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HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I remind the House that I sit as a family magistrate in central London and regularly deal with these types of cases. I have to say that this has been a better debate…08 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, Amendment 2 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, sets out an alternative possible architecture for assessing terrorists and the possibility of extending…03 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Marks, set out his amendments clearly, and concentrated on the fact that the decision about a terrorist connection is made by a judge at the…03 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, this has been an extremely brief debate and quite a blunt one. The noble Lord, Lord Paddick, was very clear: during the passage of a previous Counter-Terrorism Act this…03 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I have one amendment in this group, Amendment 25, and my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer of Thoroton put his name to Amendment 24. I was very pleased that the…03 Mar 2021HANSARDJudicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I have enjoyed this debate much more than I thought I would. It has been an education, and there have been some reminiscences of part-time judges from many decades in…23 Feb 2021HANSARDLearning Disabilities: Child Trust FundsA professional actuary has been helping campaigners to identify the aggregate amount of money that disabled young people could lose from their child trust fund as a result of the…11 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the previous group. The noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, has had many decades of campaigning for older people. I know that she had a…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, which has been a short but important one. The central point I took from the intervention from the noble Baroness,…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, we have heard powerful speeches in this debate. I shall start my contribution with the things I would question in the amendment. I should make it clear that I support…10 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, for the rhetorical flourish at the end of his speech, when he said that the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, had been asking, “Why?”, on…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I thank everyone who has spoken on this short group of amendments. The Minister offered to send the RUSI speech of his friend, which I would indeed be happy to read. The…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, Amendments 37 and 40 concern “lone terrorists” and the review of the strategy concerning them. Amendment 37 ensures that the Government will order a judge-led review…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, we have had two different debates in this group. The noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, moved that Clause 40 should not stand part of the Bill, and I can do no better than the…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, we have had a wide-ranging introduction to this group from both the noble Lords, Lord Marks and Lord Paddick. As the noble Lord, Lord Marks, said in his introduction,…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI am relatively new to these debates, but I remember making the point at Second Reading about the importance of rehearsing these arguments each time we make these types of orders.…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, my Amendment 32 would put into legislation a deadline for the Prevent review to be published. The Government commissioned the independent review in January 2019; it has…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill09 Feb 2021