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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure, as ever, to support my noble friend in her Amendments 436 and 437. She is an expert in intellectual property, but she might want to copyright the term…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am old enough to remember the last time that we looked at regional police forces. That was under the Minister’s erstwhile colleague, the right honourable Charles Clarke, I…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. All of us who care about the safety, security, integrity and autonomy of women are also concerned about, for instance, a…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have attached my name to this amendment. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, who has been courageously raising these issues of gender identity and sex,…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the noble Baronesses, Lady Brinton and Lady Thornton, cannot both be right. The noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is making the case that the public sector equality duty is…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI will allow the Minister to dismount from his high horse on this. The fact of the matter, as he knows very well, is that between the election of the Labour Government in 1997 and…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support the amendment in the name of my noble friend on the Front Bench. When Section 149 of the Equality Act came into effect, it was seen largely as benign. It very…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWhat the noble Baroness has described is a crime. Those people shouting racist abuse at Jewish people or Muslims on the way to a mosque are committing a crime under the existing…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I strongly support the excellent amendment of my noble friend Lord Young of Acton. I declare an interest as a paid-up member of the Free Speech Union. I was brought up…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillAs usual, the noble Baroness is making a cogent and persuasive case, but I do not think she concedes that we are not talking about suspicionless searches; we are talking about an…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support the amendment in the name of my noble friend on the Front Bench. At this juncture, I also thank the Committee for its forbearance when I was not able to move…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, forgive me, if I can beg your indulgence. In order for there not to be any confusion, I neglected to advise the Committee that my brother is a serving Metropolitan…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillOn that issue, notwithstanding the fact that these powers have to be sanctioned by a police inspector, they are often accompanied by a public information initiative from the…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support the excellent and tightly drafted amendment from my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe. I say that it is tightly drawn because proposed new subsection (2) is…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support the excellent amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Carter of Haslemere. Firearms officers provide a valuable and necessary service, and are an important part of…20 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will respond to Amendment 97 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and oppose it. It is over six months since we last debated this issue in Committee in June…14 Jan 2026HANSARDDefending Democracy TaskforceMy Lords, the Minister and the House will know from the media—it was reported in the press last week—about the threats of intimidation and serious violence that were aimed at the…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the Minister for his typically thoughtful and considered response. I think he would concede that this has been a very interesting and intelligent debate. I thank all noble…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am inordinately grateful to the Minister for giving away, but he will know, because he was a diligent and assiduous constituency MP, that many of the people who go into clinical…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMuch as I would love to be intervened on by the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, who I believe will be supporting my amendment later on, I am intervening on the Minister, and we…17 Dec 2025