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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, there is a lot of force in what the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, said about reasonable excuse. There is a problem, however, in that one would not know that one had a…13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am moving this amendment to enable the House to continue the discussion which took place in Committee with regard to what was then Clause 66: the new offence of…13 Dec 2021HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I will concentrate my remarks on Clause 3, the so-called ouster provisions. The clause is deceptively short and simple. There are three provisions here, as the Minister…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, can the Minister say what steps will be taken to enforce the regulations being made? I ask the question because Transport for London has been saying for weeks that the…29 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]My Lords, I support this amendment. I raised the issue in my speech at Second Reading because I look back with gratitude to the guidance I received shortly before I retired as to…29 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]My Lords, I too believe that the Government have made the right choice in going to 75 in one go, as my noble and learned friend Lord Etherton put it. We have to bear in mind that…29 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I put my name to Amendment 308 in the name of my noble and learned friend Lord Judge and shall say a few words in support of what he has just said. It was quite clear…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 284 for all the reasons that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, has explained. However, I respectfully suggest to him that there…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I do not wish to be taken as suggesting that what works well in Scotland should necessarily be applied in England and Wales, but I think I am right in saying that there…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have some sympathy for the noble Earl’s amendment because of two experiences of mine. First, I had to undergo 10 weeks of basic compliance training when I did my…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I do not think I can add very much to the points that have already been made on the difficulties which this proposal is likely to give rise to, except to say that one…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, there is a great deal to be said for the need for justice to be done, as the noble Lord has been saying, but there is another side to the coin, which is a trial within a…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support both these amendments, but I want to add a brief comment on the mechanism which they both have in common: the giving of reasons. I know from my own experience…15 Nov 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I put my name to this amendment because it is crucial that the arrangements that are made under Clause 7 are designed to give accurate and complete advice and…09 Nov 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, has drawn attention to the fact that I have not put my name to these amendments, although I have done so to Amendment 10. It was an…09 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIn moving this amendment, to which the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, has put her name, I will speak also to my opposition that Clause 66 stand part of the Bill, to which the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI hope the Minister has sat down, because I thought it was time for me to wind up. I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I hope the Minister…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I want to provide my support for a remark made by the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, in the course of his speech. He said that the emphasis should be more on…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support these amendments as well. I look at the situation from an unusual perspective and with the unusual experience of sitting as the senior judge in Scotland in a…03 Nov 2021