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HANSARDChildren and Young People: Local Authority CareMy Lords, like others, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Laming, for his introduction to this debate, which we all found as powerful as it was accurate. My contribution is as…18 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, we discussed this in Committee. Since then, a decision of the Court of Appeal comprehensively rejected the rather eccentric argument that a child is not a person. In…16 Apr 2024HANSARDLitigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill [HL]My Lords, this Bill, and the Supreme Court decision which prompted it, have shone light on the somewhat arcane topic of third-party litigation funding. It is an area with which…15 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I hesitate to interrupt, and I understand the drift of what the noble Earl is saying, but all I was suggesting was that, although I fully understand the desirability in…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, having started to grow old in the family courts, I feel that I ought to address some of these amendments, some of which I would like to support and some of which I would…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, reference was made briefly to Amendment 80, and “services for victims … with no recourse to public funds”. I want to offer brief but firm support for that amendment.…05 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, what this debate has shown is the need for some clarity about what can and cannot properly be provided to the victim after criminal proceedings. While I understood and…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I also support Amendment 18, which would require the code to provide for interpreting and translation services and, more importantly, for the standards to be expected of…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillOnly sometimes.31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in this group, which seek to ensure better focus on the position and needs of children and thereby provide a better framework of support for…24 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, the Bill covers a lot of ground, and I agree that in some respects it has benefited from the extra time allowed, having been carried over from the previous parliamentary…18 Dec 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it feels strange to stand and speak here for the first time after 24 years. In 1999, when many of us left—not expecting to return—what was to follow was then being…08 Nov 2023