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HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have nothing to add to what was said by my noble friend Lord Thomas of Gresford on this amendment, which we support.17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I fully support the amendment moved by my noble and learned friend Lord Wallace of Tankerness. It is plainly an anomaly that the 2000 Hague Convention does not at this…17 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment, which I support wholeheartedly. I will be relatively brief because I set out my reasons at some length in Committee, and because…17 Jun 2020HANSARDProbation ServicesMy Lords, we, too, welcome the thrust of the Government’s change of direction in abandoning the failed community rehabilitation companies and moving back towards provision by a…15 Jun 2020HANSARDCrown Court (Recording and Broadcasting) Order 2020My Lords, I have long argued for more broadcasting of court proceedings on the simple ground that open justice is generally better justice—a point endorsed by the noble and…08 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, on these Benches we are firmly with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, in opposing Clause 2 of the Bill, in line with the virtually unanimous view of those who…03 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have no objection to the Bill as passed extending to the Isle of Man at its request, but that is of course subject to the whole question of our objection to Clause 2…03 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, for some years I had the privilege of serving on the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee under the chairmanship of my noble friend Lady Thomas of…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have added my name to the objection to Clause 2 standing part of the Bill, to be moved by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, for all the reasons that he gave,…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, I was not suggesting—and neither, I believe, was the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh—that we can stay in Brussels recast or rejoin it after the end of the transition…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, the question raised by my noble and learned friend Lord Wallace of Tankerness is about how legislation should be made regulating implementation between jurisdictions…13 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Prisons and Offender RehabilitationMy Lords, this debate is hard to wind up in two minutes, but I thank my noble friend Lord German for securing it and for opening it so thoroughly. Even virtually, this House has…23 Apr 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to the amendments standing in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Burt of Solihull. Amendments 8 and 9 concern applications for divorce orders,…03 Mar 2020HANSARDPrisons: RadicalisationMy Lords, the Minister mentioned the enlightened separation units recommended by Ian Acheson for serious terrorist offenders, to assist their deradicalisation and prevent the…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, this amendment more than doubling the period before conditional order seems to be based on the proposition that the law obliging people to stay married for longer will…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I will first address Amendments 7 and 17A, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Farmer. These would prevent the commencement of financial provision proceedings, except for…03 Mar 2020HANSARDMental Health: Unregulated TreatmentMy Lords, I am sorry to interrupt, but I know the Minister has a few minutes left. There was mention of the Serious Crime Act. Does the Minister recognise that Act’s…02 Mar 2020HANSARDEuropean Arrest Warrant, Europol and EurojustMy Lords, further to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, how is it that we have come to this pass when, time and again, before our departure from the EU, we were…02 Mar 2020HANSARDMental Health: Unregulated TreatmentMy Lords, I am also grateful to my noble friend Lady Jolly for securing this debate and her clarity in opening it. We have had an excellent and, so far, unanimous debate. In a…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTerrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillMy Lords, my regret amendment does not ask the House to reject the Bill. If the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, or anyone else understood it as so doing, that was not intended. I…24 Feb 2020