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HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for his introduction to the debate. He is aware of my support for these measures and I hope that both on their own and in…29 Jul 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020My Lords, in this short contribution I need to remind myself that, although I was the Member of Parliament for Harborough for 25 years, since 2017 that constituency has been ably…29 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaMy Lords, will my noble friend agree that the justices of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal—both the permanent and non-permanent justices from Hong Kong itself and the visiting…22 Jul 2020HANSARDBritish Overseas Troops: Civil Liability ClaimsMy Lords, if the factors set out in Clause 3 of the Bill that support a decision not to prosecute five years after an offence are so powerful, why do they not apply before five…20 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: PrisonersI refer to my interests in the register. While recognising the point that my noble and learned friend has just made about security, can he tell us what progress has been made in…16 Jul 2020HANSARDRoyal Commission on Criminal JusticeMy Lords, I refer to my interest in the register. When my noble and learned friend the Minister last dealt with this question on 3 June, he was not able to be very forthcoming…15 Jul 2020HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Video Recording with Sound of Interviews and Associated Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 2020My Lords, hiding behind this ostensibly anodyne order, which has been so clearly explained by my noble friend the Minister, are some complicated and highly sensitive questions…10 Jul 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions RegimeMy Lords, I warmly welcome this Statement. Does my noble friend the Minister agree that CSOs and NGOs should be able to interact directly with the FCO and parliamentary committees…08 Jul 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillMy Lords, we have discussed the arguments behind these amendments in Committee and, to some extent, at Second Reading. I am not sure that much has changed since. For my part,…01 Jul 2020HANSARDPrison SentencesMy Lords, I refer to my interest in the register as a trustee of the Prison Reform Trust. Does the Minister accept that short-term sentences of imprisonment are in normal times of…29 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, as is often the case with legislation bringing treaties into domestic law, the meat of this Bill is to be found in the schedules rather than the clauses. Unfortunately,…29 Jun 2020HANSARDSentencing Bill [HL]My Lords, I begin by referring to my registered interest as a practising member of the Bar and a trustee of the Prison Reform Trust. I also note that over the last few decades,…25 Jun 2020HANSARDCrown Court (Recording and Broadcasting) Order 2020My Lords, I wholeheartedly support the implementation of these two orders. It is essential that proceedings in our courts should be as open to the public as possible, subject to…08 Jun 2020HANSARDRoyal Commission on Criminal JusticeI declare my interests as set out in the register. There is plenty that a royal commission on criminal justice could consider but it is likely to take a long time for any of its…03 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, explained in Committee on 13 May, the Official Opposition had no objection to the three treaties covered by the…03 Jun 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Blencathra’s Amendment 1 and the amendments in the next group to be moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Bull, and spoken to by the noble and learned…20 May 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillMy Lords, I have read the debates on the Bill in the other place, and I can well understand the alacrity with which it was approved. I can also understand the sense of outrage and…28 Apr 2020HANSARDMental Health: Unregulated TreatmentMy Lords, I join other noble Lords in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly, for introducing this debate. At its heart, this debate is about preventing the exploitation of the…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTerrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillMy Lords, I remember during the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown Governments making more or less exactly the same speech that the noble Lord has just made, in criticism of the then…24 Feb 2020HANSARDTerrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillMy Lords, there was never any possibility of my becoming a member of the Court of Appeal, but had I been a member, the job I would most like to have had is that of the third…24 Feb 2020