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HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Meyer, for moving the amendment on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Curry, and other noble Lords for their contributions. We understand the concerns…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]No, my Lords, it would not be appropriate to put this in primary legislation. To assuage such concerns as there may be, I can say that the President of the Family Law Division has…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 4, I shall speak also to Amendment 10 in my name. Essentially, Clause 1 provides for a minimum period of 20 weeks between the start of proceedings…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]I note that the noble Lord supports the amendment and I hear what he says with regard to ancillary matters.17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, and other noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I recognise, as…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]I am much obliged to the noble and right reverend Lord. The responsibility would ultimately lie with the court service, which is an agency of the Ministry of Justice, to ensure…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]I thank the noble and right reverend Lord for moving his amendment. Of course, marriage is a contract. The statute law speaks of “the persons contracting the marriage” and sets…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this part of the debate. I will speak to Amendments 15, 16 and 17. Amendment 15 was moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, and…17 Mar 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.17 Mar 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, this Bill underpins the Government’s ambition to deliver a new framework on private international law which has real and tangible benefits for people and businesses in…17 Mar 2020HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2020That the draft Orders laid before the House on 15 January be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 9 March .11 Mar 2020HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) Order 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Legal Services Act 2007 (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) Order 2020.09 Mar 2020HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2020I am most obliged to noble Lords, if only for their brevity. I am not certain what happened to the shilling or the guinea, but I understand that the practice remains that, where…09 Mar 2020HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) Order 2020I thank noble Lords for their contributions. I agree with the observations of the noble Lord as to the importance of CILEx as an institution. I recently met with its…09 Mar 2020HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2020My Lords, I venture to suggest that this order is straightforward and uncontroversial. It designates the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales—for ease, I will…09 Mar 2020HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Legal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2020.09 Mar 2020HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) (Appeals from Licensing Authority Decisions) Order 2020My Lords, I venture that this is also a straightforward and, I hope, uncontroversial measure. The order relates to the functions of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives…09 Mar 2020HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Rape CasesMy Lords, the CPS is a partner in the ongoing cross-government review of the criminal justice response to rape. It has already accepted all recommendations in the recently…05 Mar 2020HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Rape CasesMy Lords, we are concerned by the reductions in the number of referrals for charge and in the number of prosecutions. That is why we are concerned to take forward the review,…05 Mar 2020HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Rape CasesMy Lords, whatever the terminology may be, RASO prosecutors are trained in all of these matters, and when they come to apply the merits test in relation to such complaints they do…05 Mar 2020