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HANSARDAnonymity (Arrested Persons) Bill [HL]My Lords, with his Private Member’s Bill the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, brings before the House a very important issue that has in recent years come much more to the forefront of…01 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillI accept the point that the noble Lord makes; perhaps we can chat about it outside the Chamber. I accept that this is fairly wide of the Bill. I accept that Irish is spoken in…01 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillMy Lords, Amendment 1, moved by my noble friend Lord Faulkner of Worcester and supported by my noble friend Lord Collins of Highbury, seeks to provide the Church of England and…01 Mar 2019HANSARDAnonymity (Arrested Persons) Bill [HL]I was going to come on to that point. Essentially, my next point is that I agree entirely that unfortunately, in the court of public opinion, people’s reputations are often…01 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, tabled Amendment 2 and my noble friend Lord Collins of Highbury supported it. To be clear at the outset, I support the amendment. It is…01 Mar 2019HANSARDAnonymity (Arrested Persons) Bill [HL]I think the Minister is correct, but my point is that I do not see how it can be a robust regulator if it does not meet the standards set by the regulator.01 Mar 2019HANSARDHelp to Buy: Housebuilders’ ProfitsMy Lords, does the Minister accept that the Government should set a framework for space standards, quality of design and energy efficiency so that, no matter if the home is for…27 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I thank everyone who has spoken in the debate. There was a lot of support around the House for the issues that I am bringing forward, and I am grateful to all noble…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, Amendment 3 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, and moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and the noble Lord’s Amendment 81, which he will speak to himself…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, Amendments 4 and 69, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, raise the issue of age verification. Our world is becoming more…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am happy to support the noble Lord’s amendments today. The noble Baroness wants to stop short sentences; debates are going on now in the country about those. We have…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThe Minister mentions an interesting point, about the company being prosecuted, and then talked about the range of penalties. Would it be an individual, such as the chief…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillWhen we had the debate before, I think it was suggested by one of the Minister’s noble friends that when health and safety law changed and responsibility was brought to bear on…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, these amendments, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, seek to allow the delivery of corrosive and bladed products to residential addresses where steps are taken…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I raised this issue at Second Reading and in Grand Committee. I am grateful for the support I have received from across the House. We are placing shop workers at the…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI thank the noble Baroness for giving way. I am pleased that we are going to have a call for evidence so that we can look at these matters in detail, but I have a concern. It is…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, knife crime prevention orders are an attempt by the Government to deal with the horror of knife crime. Hardly a week goes by without a report of a young life lost. We…26 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness Rate AppealsMy Lords, it is good that the noble Lord agreed that there are challenges to meet. The situation described by the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, is, frankly, appalling. Is there nothing…25 Feb 2019HANSARDCitizenship StatusMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Answer to the Urgent Question asked in the other place today. I agree that there must be consequences for those who back and…20 Feb 2019