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HANSARDData Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for explaining these regulations. For the record, I think that it was the noble Baroness’s mobile phone that was making a noise, rather than the…19 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, as other noble Lords have said, this is a contentious issue. The noble Lord, Lord Macdonald of River Glaven, may recall from his time in a previous role a report from…17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI wish to test the opinion of the House.17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I pay tribute to the tireless work over many years of all three noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. Stalking remains widely misunderstood by many in the criminal…17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, as a former police officer, I must tell the House that leaving the failure to abide by such a duty of candour to the police misconduct process, as the Government are…17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we support all the non-government amendments in this group. In particular, we agree that, just as protesters can be given permission to use amplification equipment in…17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I remind noble Lords that this group includes 26 amendments, and that noble Lords are entitled to speak only once on each group, in case people were thinking of having…17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, perhaps I could deal with the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, to begin with. My recollection is that the report on public order from Her Majesty’s…17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I want to take a slightly different view of this. We support misogyny being treated as a hate crime and, personally, I do not understand the arguments of the Law…17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, in Committee I recalled my own experience of visiting the only young offender institution in Scotland, where the governor told us that every young person in her…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, the Minister seemed to suggest that, in any form of restorative justice, a victim might be compelled or forced to engage in the process. I think that is what he said.…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I remind the House that at one stage in my police career I was the lead for the Metropolitan Police on restorative justice, working with Professor Larry Sherman. The…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames is leading for us on this group, but I want to speak on Amendment 107C. I was commissioned by the then Commissioner of the…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, as other noble Lords have just said, serious and organised food crime can have very serious consequences. To free up scarce police resources by giving the National Food…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, talked about demonising protest—I bet she is looking forward to Monday. The noble Lord, Lord Walney, talked about exclusion…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillBefore the Minister sits down, can he clarify two points? First, is he saying that those people who teach drama, music and dance should be allowed to exploit their positions up…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, as my noble friend Lord Beith explained, the amendment would extend the position of trust to include people who coach, teach, train or instruct on a regular basis in…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, said, in December 2011 the then Home Secretary announced the establishment of the College of Policing and the Government said that as…12 Jan 2022