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HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in the debate. It appears that we are all committed to seeing a modernised and simple online procedure that…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]I am sorry to press the point, but does the Minister accept that without the guarantee in the Bill of his intention, we could lose this procedure at some stage in the future, and…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]10 Jun 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendments 5 and 13 in this group are in my name and those of my noble friend Lord Beith, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, and the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. Our…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCourts and Tribunals (Online Procedure) Bill [HL]My Lords, from these Benches I echo the broad welcome given to the Bill from all around the House, and to the Government’s wider commitment to implement the recommendations of the…14 May 2019HANSARDSibling CouplesMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, has a strong point and he has long campaigned on it with great energy and skill. He highlights much unfairness to siblings and other blood…21 Mar 2019HANSARDCohabitation Rights Bill [HL]I will give way at the end of the next sentence because I hope to offer some further measure of agreement with the noble Lord. I urge the Government to look very carefully at the…15 Mar 2019HANSARDCohabitation Rights Bill [HL]That the Bill be read a second time.15 Mar 2019HANSARDCohabitation Rights Bill [HL]My Lords, it was in July 2007, nearly 12 years ago, that the Law Commission issued its report recommending the financial provision measures in this Bill. Then, in December 2011,…15 Mar 2019HANSARDCohabitation Rights Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree with that but it will not have escaped your Lordships’ attention that the noble Baroness, Lady Shackleton of Belgravia, has a particularly niche practice in an…15 Mar 2019HANSARDCohabitation Rights Bill [HL]My Lords, I am bowled over by the noble Lord’s praise and hope of support, and of course I will give it to him. I agree with his points but not in the context of a Bill about…15 Mar 2019HANSARDCohabitation Rights Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to all who have spoken in this debate, and particularly to the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Vere, for her helpful explanation of what the Bill…15 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, as I should have done at the beginning of the first group, I thank the Minister for her help and courtesy in discussing this Bill and in engaging with Peers across the…12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) Bill12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I shall seek leave to withdraw my amendment, because I feel very much under pressure from what the Minister has just said. It is the case that the free-standing power is…12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillMy Lords, I have in my name Amendment 4, which has a great deal in common with the other amendments in the group. It is intended to achieve two objects, the second of which is to…12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) Bill12 Mar 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillI am not sure that Amendment 4 is entirely consequential, so it is probably better if I do not move it, now that Amendment 1 has been agreed.12 Mar 2019HANSARDAnonymity (Arrested Persons) Bill [HL]I am sorry to interrupt the Minister. She mentioned exceptional circumstances, which is of course right about the police guidance, but this exception is not an exceptional…01 Mar 2019HANSARDAnonymity (Arrested Persons) Bill [HL]The noble Lord talked about the Cliff Richard case and he is right: it was a BBC helicopter. As we have heard, Cliff Richard was able to bring a case, at great expense, and he…01 Mar 2019