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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken on this group. The gist of the Minister’s summing up is that he believes that all the examples given in this short debate are…24 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill24 Jan 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have had much welcome interaction from stakeholders on the issues summarised in this group, as well as some useful briefings from the Home Office and the noble Lord’s…23 Jan 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, we support the introduction of the Government’s amendments. I echo what the noble Lord, Lord Fox, said about the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Anderson,…23 Jan 2024HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, we too welcome the amendments in this instrument. I will start with two specific questions and then make some more general comments. First, beyond adding the specific…16 Jan 2024HANSARDImmigration Act 2014 (Residential Accommodation) (Maximum Penalty) Order 2023My Lords, on the draft immigration order for employment of adults subject to immigration control, the Labour Party supports the principle of preventing those with no legal right…16 Jan 2024HANSARDImprisonment for Public ProtectionMy Lords, when IPP sentences were in place, the offender received a minimum tariff. When the offender went to prison, an offender manager, who is a probation officer, wrote a…16 Jan 2024HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2024I specifically asked about the Glasgow drug consumption rooms and whether there is a UK oversight of the way they are operating, rather than just a Scottish Government oversight.16 Jan 2024HANSARDJudicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I too remember when the noble Lord, Lord McNally, had his time in office as a Minister of State.10 Jan 2024HANSARDEmployment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Regulations 2023My Lords, in his opening remarks, the noble and learned Lord said that this is not a backdoor to reduce the lay members within the judicial system. He went some way to say how…10 Jan 2024HANSARDJudicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023Well, one of my roles is to be a lot of trouble—although I will not be a lot of trouble in this particular debate. The noble Lord spoke about the Supreme Court judges talking with…10 Jan 2024HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, introduced the Bill by saying “Everyone in the Room knows more about this than me”. There is an exception—I suspect that I know…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingMy Lords, yesterday’s Statement on tackling spiking was welcome. It said that 5,000 cases of spiking had been reported last year—as it very realistically said, this is likely to…19 Dec 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I open by thanking the Minister for the tone in which he introduced the Bill. It has been widely anticipated, we have all received a huge amount of lobbying on it, and I…18 Dec 2023HANSARDRefugees: HomelessnessMy Lords, some of those in Home Office asylum care will be under 18. How confident is the Minister that none of those under-18s will ever be made homeless and that they will find…13 Dec 2023HANSARDSentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2023My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for introducing this statutory instrument. The Labour Party supports these regulations. As we have just had explained to us, the instrument…12 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2023My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Beith, has done much better than me, because I could not find anything of interest to say, so I will say nothing.12 Dec 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will briefly speak to the five amendments in this group in the name of my noble friend Lord Coaker. Amendments 35 and 37 would introduce a double-lock process to…11 Dec 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the three previous speakers in the short debate on this group. There are no opposition amendments in it, so I shall set out some more general questions that…11 Dec 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: Government ResponseMy Lords, I open by thanking the noble and learned Lord for repeating the Statement. I open also by recalling that one of my oldest friend’s brothers was killed at Hillsborough…06 Dec 2023