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HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for meeting me to discuss these amendments before today’s debate. It will come as no surprise to her that we vehemently oppose them and…06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, before the Minister responds, I did not address Amendment 77 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, which we totally support. I did not want to stifle the…06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI never suggested that the aim of the orders is to criminalise young people. I said that young people being criminalised is the inevitable outcome of the orders.06 Feb 2019HANSARDWindrush SchemeMy Lords, the Home Secretary insisted in the other place that the planned charter flights to deport people from the UK to Jamaica would involve only foreign national offenders,…05 Feb 2019HANSARDWestminster: SecurityMy Lords, we have all seen the ugly scenes outside Parliament of parliamentarians being subject to abuse. The worrying thing about the enhanced security in the vicinity of…05 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI echo the noble Lord’s comments. We want to do whatever it takes to reduce the availability of knives for use in knife crime. I hope that, in all our discussions, it has not gone…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I too look forward to the Government’s explanation of the difference between “bladed product” and “bladed article”, and of why there is a distinction between the offence…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, would the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, agree that perhaps his trusted traders scheme would also need to go through that process?30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, if I understand this amendment correctly, I do not feel I can support it. Clearly bladed products should be displayed in a way that ensures they are safe and cannot…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I support this amendment, which is why I added my name to it. There is little that I can usefully add because, as members of the Sikh community, the noble Lord, Lord…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillBefore the noble Lord withdraws his amendment, it should be said that concerns are being expressed at the impression being given by the Government of there being no room for…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI am grateful to the Minister. There is no such thing as a central delivery point. When you ask for these articles to be delivered to a delivery point, they are all over the…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. She repeated something that she mentioned on Monday, which I questioned but did not receive a response on. Why is age…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillCan the Government give any evidence about how many under-18s are buying knives online other than those people masquerading as being under 18 and carrying out test purchase…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, while I understand what the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, is trying to do with his amendment, if he is quoting the Government correctly then I agree that it would be an…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI think I may be able to help the Committee. The noble Lord is right that we are in a parallel situation, but you cannot order online from a UK company and have corrosive…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillThat is not what I said.30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillIn moving Amendment 40A in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Hamwee, I shall also speak to the other amendments in the group. Amendment 40A is simply about the wording of…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, for his brief intervention and to the Minister for her response. The fact that the defence is similar to that in…30 Jan 2019