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HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI thank my noble friend for that point, although I am not sure that I agree with him. As I was saying, I do not believe the Government have made their case on this. We have seen…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThe noble Lord make a very valid point. I shall certainly read Hansard carefully, because some of the Minister’s responses may have been contradictory. If I was a manufacturer of…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI was not intending to come in on this item, but the more I sit here listening to this Bill, the more concerned and confused I get. I support the intentions of the Government in…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI think the Minister referred to premises that are registered for business purposes. That could be a home, could it not? If I work from home, knives could be delivered to my home.30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillOn that point, this is very anti-British business for no obvious reason or benefit for anybody concerned. If I were a German company or a French company, I would be delighted with…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillDoes the noble Lord agree that the Committee generally agrees with the laudable aims of the Bill but on all sides we are highlighting the large holes in it? It is easy to make a…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI certainly would. I would be delighted for it to go through the process, because the scheme I have been keen we talk about has come not from me, but from the industry. They want…30 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: SecurityCan the Minister tell the House of any Brexit dividend on leaving the EU in relation to security matters?29 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly in support of the amendments. The noble Lord, Lord Lucas, is right that we are in the hands of sellers and delivery drivers, who have quite a lot of…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI thank all noble Lords who have spoken for their support. I agree very much with the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove. We have to remember that we are talking about…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for adding his name to this amendment and I am happy to support his Amendments 24 and 25. We discussed shop workers on…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillIt seems that in this debate we have highlighted a massive hole in this legislation. Obviously when legislating on matters such as this, you are legislating not for the…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillCan I be absolutely clear? Are we saying that you cannot buy it from a UK seller but you can buy it from an overseas seller?28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI am confused as well, so I am in good company. Maybe an example would help the Committee. I am certainly confused about what the words mean.28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI think the noble Viscount makes a fair point. He has listed some examples of when this could be a problem. I look forward to the Minister’s response to these valid concerns.28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI am more comfortable with the Minister’s explanation than I am with what is written in the Bill. Perhaps we can look at this again between now and Report. The Bill seems harsh—it…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, as you heard, Amendments 4, 5, 20 and 21 in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, seek to replace the punishment that a person…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillCould I just come back to the issue of getting people to provide information? I understand the point that the noble Baroness makes about the GDPR, but we want the person who is…28 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThis is something we talked about earlier. If we are to put “all” in, it is not unreasonable to have some sort of guidance in the Bill to protect people, otherwise people are just…28 Jan 2019