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HANSARDUK Asylum and Refugee PolicyBefore the Minister sits down, will he undertake to write to the noble Lords who have spoken in this debate in order to answer the questions that he has been unable to answer…09 Dec 2022HANSARDProbate: Waiting TimesMy Lords, according to the Law Society website, the biggest source of delay in probate applications is waiting for inheritance tax documentation. Can the Minister say what is…08 Dec 2022HANSARDIndependent Cultural Review of the London Fire BrigadeMy Lords, I open by reflecting on the huge breadth of experience demonstrated in this short debate. We have heard from my noble friend Lord Davies about his days in the GLC. We…08 Dec 2022HANSARDX-Rays: Child RefugeesMy Lords, as a sitting magistrate I occasionally have to do age deeming, both in youth court and in adult court. Sometimes we have reports from social workers and…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I too thank the Minister and his officials for helping us prepare for this Bill. As the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, said, there has been a true demonstration of…06 Dec 2022HANSARDPrison CapacityMy Lords, in response to the prison capacity update Statement read in the other place, I draw Members’ attention to my role as co-chair of the Justice Unions Parliamentary Group.…06 Dec 2022HANSARDChildren in Care: CAMHS Waiting TimesMy Lords, the Minister may be aware that all young people who get sentences from youth courts get CAMHS assessments, which is a good thing. However, does he think that young…05 Dec 2022HANSARDTechnology Rules: The Advent of New Technologies in the Justice System (Justice and Home Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I will start by outbidding the noble Lord, Lord Paddick: I too am an early adopter of technologies. In fact, I used to write algorithms and buy black boxes to use in…28 Nov 2022HANSARDLammy ReviewMy Lords, in answer to the right reverend Prelate, the Minister said that there had been progress regarding disproportionality. He went on to give the noble Lord, Lord Marks, an…28 Nov 2022HANSARDInvestigatory Powers Commissioner (Oversight Functions) Regulations 2022My Lords, I will speak first to the Investigatory Powers (Covert Human Intelligence Sources and Interception: Codes of Practice) Regulations 2022. This SI updates the CHIS code of…24 Nov 2022HANSARDInvestigatory Powers Commissioner (Oversight Functions) Regulations 2022Right, so the point is about provoking others to commit criminal acts. What would be the view of that? I remember the original debates when somebody—I am not sure whether it was…24 Nov 2022HANSARDInvestigatory Powers Commissioner (Oversight Functions) Regulations 2022My Lords, if I might move on to the other SI with which we are dealing, we support the Investigatory Powers Commissioner (Oversight Functions) Regulations 2022. This SI provides…24 Nov 2022HANSARDProceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) (Threshold Amount) Order 2022My Lords, we support this order as well. As the noble Lord, Lord Paddick said, it seems a reasonable increase and some organisations would have gone to £3,000. However, there were…24 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, Amendment 145 in the name of my noble friend Lord Coaker is a probing amendment which would require the Secretary of State to review the use of injunctions for…22 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, this has been a wide-ranging debate that has re-run a lot of the points from Second Reading. I added my name to all the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness,…22 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I will be extremely brief. I want to reiterate the final two points that the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, made. I speak as a sitting magistrate in London. I occasionally…16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I shall open by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for setting the scene and the background to this group of amendments. I agree with the way that he set out the…16 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I will speak to the amendments in my name and the name of my noble friend Lord Coaker. This debate has been about the threshold for committing an offence, the meaning of…16 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, it has been a short debate which has gone over some territory that we have covered a number of times already. The noble Lord, Lord Hannay, referred to putting the cart…07 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol Bill07 Nov 2022