which says that there will be next to no long-term impact on divorce rates and that…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I am again saddened at the response from my noble friend the Minister. I may have misunderstood something but, to my knowledge, my amendment did not seek to find out any…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanations. I am to some degree heartened by him wanting new advice to be gained from the rule committee. In this instance, we wish him…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I join the noble and learned Lord in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Hunt of Bethnal Green, on a lucid, thoughtful and challenging maiden speech. I also welcome…05 Feb 2020HANSARDLow-income Families: Benefits FreezeMy Lords, over a decade ago the Joseph Rowntree Foundation proved that the tax credits approach to child poverty had run out of steam. How are this Government following the…13 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on his excellent maiden speech. The Prime Minister has promised a vast interlocking programme…08 Jan 2020HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsI thank my noble friend the Minister for her reply. The chief constable points to the lack of family and security in these children’s lives and to the need to bridge the gap…08 Jan 2020HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the statement of the Chief Constable for Devon and Cornwall Police that children involved in county lines drugs…08 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, today I wish to focus on constitutional affairs, justice, family law and wider family policy—or rather the lack of it. In the gracious Speech there was a commitment to,…21 Oct 2019HANSARDOffender Management and TreatmentMy Lords, I too am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, for initiating this important debate and for his wise, insightful opening remarks, particularly recommending a…03 Oct 2019HANSARDCriminal Justice System: WomenMy Lords, I thank all who will contribute today for staying until the last moment before the House rises for a well-earned recess. There is a wealth of expertise on the list of…25 Jul 2019