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HANSARDRecognition and Enforcement of Judgments (2019 Hague Convention etc.) Regulations 2024My Lords, I add the support of these Benches for everything that all noble Lords have said, particularly the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, who led the special…24 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I add the thanks of these Benches to the Ministers—the noble Earl, Lord Howe, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy—and the Bill team as a whole for the way they…23 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I simply say that we support these amendments; we argued for them in Committee. A view I expressed then was that it was bizarre that the Bill provided for the Upper…21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, it has long seemed strange that, having abolished IPP sentences during the coalition in the LASPO Act, we still have nearly 3,000 prisoners, many of whom had relatively…21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group, Amendments 150 to 153, objecting to Clauses 49 to 52 standing part of the Bill, fall into two slightly different categories. The first…21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for explaining his amendments, which accept a number of points made in Committee. On the point raised by the noble and learned Lord, Lord…21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I beg leave to withdraw Amendment 150.21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillIf I may help advance this, our understanding is that the Clauses 55 and 56 stand-part debates are the subject of group 6. I do not know whether that is the Minister’s…21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I will try to help once again, because I have in front of me a copy of the groupings that were sent out. The noble Lords, Lord Pannick and Lord Meston, are absolutely…21 May 2024HANSARDParc PrisonMy Lords, deaths in custody are always a tragedy, and we join with the noble and learned Minister in extending our deep sympathy to the families and friends of the deceased. Such…14 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I was pleased to add my name to Amendments 114 to 117, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, which I supported in Committee and support again. To those of us on these…30 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, while we support the amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Wills, in view of the explanations he gave for them in Committee and today I shall not add to what he said on…30 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I support both amendments in this group. On Amendment 118 from the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, it is accepted that the whole question of publicly funded representation at…30 Apr 2024HANSARDLitigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have seldom had such pleasure in not pressing an amendment. As the noble and learned Lord said, the CJC review is precisely what we were looking for. Having looked at…29 Apr 2024HANSARDLitigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak now because I have tabled the only non-government amendment before the Committee. It is a probing amendment. The Minister, the noble and learned Lord, Lord…29 Apr 2024HANSARDLitigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill [HL]My Lords, rather repetitively, I suspect, I too declare an interest as a practising commercial barrister. I agree entirely with the observation of the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson,…15 Apr 2024HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree with everything that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, has said. I have one or two small points to add. The first concerns his allusion to the need to be…27 Mar 2024HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to add to what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, has just said, and I add my thanks to everyone that he thanked. I express the deep gratitude of the…27 Mar 2024HANSARDPrisons and Probation: Foreign National OffendersMy Lords, may I clarify one point? First, I am very grateful for the indication that we will have in writing the specific answers to the specific questions we asked, but I make it…13 Mar 2024