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HANSARDUK-EU Customs UnionMy Lords, for those immediately following those giving a maiden or valedictory speech, an allowance is made for the tributes being paid and the clock does not start until their…29 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe noble Lord has the right to speak in Committee, of course. Conventionally, we tend not to hear from Back-Benchers after the Front Benches have started winding, but of course…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Cash, for her Amendment 438B and the subsequent Amendment 438EF, which seek to mandate the collection of sex data on perpetrators of…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillAs the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, said, there was certainly a lot of work done. I believe that it was commissioned by the previous Government, so it overlaps from the previous…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Cash, for her amendment, which seeks to mandate the collection of ethnicity data in respect of the perpetrators of crime. I also thank…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I wholeheartedly agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, that we owe our emergency service workers a massive debt of thanks for the work they do to keep us safe and…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe Home Office and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology are already working with the police and the National Police Chiefs’ Council to create guidance to raise…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillApologies, I did not mean to put the noble Baroness off, I was just trying to recall whether she was here for the start of the group.27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillApologies: please continue.27 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillWe have to have a hard stop at 8 pm, I am afraid, so I move that the Committee do now adjourn.26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillThe noble Baroness has spoken for five and a half minutes now. Whether she is pressing or withdrawing her amendment, this should be brief.26 Jan 2026HANSARDILO Convention 190Well, I congratulate the noble Lord on getting through that question without mentioning the phrase “banter ban”. I am going to be absolutely clear: employers will not be penalised…26 Jan 2026HANSARDILO Convention 190My Lords, the UK ratified ILO Convention 190 in March 2022, demonstrating its commitment to preventing and addressing violence and harassment in the workplace. We have a robust…26 Jan 2026HANSARDILO Convention 190My noble friend makes a very good point that enforcement has to be driven somewhat by example. It is important that we do not trivialise this issue, as some seek to do. I would…26 Jan 2026HANSARDILO Convention 190To answer the noble Lord’s question, yes, of course it applies in all workplaces, but I am not going to tell the NEC how to do its business.26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillIf this is an intervention, it is quite a long one. I ask that interventions be kept brief; they should just be questions, really.26 Jan 2026HANSARDILO Convention 190When it comes to talking about backlogs and underfunding in our criminal justice system, in fact our whole justice system, it takes a certain amount of chutzpah from those on the…26 Jan 2026HANSARDILO Convention 190The noble Lord is right that enforcement is as much a part of tackling the issue as is creating solutions to the nature of workplace culture. The Employment Rights Act does a…26 Jan 2026HANSARDILO Convention 190My noble friend is right to recognise the important step this Government have taken to avoid NDAs when it comes to prevention or speaking out about harassment and discrimination.…26 Jan 2026HANSARDILO Convention 190The noble Baroness is obviously right and correct that we need to be concerned about prevention and building a culture of positive employers’ attitudes towards tackling harassment…26 Jan 2026