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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Extraction of information from electronic devices) (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations 2023My Lords, I too am happy to say that this is a straightforward statutory instrument, and we are happy to support it from the Labour Party’s point of view. The SI adds members of…22 May 2023HANSARDLicensing Act 2003 (Liaison Committee Report)My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, on her report. Many of my questions will echo those she set out in opening this short debate. I do not really have any…17 May 2023HANSARDVagrancy Act 1824My Lords, the 1824 Act makes reference to “idle and disorderly” persons, “rogues and vagabonds”. I would be grateful if the Minister could confirm that this is not a reference to…17 May 2023HANSARDSentencing Act 2020 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023That this House regrets that in laying the Sentencing Act 2020 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/298) His Majesty’s Government have not…16 May 2023HANSARDSentencing Act 2020 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, in moving this regret Motion, I remind the House that I am a sitting magistrate in London. I thank the Magistrates’ Association for the briefing that it has provided, as…16 May 2023HANSARDSentencing Act 2020 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank all noble Lords who took part in this interesting and short debate. I query one statistic that the Minister used: he spoke about a 35% increase in sentences between six…16 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I too will not attempt to namecheck everyone who has spoken in this debate. It has been a fascinating but a worrying debate and I thank all the many organisations that…10 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, this has been a very interesting debate; it is the first debate in which we have spoken on a more international level. As we heard in our earlier debates, a large…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I support this amendment. As the noble Lord, Lord Agnew, said when he introduced it, cost exposure for prosecuting authorities can pose a real hurdle to their pursuing…09 May 2023HANSARDPolice: Restoring Public ConfidenceMy Lords, I, too, open by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, for securing this debate on the state of public confidence in the police. Of course, I agree with pretty much every…03 May 2023HANSARDCode of Practice on the Recording and Retention of Personal Data in relation to Non-Crime Hate IncidentsMy Lords, this new D raft Code of Practice on the Recording and Retention of Personal Data in relation to non-crime hate incidents has been created following the ruling of the…26 Apr 2023HANSARDNuptial AgreementsMy Lords, most couples going through a divorce do not have their financial arrangements made by judge. Some reach settlement with the assistance of lawyers, others through…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I agree with all the points that have been made by noble Lords. When on the previous group the Minister read out the figures recovered, they were derisory compared to…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I support the comments that have already been made. As the noble Lord, Lord Agnew, has said, he is really asking the Government to triage the SARs, for some way of…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillWell, it is indeed a fast-moving world. We support the amendments in this group, but I would be interested to hear if the Minister could say something about the wider strategy in…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, this is a slightly unusual debate, in that we have a lot of very specific amendments tabled by the Government. The noble Lord, Lord Fox, has opened the debate by talking…25 Apr 2023HANSARDHate CrimeMy Lords, the Question from the noble Baroness, Lady Gohir, asked why hate crime statistics are not disaggregated by sex. But the question could equally be asked about why the…24 Apr 2023HANSARDOffenders (Day of Release from Detention) BillMy Lords, we on this side of the House support this Bill and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Bird, on piloting it through this House. Noble Lords will be aware that the proposal…21 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I agree with everything that has been said. I too was going to allude to the case of the SNP and to make the point about auditors resigning before they are replaced.…20 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in the UKMy Lords, yesterday in the Times newspaper there was a report into a Chinese businessman with links to an alleged Chinese secret police station in Croydon. This report raises…20 Apr 2023