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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe terms of the noble Lord’s review have been published and they are available to the Committee now. The review will examine whether current public order legislation is fit for…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI hope it does not surprise noble Lords if I confess that I have been on the odd protest in my time. I have quite enjoyed the freedom to have a protest. I have protested against…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillModerately?07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, for taking up the cudgels on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Jackson. I thought I had got away with it when I did not see…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am content, with the noble Lord’s experience of how these matters can be dealt with, to reflect on what he has said, but it does not get away from the fact that the problems I…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI do not wish to disturb the noble Lord in full flow, but I have just remembered that I missed an important point for the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, who requested a…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI say to the noble Lord—and I hope that he takes this in the way in which I respond—that the review commenced in 2021, and it is now 2026. That is a long time for a review, and I…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, with support from the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, for raising this topic in the amendments today. I am grateful also…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI should have tattooed on my forehead the words, “due course”. As ever, the commitment I can give is that it will be produced in due course. Report on the Bill will be some…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for tabling the amendment, which would introduce a bespoke criminal offence of digital identity theft. I know that he has tabled…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I first give my appreciation to the work of the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Cotes, and the noble Lords, Lord Young of Cookham and Lord Vaux of Harrowden, in producing…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy noble friend mentioned his noble kinsman, my noble friend Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, who is the Transport Minister. The British Transport Police are the responsibility of and…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI will give consideration to that with my colleagues in the Department for Transport. As somebody who travels every week on the train to this House, “See it. Say it. Sorted”…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWe are in danger of the Committee revisiting Clause 37. I have an opportunity to meet the noble Baroness, and we can discuss those issues then. I am saying to my noble friend, in…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Cotes, for Amendment 356A, and I am glad we have reached it today. We hoped to reach it prior to Christmas, but time did not…07 Jan 2026HANSARDShamima BegumThe Government will examine and support individuals on an individual basis. It is important that those individuals who have the potential to ask for consular access do so. That is…07 Jan 2026HANSARDShamima BegumThe position that the noble Baroness refers to is currently subject to consultation. I will take that as a representation, because I will need to look at the details of what she…07 Jan 2026HANSARDShamima BegumI can always rely on the noble Lord to take a serious issue and bring it down to a unserious point. I will ensure that we have the vote at 16. It is Labour Government policy; it…07 Jan 2026HANSARDShamima BegumI am grateful to my noble friend, but I come back to the point that the decision to deprive Shamima Begum of her British citizenship, undertaken by the previous Government and…07 Jan 2026HANSARDShamima BegumThe noble Baroness will know that there are British nationals, including minors, in north-east Syria, as she referred to in her question. We are very content to consider requests…07 Jan 2026