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HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Grooming GangsMy noble friend is entirely right: we need to look not only at the consequences of these abhorrent crimes but at the causes if we are to prevent further victims emerging. In that…24 Jan 2019HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Grooming GangsMy Lords, Operation Stovewood is a victim-focused investigation carried out under a strategy known as the survivor pathway, with a dedicated team of independent sexual violence…24 Jan 2019HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Grooming GangsMy Lords, Operation Stovewood is now operating in respect of Rotherham. To support women such as Caitlin, the National Crime Agency has a dedicated team of independent sexual…24 Jan 2019HANSARDCentral Courts IT SystemMy Lords, the reported effects narrated by the noble Lord are not accurate; let us be clear about that. There is no evidence of any cases being adjourned in either courts or…23 Jan 2019HANSARDCentral Courts IT SystemMy Lords, this issue arose in the context not of the implementation of an IT system but of an existing system, in particular the corruption of part of the hardware, namely a…23 Jan 2019HANSARDCentral Courts IT SystemMy Lords, I was not involved directly in the preparation of this Statement. I was invited to repeat it in this House on the basis of information given to me. I cannot directly…23 Jan 2019HANSARDCentral Courts IT SystemI thank the noble Lord for his question. I do not believe that it is for me to gainsay the Home Secretary’s evidence before the Justice Sub-Committee, so I am afraid I am not in a…23 Jan 2019HANSARDCentral Courts IT SystemI am obliged to the noble Lord for his observations, drawing upon his own experiences in the ministry when we began the introduction of the common platform system. Clearly, we…23 Jan 2019HANSARDCentral Courts IT SystemWith respect to the noble and learned Lord, it is important to distinguish between two entirely separate systems: the existing system, which suffered the corruption of the routing…23 Jan 2019HANSARDCentral Courts IT SystemI rather fear that the noble Lord’s inquiry has taken sail. The position is that the issue that arose recently had nothing whatever to do with the development of the common…23 Jan 2019HANSARDCentral Courts IT SystemMy Lords, with the leave of the House I shall repeat in the form of a Statement an Answer given in the other place by my honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the…23 Jan 2019HANSARDServices of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Yes, of course. I am obliged to the noble Lord for prompting me to go straight to that point. There are 680 European lawyers registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority…15 Jan 2019HANSARDServices of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019In the event of us exiting without any deal, there will be no reciprocal rights—which was one reason why, as I indicated, these regulations are required. They are necessary in…15 Jan 2019HANSARDServices of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I have already said that.15 Jan 2019HANSARDServices of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That is why I said it in opening—but, if the noble Baroness wishes, I can repeat it.15 Jan 2019HANSARDServices of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The terms of the instrument make it perfectly clear that it is to apply in the absence of a deal. My department is certainly well aware of the scope and application of the…15 Jan 2019HANSARDServices of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It does not refer to the transitional period as proposed in the withdrawal agreement: it refers to a transitional period that will apply for the purposes of this particular…15 Jan 2019HANSARDServices of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Clearly, over time we will address the ability of the United Kingdom to agree with the EU the possibility of reciprocal rights for United Kingdom lawyers in Europe, but it is not…15 Jan 2019HANSARDServices of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The noble Lord is quite right: he was not here when I began. I said that with regard to Scotland, this is a devolved issue and the Scottish Government are addressing that matter.…15 Jan 2019HANSARDServices of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019In relation to this particular instrument, I am not in a position to say where the Scottish Government are in processing such a proposal. That is a matter for them and it is not a…15 Jan 2019