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HANSARDCrime, Reoffending and RehabilitationMy Lords, I too look forward to the noble and learned Lord the Minister’s maiden speech. He joins us as an expert on legal aid, an illustrious report on which he put his name to…30 Jun 2022HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the response to the Question in the other place. This is a deeply serious subject. The situation in our Crown Courts is dire. Home…28 Jun 2022HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human RightsMy Lords, I welcome the noble and learned Lord to the Dispatch Box. When the Human Rights Act was incorporated into the ECHR in 1998, I was a delegate to the Council of Europe. I…23 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsAt Oral Questions earlier today the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, described the Bill of Rights as a better balance between the judiciary and the legislators, between UK…23 Jun 2022HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Examining Officers and Review Officers) Order 2022My Lords, we, too, support this statutory instrument. As the Minister said, it gives effect to the draft code of practice. We understand that these changes are being made in…13 Jun 2022HANSARDProbation and Court Services: WorkloadMy Lords, I want to ask about unpaid work as part of a community sentence. There is a huge backlog. For example, in January the east Midlands probation service had in excess of…09 Jun 2022HANSARDMale Victims of Crime: SupportTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to their policy paper Supporting male victims, published on 5 May, what plans they have to ensure that male victims of crimes are…09 Jun 2022HANSARDMale Victims of Crime: SupportI thank the Minister for that Answer. Dame Vera Baird, the Government’s Victims’ Commissioner, wrote: “It is estimated that one in six men will experience sexual violence or abuse…09 Jun 2022HANSARDUkrainian Asylum Seekers and RefugeesMy Lords, in the case of children accompanied by a parent or a legal guardian, should the children always be treated the same way? The reason I ask is that a case has been brought…07 Jun 2022HANSARDImmigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) and Licensing Act 2003 (Personal and Premises Licences) (Forms), etc., Regulations 2022My Lords, this is clearly an ongoing issue which the House of Commons and multiple Select Committees have raised and looked at over a number of years, as we have heard from a…07 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a privilege to close today’s debate, which has indeed been long and interesting, from the Opposition Benches. I will go through the Bills fairly sequentially,…12 May 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office: BacklogsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Answer to the Question in the other place. I start with an anecdote: last Monday, a friend of mine showed me a picture of an 11…12 May 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I too would like to thank the Minister for his careful introduction to the Motions before us today. I would also like to thank all those who worked to improve this Bill…27 Apr 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillAt end insert “and do propose Amendment 11B in lieu—27 Apr 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I beg to move Motion C1.27 Apr 2022HANSARDApproved Premises (Substance Testing) BillMy Lords, I too would like to welcome this Bill imminently passing. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Sater, for the work she has done on this Bill and I also thank her honourable…26 Apr 2022HANSARDMarriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) BillMy Lords, I would like to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, on a very significant Bill. With my other hats on, as a family magistrate and youth magistrate, I do see the…26 Apr 2022HANSARDEmergency Services: Ministers of ReligionMy Lords, last month, as the Minister said, the College of Policing updated its guidelines to allow for the attendance of ministers of religion at the scene of a crime where…26 Apr 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, the Liberal Democrats clearly support this change; the Labour Party supports this change; the Government in Wales support this change; the Government in Scotland support…25 Apr 2022HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020 (Delay in Expiry: Inquests, Courts and Tribunals, and Statutory Sick Pay) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this statutory instrument. It is fairly technical in the sense that it is a six-month extension of the current emergency provisions…25 Apr 2022