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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, a peaceful protest with no anticipated violent infiltrators and an agreed route, however large, can be policed with a minimum number of police officers, a lot of traffic…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, as we have heard, this group contains two completely different issues: protection of the routes around Parliament and potential places where Parliament may sit while…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI understand what the noble Lord is saying, and I shall develop my argument further. I have referred to away-weekend table-top exercises that I attended as part of keeping my…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we now come to the most controversial part of the Bill: the Government’s new public order amendments. They have not been debated before in either House—and this debate…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we are now on to arguably the most controversial aspect of the Bill—the public order measures. The debate began at 8.30 pm and is made even more controversial by the…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillCan the Minister then confirm, if the Government accept that it is unreasonable to force through these new amendments—these eighteen and a half pages of new offences and police…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I apologise. I forgot to speak to five more amendments: Amendments 319Q, 319R, 319S, 319T and 319U, which remove the ability for SDPOs to be renewed.24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI support the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, in what he has just said. I have heard two rumours—one, that the Government Chief Whip is urging people to keep…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, just because you cram 58 amendments, most of which are government amendments, into two groups does not shorten the debate. Amendment 292H24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIf I can assist the House, the first amendment moved in the group was that of the noble Baroness, not mine.24 Nov 2021HANSARDEmergency Services: Ministers of ReligionMy Lords, surely there is a difference between the perpetrator sitting at the scene of a stabbing waiting to be arrested and an explosion where forensic recovery is essential. Can…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have given evidence at numerous criminal trials, in the magistrates’ court and the Crown Court, but the most vicious, adversarial cross-examination was at the inquest…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, with the greatest respect to the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, when he started talking about amalgamating police forces again and the Welsh Assembly, I wondered…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillYes, and, as the noble Lord will very well know, in a coalition there have to be compromises on both sides. You cannot get through the things you think are absolutely important…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, with the leave of the Committee, I will speak briefly. In my comments on the previous group on which I spoke—the one beginning with Amendment 278—I did not mean to…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell of Beeston, for bringing this amendment to the Committee, particularly in such a selfless way in that she said that she was…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord McColl of Dulwich, for raising the important issue of cuckooing. This is when criminals, mainly drug dealers, take over the homes…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, for introducing my speech. This amendment is designed to compel police forces to “keep a record of the sex registered at…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIt is very good, actually; I had some on Saturday. I have not tried to do that but if I did, will I have to admit being gay, as well as being a shoplifter? In 2018, the Government…22 Nov 2021