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HANSARDPrisons and Probation: Foreign National OffendersMy Lords, I have two specific questions. The first point is that the early release scheme will put an additional burden on the Probation Service. The noble and learned Lord quoted…13 Mar 2024HANSARDPrisons and Probation: Foreign National OffendersMy Lords, prisoners will now be released not 18 days early, but up to 60 days early. No other Government have ever found themselves having to do that on such a scale. It is nearly…13 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, rightly said, the Opposition do not support resentencing. I reflected on the reason for that during this debate and the debates that we…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I agree with all the speakers so far. My concern is that Clauses 49 to 51 may be another way for the former Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, to dilute the human rights…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, this has been an interesting and relatively short debate. We have four groups of amendments covering IPP sentences, and this first group is perhaps the easiest and most…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, this group is actually more limited than the debate that we have had. It was very succinctly set out by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, when he gave his three…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, this too has been a wide-ranging debate and more wide-ranging than that on the first group. I thank all noble Lords who have spoken because there are a number of…12 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, Amendment 45 touches on an issue on which we have already voted on Report; namely, Amendment 7 in the name of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, which would create a…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, as I said, Amendment 37 puts the ball in the court of the Attorney-General; it is for her to make the decision and recommendation to the Government about the propriety…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to perhaps the least contentious amendment in this group, Amendment 37, in the name of my noble friend Lord Coaker. It would simply ensure another…06 Mar 2024HANSARDCriminal JurorsMy Lords, I was a juror about 35 years ago at the Old Bailey. It was a multiple rape case, and I can still remember the details and the name of the perpetrator. I too thank the…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, has once again asked the Government to explain the apparent contradiction between provisions in this Bill and Article 2 of the Windsor…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Lawlor, said that the Government were making tough decisions by their current policy to make a deterrent. I think that was the gist of the…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I will speak quite briefly. The amendments in this group again demonstrate the threat to the domestic rule of law posed by this Bill. This is not the first Bill that…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I wonder whether the Minister would care to comment on whether he agrees with the analysis from the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, of the status of this Bill we are debating.…04 Mar 2024HANSARDUkrainians: Visas and Further SupportMy Lords, I too pay tribute to all the families who have taken Ukrainians into their homes. Under the new changes to the Ukraine family scheme, unaccompanied children will no…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSecurity of Elected RepresentativesMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. Does he agree that there is no place for anti-Semitism on Britain’s streets and that those who perpetrate that poison…29 Feb 2024HANSARDWindrushMy Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, for putting down this debate on what she calls the Home Office scandal. The theme in this debate has been to induce the…29 Feb 2024HANSARDShamima BegumMy Lords, I wish to ask about the counter-extremism strategy. One in five people arrested for terrorism-related offences are now under 18, up from one in 25 in 2019. That is a…27 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I beg to move Amendment 148C. I want to speak more widely than the previous group and briefly recount my experience as a magistrate. It so happens that the last two…26 Feb 2024