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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThere are operational issues. We put the money into Operation Topaz for all police forces to examine them, and ultimately it is for the forces to determine. The City of London…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIt is ultimately for the Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for the Sentencing Bill, to look at sentencing guideline issues later. I cannot give assurances on those points…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe noble Lord asks, “Do I ever?”—he does occasionally, and I will give him the benefit of the doubt, but I was not really impressed that he did not say one single word about what…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThey are classed as motor vehicles for the purposes of the legislation if they can travel above 15.5 miles per hour; but they are not, self-evidently, for the reasons I have…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, it seems an awful long time since my cycling proficiency test. We can debate whether standards have slipped in the 50-plus years since I took my test, but I think it is…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIt may help the Committee if I say that both the original name and the new name would be recorded. For clarity, where a DBS check applicant has changed their names, they are…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy understanding of the position is that the individual is on the sex offenders register, regardless of the name that they are currently providing. The risk is around the…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe Sexual Offences Act 2003 ensures that convicted sex offenders are already subject to post-conviction controls. They are managed according to their risk, and the sex offenders…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThat is my understanding of the position. I hope that helps the noble and learned Baroness. That is the principle behind what we are proposing here today. Again, I say to the…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the amendments in this group from the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble Baroness, Lady Maclean of Redditch. There are also a number of…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill15 Dec 2025HANSARDSydney Terrorist AttackI hope that the noble Lord will accept—given that his is the last question on this Private Notice Question—that this House will stand united against antisemitism and to support…15 Dec 2025HANSARDSydney Terrorist AttackI am grateful. It is important that we recognise that the Government have a responsibility in this area, but so do we all. We all have a responsibility to have no tolerance of…15 Dec 2025HANSARDSydney Terrorist AttackI can give the noble Lord a definitive yes to that. There is clear legislation for police monitoring in relation to hatred and crimes of harassment that, while not leading to the…15 Dec 2025HANSARDSydney Terrorist AttackI offer my condolences to the noble Lord for his loss. I cannot be with him this evening, because I will be in the Chamber dealing with the Crime and Policing Bill, but if I were…15 Dec 2025HANSARDSydney Terrorist AttackI hope the noble and right reverend Lord will accept that I cannot comment on active live Australian investigations. It would be inappropriate for me to do so as a UK Government…15 Dec 2025HANSARDSydney Terrorist AttackThe Prime Minister had already tasked Government Ministers to look at what else we can do, prior to yesterday’s events. The Prime Minister has also tasked the police forces, via…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill15 Dec 2025