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HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for introducing this amendment. The openness of judicial proceedings is a fundamental principle enshrined in…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, Section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 makes it an offence, in England and Wales, for a UK national or resident to commit sexual offences against children outside…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, this afternoon, many noble Lords have described misogyny outside the scenario of domestic abuse—such as elite athletes training in the street, as the noble Baroness,…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, this has been a comprehensive debate. As noble Lords have explained, Amendment 148 would insert a new clause to ensure that those whose immigration status would exclude…08 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersMy Lords, the Government’s approach to border biosecurity appears to be all over the place. They previously had travel corridors in place, but they then scrapped these and imposed…04 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of the Shaws, has so clearly explained—and I pay respect to her enormous experience over decades in this area—Section 76 of the…03 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister. I have two questions which rather puzzle me. First, he talked at length about praising judges for how they can quickly and flexibly…03 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I agree with the comments made by the noble Baroness, Lady Redfern, in a broader context. On the particular issue in this group, I have listened very carefully to the…03 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, for reasons of brevity and clarity, I will refer to person to whom a domestic abuse protection notice is given as the “perpetrator”, rather than the “alleged…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, Clause 21 sets out what provisions can be made in a domestic abuse protection notice. Clause 21(1)(b) allows that a person may not come within a specified distance of…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, as my noble friend Lady Hamwee has explained, our Amendments 55 and 56 in this group are designed to prevent information about victims of domestic abuse that could be…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his application, but I have to confess to being slightly confused or, at least, lacking some detail from his arguments. At one point,…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, as my noble friend Lady Hamwee said, Clause 26(3) states that if a domestic abuse protection notice is given by the police under Clause 20, the chief police officer must…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, Amendment 71, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, supported by the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, would make the very sensible change from…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I apologise to the Committee for the length of my speech; there are too many issues to reasonably consider in one group. Amendments 80 and 81 add to the requirement to…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, there appears to be no reasonable argument for limiting the number of members of the advisory board. Surely there should be as many as the commissioner believes to be…27 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, and the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, have highlighted the link between domestic abuse and communication needs—both in how abuse can…27 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, as a former police officer, I find being critical of the police difficult but sometimes necessary. Couple that with the fact that I am a survivor of domestic abuse and…27 Jan 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I apologise for any inconvenience caused by my noble friend Lady Hamwee and me not speaking in the last group, where our names were included in the speakers’ list in…26 Jan 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for his comments. Yesterday, in debating the Domestic Abuse Bill, the Government declined to include child offenders in the definition…26 Jan 2021