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HANSARDPrevent StrategyMy Lords, the internet is a hugely powerful tool: it has been a force for good but it has also been used for crime and to draw people into terrorism. Will the Minister ensure…06 Mar 2019HANSARDStronger Towns FundBefore the Minister responds, when I spoke earlier, I should have drawn the House’s attention to my registered interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association.05 Mar 2019HANSARDStronger Towns FundMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement made yesterday in the other place by his right honourable friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup. This supposed…05 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, in my nine years in your Lordships’ House, I have never had to come to the Dispatch Box and speak to two amendments that were originally in the government Bill. I am…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, Amendment 91, tabled in my name and with the support of the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, seeks to place on the face of the Bill a provision to exempt the kirpan from the…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister very much for that response. All through this debate, she has always engaged positively with all sides of the House and with the Sikh community,…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillWhen this discussion is over I invite the Minister to read Hansard and to reflect on the debate—it is distressing. We are talking about table knives, steak knives and knives to…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support the noble Duke, the Duke of Montrose, as he raises valid points. Again, we do not want anything in the Bill that disadvantages UK business.04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, in that case, that is all clear and correct. I am delighted to withdraw the amendment.04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, Amendments 74 and 77 in my name seek to establish a “trusted trader” scheme to enable bladed products to be delivered to home addresses. This is an issue that I raised…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillJust to clarify, is the Minister happy for me to bring it back at Third Reading? I do not want any disputes with the clerks afterwards about this situation.04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill04 Mar 2019HANSARDParking (Code of Practice) BillMy Lords, I join the Minister in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and the honourable Member for East Yorkshire, Sir Greg Knight. I agree entirely with the comments that he has…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. I put this provision forward, but I am not stuck on this or any other particular scheme, and I hope I made…04 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecialist Domestic Abuse ServicesMy Lords, domestic abuse is an appalling, disgusting crime committed behind closed doors. I have raised before the issue of some GPs charging up to £175 for a letter confirming…04 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Answer to the Urgent Question given by her right honourable friend the Home Secretary in the other place earlier today. I agree…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI thank the Minister for his contribution. This has been an interesting debate. I am proposing the position the Government took only a few months ago in the other place. They are…04 Mar 2019HANSARDAnonymity (Arrested Persons) Bill [HL]I think I am correct in saying that IPSO does not meet the standards set by the regulator.01 Mar 2019