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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, this is a very difficult issue and one on which I would normally expect to find myself on the side of assisting persons with a disability, for precisely the reasons…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am sorry to speak after the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby. I wanted to hear what he had to say about his amendments and those in the name of the noble and learned Lord,…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we welcome this amendment and the opportunity to discuss restorative justice. We are very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for relaying the views of the noble…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillBefore the Minister sits down and before I admit to nodding, the point he made is why I referred to the operation of Section 6 as being possibly circuitous. It seems that in…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am constantly amazed by the persistence of this generally civilised country in being willing to treat children of 10 and 11 as criminally responsible. The noble and…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I apologise to the noble Baroness for speaking before her; I did not realise that she wanted to speak. I also apologise for erroneously referring to her as the noble…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I associate myself with everything that the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, have said. I am not sure that the noble and…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, our first aim with Amendment 223A, to which I have added my name, is to ensure that secure academies may be run by local authorities. The present position is that, under…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Paddick will speak from the Front Bench for my party on this group, but he has quite a lot to say and, in view of the time, he has asked me to speak…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, this debate has raised two important issues: the justification for short custodial sentences and how we curtail their imposition in practice. The debate saw an…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am very grateful to the Minister for giving way. Does he take my point that none of those provisions focuses on short custodial sentences in particular, as opposed to custodial…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am humbled by speaking at the end of an extraordinarily strong debate. It was eloquently and, as many have pointed out, courageously opened by the noble Lord, Lord…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we have heard which amendments are in this slightly disparate group. On Amendment 195, I am in agreement with the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham, and in disagreement with…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the speeches that we have heard in this interesting debate, particularly by those who have the most sentencing experience, the noble and learned Lords,…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe only reason I make that point is that there was a misunderstanding—not inherent in the noble Viscount’s speech, but that might have arisen from his speech—where he talked of…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we support these amendments. It is obviously right to remove the retrospection and we congratulate whoever spotted the anomaly and brought the amendments to the…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, all the amendments in this group are in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, whom I thank for adding his name to them. We have of course covered some of the…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, on behalf of these Benches, I too support these amendments, for all the reasons given by the noble Lords who tabled them. Of course, the principal amendment seeks…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am extremely grateful to the right reverend Prelate for not just these amendments but the care and time she gives to compassionate consideration of the criminal…01 Nov 2021