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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThat is exactly what the noble Lord said. He said that gender reassignment is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act and gender is not, which is what this amendment…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillCould I ask the noble Baroness a question on her remarks? She said that sex was binary, male and female, as recorded on birth certificates. How does she account for people who…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I rise to speak on behalf of my noble friend Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, who is unfortunately unwell and unable to be in her place. She wanted to speak to…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 187 in my name I will speak to the other amendments in this group. I ask the Committee to forgive the repetition. I understand the Government’s…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, for talking beyond the amendment, in that the Bill’s provisions apply to adults rather than children. He made extremely…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillForgive me for the delay, my Lords—so many amendments, so little time, as it were. I am grateful to Transform Justice for its briefing on this issue and for its assistance in…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI thank noble Lords who have participated in this short debate and am grateful for the qualified support from the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede. If I heard the Minister…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillCan the Minister clarify something? I think he said something along the lines that the lowest level of condition is that the offender should not engage in similar activity again.…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIt is not a conceptual gulf. It is a question of where the evidence is that cautions with conditions attached are more beneficial than cautions without conditions attached. I can…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI beg leave to withdraw the amendment.10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am very grateful to the Minister. Perhaps I may gently suggest that if something akin to what the noble Lord said was contained even in the Explanatory Notes explaining that…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, by way of a little light relief for the Committee, I rise to move Amendment 178 in my name. In this part of the Bill, “Part 6—Cautions”, Clause 86 deals with:…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for saying something. The whole point of not allowing it to be in regulations is that it is an important question of principle that once a crime…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe, has relayed to the Committee clearly a very distressing case of mistaken identity and anti-social behaviour generally in that…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I will also speak to the other amendments in this group. The Committee has already considered these issues, so I can be brief. I apologise for not recognising that some…10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill10 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we support this amendment, but, as I have already said, we have our doubts about the whole regime. For the benefit of noble Lords who missed the midnight debate on…10 Nov 2021