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HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, before I speak in support of my noble friend’s Amendment 168AZA, which I supported also in Committee, I want to make two very quick points about Amendment 168 in the…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill27 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, clearly, I have not persuaded the Government, but I hope that I have not treated their arguments with disrespect. We have had not a row but an honest disagreement. As…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill27 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWith respect, I wish to test the opinion of the House.27 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWe both seem to be making as many mistakes as each other.27 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I too declare an interest as a member of the Bar who has, over the past several decades, specialised in defamation. I agree with quite a lot of what the noble Lord, Lord…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for his opening remarks and for the advance that the Government have made on two fronts. The first is by clarifying the senior…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for his patience and tolerance in listening to my arguments over and over again—27 Jun 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I wish to add to what my noble friend Lady Buscombe has just said, but I can do so a little more briefly, not least because she has made all the points that need to be…22 Jun 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillDoes my noble friend agree with me that our courts are constantly looking into the state of mind of individuals to see whether they are lying? They look at what they have said,…22 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I follow my noble friend since I too am a signatory of this amendment. I thank him for what he said. I will not take up much of the Committee’s time in supporting him.…14 Jun 2023HANSARDParole Board Recommendations: Open ConditionsMy Lords, we long ago got rid of Home Office Ministers setting tariffs in life sentences because it permitted politics to become involved in the justice system. Can my noble and…25 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, despite support in the other place, the Bill has come under a good deal of criticism, both in your Lordships’ House this afternoon and outside Parliament. If this House…10 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyMy noble friend Lord Leigh is entirely right: you have to pick two of this lucky trio and you are away. One only has to think briefly about start-up businesses and the pressures…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyMy Lords, I agree with my noble friend Lord Sandhurst that they run in tandem. I was not able to run quick enough to be able to sign Amendment 91 but I managed to get my bulk into…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Sharpe for the courtesy he has shown to me and other noble Lords in holding meetings, along with his officials, to explain the Government’s…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I begin by confessing to having been at the media law Bar for the past 45 years or so, so I know a little bit, but not a huge amount, about the subject we have been…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillBefore the next contribution, I apologise to the Committee but I must be in two places at once. I hope the Committee will forgive me for not being here when other speeches are…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords—25 Apr 2023