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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill26 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 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, summed it up, really: while this is a probing amendment, it is about changing the…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, this has been an important debate. In fact, I go further: it has been a historic debate, because in a relatively short debate we have had the noble Baronesses, Lady…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, we also support this group of amendments. I want to reiterate the points made by my noble friend Lord Bach. You could not have had two more eminent Members of this…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, this is a probing amendment to enable debate on the concept of a new national oversight mechanism. The amendment proposes: “The Secretary of State must launch a review…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill26 Feb 2024HANSARDEmployment of People with Criminal ConvictionsMy Lords, I was going to ask about ban the box as well. The Minister has given a full answer. However, can he say something about the practices of the Ministry of Justice? When it…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I too have signed Amendment 133A, which is a probing amendment and states that the Secretary of State will be acting on behalf of the United Kingdom Government when they…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, there is an urgent need to introduce the duty of candour for those operating across public services such as policing, health, social care and housing. A duty of candour…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this very brief debate. I want to pick up a point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, about the golden thread of establishing a…26 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsMy Lords, knife crime is up by 70% since 2015 and, according to the YMCA, youth services were cut by 71% in the decade after 2010. Does the noble Lord think these two statistics…20 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, Amendment 62 in the name of my noble friend Lord Coaker would ensure that a Minister of the Crown making a decision on an interim injunction consults the…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, this group has been about children. We spoke at length during the passage of the then Illegal Migration Bill about the danger posed to children by the changes in that…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, this group is concerned with members of specific social groups. I welcome the points made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton: the Government have repeatedly…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, this group of amendments focuses on Clause 3 and demonstrates the threat to the domestic rule of law posed by the Bill. The Bill proposes ripping up not only our…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, in this Bill we are discussing many of the same issues we discussed during the passage of the Illegal Migration Bill. Given the importance of the issues that were raised…14 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I shall speak first to the two amendments in my name. Amendment 29 states: “During their appointment, an advocate may sit within the Ministry of Justice for…13 Feb 2024