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HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]My Lords, I again pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Davies for his contribution and for setting out the range of concerns surrounding the cost-control mechanism and the…29 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]My Lords, once again I thank the Minister for his explanation of this group. We are content for these changes to be made to the Bill. I particularly welcome the provisions on…29 Nov 2021HANSARDAntique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021I have one additional question. Will the review groups also look at the mental capacity and that other aspect of the licensing process?23 Nov 2021HANSARDAntique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, the Labour Party supports these regulations. They are largely technical in nature. This instrument corrects an error in the Antique Firearms Regulations 2021. In his…23 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, this has been a very interesting debate and I thank the noble Baroness for moving her amendment; in general terms we support it. The question marks would be about the…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support both these amendments. My noble friend Lady Kennedy of Cradley is seeking to get rid of time limits relating to having sex with girls aged between 13 and 16…22 Nov 2021HANSARDCoroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate for introducing this Bill. It would enable coroners to record gambling addiction as a relevant factor when recording a suicide. At…19 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, briefly, I was grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, for saying that he would consider Amendment 6. It is put forward as an alternative to Amendment 5. In the…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall talk very briefly to this amendment. I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, that it is a privilege to be part of this technical Bill. It is one where I…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, similarly, I will be reading out the comments that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, has supplied me with on Amendment 4. Section 115(5) of the 2011 Act…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for responding to the points that I read out on behalf of the noble and learned Lord. The gist of his response, as far as I understood it, was that he was not…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 6 in this group. Again, I shall read out the comments given to me by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton. I may speak again at the end…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, I will respond to the question asked of me by the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell. From reading the Member’s explanatory statement, it seems that the objective of the…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness for that clarification. I understand her point: she does not want a “never-ending prevarication”, to use her words. I will draw her question to the…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, in supplemental written evidence, Professor Nicholas Hopkins, the lead Law Commissioner on the Law Commission’s project on technical issues in charity law, pointed to…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, I recognise the concerns raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell. In other parts of my life, I have seen the expensive problem of perpetual litigants for relatively…18 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, has asked me to move his Amendment 3 and has provided me with speaking notes, which I will read out. I would like to send my…18 Nov 2021