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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThere is no rest for the wicked. I rise to move Amendment 130 in my name and support Amendment 132A in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, which seeks to achieve similar…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb and Lady Chakrabarti, for their support for these amendments. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, the noble Earl is far more responsible than a police officer because I can take him to police officers in London who will say that all crimes in London are committed by…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we strongly support all these amendments. As the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, and my noble friend Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville said, the crucial point here…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 129, I will speak also to Amendment 276 in my name. It is unfortunate that these amendments were not grouped with amendments concerning the new…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we support the principle of the amendment the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, has tabled. Picking up a theme here, facial recognition technology is an example of where…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am grateful to the Minister for explaining the Government’s position but I do not understand the argument that we are surreptitiously changing the age of consent. If a 16 or 17…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, for his support. I am afraid that there is a bit of a pattern developing here in the Government’s responses. On the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I rise to move Amendment 123A in my name. I apologise to the Committee. If I had had my wits about me, I would have grouped it with the previous police bail amendments.…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have to tell the Committee that I find these debates very difficult. I was a police officer for over 30 years and, for part of that time, a senior police officer. Like…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I realise the hour is late, but there are two things I would like to mention. First, I am very interested in what the Deputy Commissioner Sir Steve House said. I do not…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for his support. I have to say to the Minister that I am really none the wiser about the questions I asked. There is a catalogue of cases…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I rise to move Amendment 116 and speak to my Amendments 117 to 121 inclusive in this group. Clause 48 gives the police the power to compel people to have their…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 113 in my name I shall speak also to the other amendments in this group. I declare an interest as a Liberal Democrat and someone generally against…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for taking part in this short debate, particularly the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for her support, albeit coming at the issue…01 Nov 2021