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HANSARDSentencing BillMy noble friend makes a fair point. However, it could be put the other way, like the chicken and the egg. Putting this as an imperative in the Bill would oblige the Probation…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I support the amendment in the names of my noble friends on the Front Bench. Some 14 years ago, I travelled to San Miguel prison in Santiago, Chile, which was one of the…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI do not think that simple legislation will ever catch on, because it would put a lot of lawyers out of business—I say rather irreverently. The Minister in his remarks did not…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillIs not the corollary of the noble Lord’s argument that, as it stands, if the Government were to reject these amendments, in cases of serious and egregious crime the judge may be…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 7 to 11. I support the amendments in the names of my noble friend Lord Sandhurst and my noble and learned friend Lord Keen, particularly…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI understand the point that my noble friend is making—26 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI take on board what the Minister is saying. However, I reiterate the point that it is intellectually incoherent to think it is good policy to say in Hansard and in letters to my…24 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI take that offer in good faith, but it will be 14 months since I first asked a similar question about the figures. The Government have had endless opportunities—before they…24 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this interesting debate. It is important that we understand the wider context of what we are doing here. We are seeking to…24 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I really do not envy the Minister in this situation. Obviously, we have debated this issue on a number of occasions; it was debated in the other place last Wednesday. A…24 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMoved by Leave out from “House” to end and insert “do insist on its Amendment 37”.24 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, this amendment was comprehensively debated last week. It is, for the avoidance of doubt, about the efficacious deportation of foreign national offenders who have been…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill11 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, this amendment is essentially about the product scope of the consultation. I will say at the outset that I am not a smoker, and I have no fiduciary or pecuniary interest…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillWill the Minister give way? I am trying to be helpful. As the Minister has made some quite fair and emphatic comments about the toxicity of heated tobacco and its lack of efficacy…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI thank all noble Lords who took part in this debate on my amendment. I particularly thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley—it goes without saying that of course I support…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI might be wrong, and I hesitate to say this in the presence of so many eminent lawyers, but my understanding is that there is a precedent for this suggestion, in that coronial…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly to speak to the amendment in my name, but only in passing, because I cannot better the excellent remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, and my noble…05 Nov 2025