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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, at last, much credit must go to the noble Lords, Lord Lexden and Lord Cashman, and to Professor Paul Johnson, but also to the Minister, who accepted the challenge from…10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, can the Minister confirm the impact these amendments will have on homophobic abuse of soccer players? I think he mentioned it once. Tom Daley on Channel 4’s “Alternative…10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am very pleased to support the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, in his amendment, to the extent that I have added my name. We had discussions between Committee and Report; we…10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I rise to move Amendment 90G in my name, and to speak to some of the other amendments in the group—but, with the leave of the House, I shall not speak to all 23 of them.…10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate. I particularly thank the right reverend Prelates and the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord…10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, and the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, for very effectively introducing the amendments. I also thank the noble…10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillBefore the Minister sits down, could I clarify what he just said? It threw another confusion at me. He said it covers misogynistic hate speech. I am not sure misogyny is a hate…10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I do not intend to repeat the arguments that other noble Lords have made and those that I made in Committee; they are in the official record. Existing legislation and…10 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, happy new year. I hope all noble Lords on all sides of the House have a better year than last year. I listened carefully to what the Minister said in his opening. It was…05 Jan 2022HANSARDDelivering Justice for VictimsMy Lords, as a victim of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, I have to say that dealing with this Statement at this time on this day is not delivering justice to…16 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyForgive me, my Lords, but I understood that it was five minutes for each Front Bench and then 10 minutes for the Minister to respond to our questions. Hopefully, with the leave of…16 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI wish to test the opinion of the House.15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, could he just confirm that these changes—not allowing fixed penalties or simple cautions—are being made on the basis of no evidence whatever of…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, prompted by the words of the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, I was reminded of a visit I made to the only young offender institution in Scotland, where we had the…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have Amendments 66C and 66D in this group and will speak to Amendment 66B, but I will take them in reverse order if noble Lords will bear with me. Currently,…15 Dec 2021HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders InquestMy Lords, I speak as a gay former senior police officer whose former partner died, as these men died, of the drug GHB. There is an expectation that the Commissioner will front…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I indicated on Wednesday that I would divide the House on leaving out Clause 17, so I wish to test the opinion of the House.13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill13 Dec 2021