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HANSARDPrisons: OvercrowdingThe noble Baroness is right that some data has been removed to be reviewed by NHS Wales. As regards the prisons and cells, we are following a strategy in all prisons in England…14 May 2020HANSARDPrisons: OvercrowdingMy Lords, Gold Command has taken control of the movement of prisoners, which is extremely limited between prisons. Where it happens, that cohort is dealt with in the same way as…14 May 2020HANSARDPrisons: OvercrowdingMy Lords, my noble friend makes a very good point as regards Swansea prison. It is one of our Victorian prisons and, as such, has a large number of cells that are certified to…14 May 2020HANSARDPrisons: OvercrowdingFirst, we have made provision to ensure that we did not come up to capacity in our prisons, but we did not commit to releasing a set number of prisoners. In the event, given…14 May 2020HANSARDPrisons: OvercrowdingThe noble Lord is quite right: rehabilitation is one of the central pillars of our policy with regard to prisons. That has been made extremely difficult by reason of the Covid…14 May 2020HANSARDPrisons: OvercrowdingAs I indicated, in all our prisons we have introduced a cohorting strategy that ensures separation and isolation between prisoners displaying Covid-19 symptoms and other…14 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]There may of course be incidental policy issues that arise when we come to draw down into domestic law an obligation, or obligations, undertaken at the level of international law.…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I begin with Amendment 2, which as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, noted, would seek to limit the scope of the Clause 2 power to implement agreements to those…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, as with the previous groups of amendments, the underlying theme is that Clause 2 should not stand part of the Bill, but we have to look at these amendments in the…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]Let me be clear: I do not accept the underlying premise of the noble and learned Lord’s argument. However, I am perfectly content to look at this before the next stage of the Bill…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]As regards the UK-US negotiations, I say only that I am not in a position to comment on how far they have gone, or on whether they have engaged the issue of private international…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am obliged to the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, for tabling what he very candidly pointed out were probing amendments. I am also obliged to the noble and…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to the debate. I shall of course speak to each of the amendments, Amendments 1, 4 and 5. When taken together, as the…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I think that I am coming back. I apologise, but something happened on the computer. We have made the application and it is hoped that, subject to agreement, we will be able to…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for what I understand are, again, probing amendments. As I perhaps explained, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories have a…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I of course am listening to the contributions made to the debate in Committee and will take account of the observations that have been made. I make no comment on the…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]First, let me make it clear that I do not accept that it is an invariable constitutional practice that the implementation in domestic law of an international law treaty is…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mance, for his further observations. I simply notice this: for the last 20 years, Parliament has had no oversight of the drawing down of…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank noble Lords and noble and learned Lords for their contribution to this part of the debate. Since the commencement of this Committee, the matter of whether Clause…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]On that point, of course I accept that Lugano does not go as far as Brussels Ia and IIa—Brussels restated. We are all well aware of that. As regards the interplay between Lugano…13 May 2020