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HANSARDSentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL] (Law Commission Bill)I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to the debate. I join other noble and noble and learned Lords in thanking the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Hallett, for her…11 Feb 2020HANSARDLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2019My understanding is that the monitoring will not be carried out by or related to the probation service; it will be carried out independently. But clearly, the justice system will…11 Feb 2020HANSARDLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2019Clearly, probation staff will have access to the monitoring data and will therefore use it to inform their supervision of individuals who are under licence, for example.11 Feb 2020HANSARDLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2019There is no suggestion that it will not have the resources to address this matter. It will receive data in circumstances where there will be some 400 active monitoring…11 Feb 2020HANSARDLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2019My Lords, I begin with a short apology for the delay in commencing. The purpose of this draft instrument is to enable the Secretary of State to make the alcohol abstinence and…11 Feb 2020HANSARDCrime: Support for Children and Young PeopleClearly, we are conscious of the increasing prevalence of cases where children have been the subject of trafficking. They have particular and special needs, and we are conscious…05 Feb 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]That the Bill be read a second time.05 Feb 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has spoken in this debate, and I express particular thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Hunt of Bethnal Green, for a cogent and perceptive…05 Feb 2020HANSARDCrime: Support for Children and Young PeopleCertainly, I have no reason to doubt that the specialist support services to which I referred are fully available for those who require them.05 Feb 2020HANSARDCrime: Support for Children and Young PeopleMy Lords, we will shortly be consulting on changes to the code, and we have committed to developing targeted, less complex and more accessible guidance aimed particularly at…05 Feb 2020HANSARDCrime: Support for Children and Young PeopleMy Lords, the Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance provides that every school and college should have a designated safeguarding lead, who should be a senior…05 Feb 2020HANSARDCrime: Support for Children and Young PeopleMy Lords, we fully understand the need to support young people and children who are not only the victims of crime but are traumatised by witnessing it. The noble Baroness made…05 Feb 2020HANSARDCrime: Support for Children and Young PeopleMy Lords, the Government’s Victims Strategy , published in September 2018, outlined their commitment to support children and young people traumatised by crime. We are focused on…05 Feb 2020HANSARDCrime: Support for Children and Young PeopleMy Lords, children and young people under the age of 18 are automatically considered as vulnerable victims and therefore become eligible for enhanced entitlements under the…05 Feb 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, this is a Bill for every family going through the upheaval of divorce. No one marries or forms a civil partnership expecting it to break down. No one wants a marriage or…05 Feb 2020HANSARDCrime: Support for Children and Young PeopleMy Lords, I have not read the Barnardo’s report—I have read the more recent report from the Department for Education—but I note what the noble Baroness said in that regard and I…05 Feb 2020HANSARDStreatham IncidentMy Lords, I am most obliged for the contributions from the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, and the noble Lord, Lord Beith. They touched on a very significant point, namely…03 Feb 2020HANSARDStreatham IncidentMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.…03 Feb 2020HANSARDStreatham IncidentThere was a period when remedial courses for IPP prisoners were considered to be less than entirely satisfactory, and we have sought to address that. Certainly, there are various…03 Feb 2020HANSARDStreatham IncidentMy Lords, it is a matter of regret that these outrageous attacks are not limited to any one section of the community and are not to be attributed to religious belief, but rather…03 Feb 2020