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HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his response to my amendments and for his assurances on the way forward that he sees on these matters. I would like to make two points.…27 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, for adding their names to this amendment in my name. The…27 Nov 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice System: CapacityMy Lords, can the Minister say a little more about training? I understood him to say that it would be available to magistrates who feel that they need it. Is it not better that…22 Oct 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice System: CapacityCan the Minister assure us that the training of magistrates covers the circumstances in which it is right for somebody to be remanded in custody? Following the riots, suspicions…22 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewMy Lords, it is a pleasure for me to follow the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. I wish particularly to endorse what he said about the dangers of mission creep, particularly the risk…08 Oct 2024HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]My Lords, I entirely endorse what my noble and learned friend Lord Hoffmann has said, but I would like to say a word about the procedure that the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, has…11 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh-speed Rail Services: West Coast Main LineMy Lords, I return to the Minister’s response to the noble Lord, Lord Liddle. Does the Minister accept that it was a mistake to discontinue the HS2 phase 2b line to Crewe? If that…04 Sept 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024My Lords, I am intervening just to ask a question. The Minister used the word “stabilised” twice, I think, during his presentation of this instrument—he is looking forward to a…29 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I join with many others in welcoming most warmly the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hermer, to his place on the Front Bench as Attorney-General. I also congratulate the…23 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechI wish I was; I feel exactly the same as I did when I was 68, but there we are. The grand old age of 80 may seem like a far-off dream to those in their mid-40s and the passing of…23 Jul 2024HANSARDRecognition and Enforcement of Judgments (2019 Hague Convention etc.) Regulations 2024My Lords, I too very much welcome this measure for various reasons, which are set out very well in the Explanatory Memorandum. Some of the features which are set out in it are the…24 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI would like to say a few words about Amendment 141 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, to which I have put my name, and also, briefly, about Amendment 145 in the name…21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, Clause 28 does not apply to Scotland, which can have its own legislation to deal with this matter, but I am very much in favour of the amendment. I have gone over the…30 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment B1, as an amendment to Motion B. I have asked for a further amendment in lieu to be put down, because I have raised important issues which…17 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I do not wish to say any more; I simply wish to test the opinion of the House on my Motion B1.17 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillAt end insert “, and do propose Amendment 3G as an amendment in lieu of Amendment 3E—17 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I asked for this amendment in lieu to be put down because I believe that Lords Amendment 3C—to which I propose Amendment 3E in lieu—raised important issues to which…16 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillAt end insert “, and do propose Amendment 3E as an amendment in lieu of Amendment 3C—16 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, perhaps I might respond to the noble Viscount. The provision in proposed subsection (8) simply states that, if the Secretary of State makes such a statement to…16 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken. Picking up immediately on the point the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of Epsom, has just made, he said that if matters change…16 Apr 2024