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HANSARDSentencing Bill03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, this group comprises Amendments 90 to 92 in my name and that of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Gloucester. I am extremely grateful to the right reverend…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI am not sure that I understand the rationale for saying that there are already existing powers in the Probation Service. That is something I wish to talk to the Minister about,…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, to follow on from what my noble friend Lady Hamwee has said, we on these Benches support this amendment, for all the reasons given and explained at length by the noble…03 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformMy Lords, at the heart of this Statement is a wholesale attack on the jury system. The Government intend first doing away with jury trials in all but indictable-only offences or…02 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, before the Minister responds, I will make two apologies. The first is to the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham; my noble friend Lady Hamwee tells me that I referred to him…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillThe noble Lord sits down expecting a reply from me, and he will get one. It is that there is and ought to be a discretion about this sort of publication. To have a mandatory…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord, but I invite him to clarify whether his objection to what I was saying is restricted to high-profile criminal cases, to which he has…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I too am keen that we should, generally speaking, trust the public. But Amendment 86 requires “all offenders convicted and sentenced in the Crown Court or Magistrates’…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI think the noble Lord did misunderstand me. I did not oppose publication in any broad way; I simply said it was a matter of discretion as to what should be published and what…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I will address briefly Amendment 58A in the name of my noble friend Lady Hamwee and my name. The amendment addresses the need for a report on the availability of…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I oppose Clause 18 and Clause 19, and my preference is, quite definitely, for both clauses to be removed from the Bill. I have not signed the opposition by the noble…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillAmendment 60 in the name of my noble friend Lady Hamwee would make it clear that a public event attendance prohibition requirement would not be available if its enforcement was…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lady Hamwee has spoken to our amendment, which would require the Secretary of State to carry out an assessment of the potential benefits of mandatory…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI entirely agree with the noble Lord and the noble Baroness about the collection of data. What I am concerned about is the mandatory publication of all data, which risks being…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSeparation Centres: Terrorist OffendersMy Lords, a finding by the High Court that any prisoner in England, whoever they may may be, has been subjected to inhumane or degrading treatment shames us all. We all understand…25 Nov 2025HANSARDPrisoner Releases in ErrorMy Lords, the release in error of Kaddour-Cherif from Wandsworth and all other such accidental releases, which have been far too numerous, are symptomatic of a system woefully…13 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I start by expressing my sadness—along with that of so many others in the House—at the death of the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove, whose heartfelt commitment to and hard…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTrials: TimelinessMy Lords, we all accept that there is no magic bullet to reduce trial delays to acceptable levels, but does the noble Baroness agree that the most important factor is indeed the…10 Nov 2025HANSARDFinancial Provision on DivorceMy Lords, I start by declaring an interest in that, although I do no divorce work now, I once did, and I am still—rather by default, I fear—a member of the Family Law Bar…10 Nov 2025