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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I rise to support the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, and I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, taking us back to very late on Monday night, if the…27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, very briefly: I really am grateful to the Minister. It is a very big group, and it is difficult to take in everything she said. But we have to be very careful. People…27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I listened very carefully to the arguments put forward by the noble and learned lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor…27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have Amendments 80, 90A, 94, 96, and 97 in this group. I was hoping that this group might be an example of this House at its best, where reasonable and reasoned…27 Oct 2021HANSARDSexual Misconduct in the PoliceMy Lords, I was a police officer for over 30 years, and I want to be proud of that fact. We do not need working groups, inquiries, inspections and a task force to reassure the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for her explanations and for the promise of further meetings. It might help those further meetings if I raise the issues I have now. I…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, can I ask the Minister to clarify something? I think the noble Baroness said that this additional duty was not necessary, as it was with domestic violence, because the…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 28 in my name, I will speak also to the other amendments in this group. Those under the new legal obligation to collaborate with each other to…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate, particularly my noble friend Lady Brinton for her support for my Amendment 28 and the noble Lord, Lord…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have Amendments 35, 45, and 47 in this group. This is a very large group of amendments covering a range of issues and I apologise in advance for the length of my…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI thank the noble Baroness for her explanation. I did not quite understand when she seemed to suggest that this was all facilitation and to enable different authorities to share…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we support these amendments. It is not just victims of domestic violence who need help and support from housing authorities in escaping serious violence. Young people…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thought there was no such thing as disorderly interventions in Committee. Everyone is free to speak as many times as they wish at any point in the debate, so I am very…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, Amendment 19 is supported by my noble friend Lady Randerson and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. Amendment 20 is supported by the noble Lord, Lord…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, with my 30 years’ experience in the police service, I am having some difficulty in understanding some of the Minister’s explanations, for example about when surveillance…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, this is a difficult and contentious part of the Bill. There has been much debate for decades about the police approach to vehicle pursuit in particular, and the ability…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIt was a good try, but it quite clearly does not answer the question at all. Specials in Scotland have always been considered to be members of police forces; they are not paid,…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Harris of Richmond for her support and the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for his inquisitiveness and his recognition of the value of specials. I…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 10 in this group. According to the Times newspaper, in an article dated 10 March this year, Chris Philp MP, the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of…20 Oct 2021