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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, these amendments, in their different ways, seek to extend liability for the unlawful actions of cyclists to their employers or contractors. Amendment 346C, moved by the…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am going to call a halt at this point. This is remembrance of things past. We have an important amendment to discuss today, and we should focus on the amendments.17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am not sure whether the noble Lord was here for the previous group, when we talked at length on the wider issue of the use of e-bikes. As I said then, the DfT is undertaking a…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to the nobleLord, Lord Blencathra, for his amendments on the regulation of e-bike batteries. Your Lordships’ House may recall the recent passage through this House…17 Dec 2025HANSARDProducer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 3 November be approved. Relevant document: 42nd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee . Considered in Grand…16 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe road safety strategy review is being undertaken by the DfT, so it is a little outside my bailiwick to speak on it. There may well be lots of provisions in the strategy—this is…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am at no greater advantage than other Members of your Lordships’ House regarding what will be in the road safety strategy. There is a good reason why these amendments are…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe noble Lord makes his point well. I am sure that it is a point that has been noticed and, indeed, there have been representations made to the DfT in the process of developing…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWithout going into the detail of the Scottish experiment, I will say to the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, that for the road safety strategy to do a complete job, it is going into the…15 Dec 2025HANSARDProducer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. Relevant document: 42nd Report from the…15 Dec 2025HANSARDProducer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I thank the noble Lord and apologise for missing out that question. Of course, as a principle, we are keen to use technology to make monitoring and compliance easier for everybody…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, before I turn to the substance of the amendments in this group, I shall briefly set out the Government’s plans for road safety. As many noble Lords who have spoken in…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI understand the point that is made, but the system is about evaluating, classifying and giving information—in the current case to institutions—about the worthiness of the…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI appreciate the points that the noble Lord and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier, are making. To be absolutely clear, anyone who is on the barred list who works with…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillOf course I do—I slightly misspoke there. All I can say is that while I have been slaving away over the Crime and Policing Bill, I have not been slaving away over the road safety…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillTo be clear, they will have the same rights and access as a school has at the moment. We are equalising the scheme, so yes, they would be able to see that he is on the barred list…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe important change that we are making is that it enables parents to access checks at the higher level, so they will be able to decide on whether to engage somebody. The parent…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hampton, for setting out the case for his Amendment 337A. I pay tribute to his advocacy on this issue and on many other related issues as a…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, Amendment 337 replicates for Northern Ireland the provisions of Clause 105, which apply to England and Wales. Amendments 520, 550, 559 and 561 are consequential to…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill15 Dec 2025