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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Blencathra. He and I have been chasing down issues with secondary and, tonight, tertiary legislation for some months and have produced…12 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, my noble friend was kind enough to mention my involvement. This is an excellent piece of legislation which will be of great benefit to the charity sector. Obviously, I…10 Jan 2022HANSARDLegislation: Skeleton Bills and Delegated PowersI am grateful to my noble friend for giving way. He was kind enough to quote me, but he quoted only half of what I said. I said that life is more complicated and therefore we…06 Jan 2022HANSARDLegislation: Skeleton Bills and Delegated PowersMy Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Baroness for introducing this important debate. When I wrote to her, I said that this was not an issue that would have them dancing in the…06 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Leicester, and I agree with very much of what he had to say. I note that I am to be followed by the noble Baroness, Lady…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, Amendment 82 is concerned about Friday prisoner releases, or perhaps I should say the bunching of releases of prisoners on Fridays. I place on record my thanks for the…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we have had an interesting debate. I thank all those who contributed to it. The noble Baroness, Lady Lister, is always sharp on these matters; she has been well up to…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill15 Dec 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]14 Dec 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, this has, as ever, been an interesting debate and I am very grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Grabiner, Lord Rooker and Lord Thomas of Gresford, for their support and,…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, the hour is late—later than any of us would wish it to be. In the famous phrase of Mr Jeremy Clarkson, it is time to put the pedal to the metal. Before I do, I thank the…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]My Lords, I have not participated on this Bill before; indeed, I just want to pick up the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Davies, about the way that more and more government…29 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, since I am not a Member of the Committee, I hope noble Lords will forgive me if I say a few words about why I have taken a particular interest in this sector and this…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Stowell and Lady Barker, for supporting my amendment and for their powerful interventions. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby.…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, I come to my second set of amendments. This is not a barnacle; it is an issue of principle. What a panoply of talented people have been good enough to put their names to…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, I urge the Government and/or the Committee to accept this amendment and in doing so I, too, send my best wishes to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, for a…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, and the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for their contributions. My noble friend the Minister has, of course, elegantly found a third…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]18 Nov 2021HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, I have my name down in support of this amendment, which, as the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, said, builds on one that we debated in Committee. As is always the case, when…16 Nov 2021