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HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I have nothing to add to the points made by the previous two speakers.09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I have nothing of substance to add to the comments of the previous two speakers, the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and the noble Lord, Lord Paddick. I, too, was going to…09 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I support both these amendments. The noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, has had a long-standing interest in these matters, as he explained to the Committee, and he spoke with…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, this has been a very wide-ranging debate with a lot of legal detail. I will respond to the fellow laymen who have taken part in the debate. In response to the noble…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 80, 81 and 82. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, who have also put their names to…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 63 which, as the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, said, would ensure that a risk assessment is carried out. That would consider any risk to the…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 71, 72 and 73. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, for putting his name to Amendment 71; I thank both him and the noble and learned Lord,…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I will start with the point that the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, has just made about the read-across between knife crime prevention orders and DAPOs. I would certainly be…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, the Minister has invited comments about potential systemic problems. I draw his attention to one group of cases which he did not refer to: people who self-refer to…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay. Her introduction covered all the points that were made in the various briefings sent to me. I am also…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, in fact the Minister answered my question in almost her final sentence. It was about the status of callouts when considering this data. Police callouts are available to…27 Jan 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Marks and Lord Thomas, have explained their thinking behind the amendment to replace “exceptional” with “significant” to give more discretion to…26 Jan 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, concluded his remarks by saying that the amendment was “testing the rationale” of these sentences, and that is indeed clearly…26 Jan 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I understand from the Minister that this is a minor amendment. I too welcome him to his position. He has been very helpful to me both on this Bill and on the Domestic…26 Jan 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I will be very brief on this amendment. The two previous groups have been groups of substance, and serious questions have been asked about the way forward. The amendment…26 Jan 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate. First, turning to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, as a fellow layman I thought she gave a good summary…26 Jan 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill26 Jan 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, we have had interesting debates on both this and the previous group. In closing the previous group, the Minister said that the proposed lack of involvement of the…26 Jan 2021