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HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, my Amendment 35 is in this group. I agreed with everything my noble friend Lord Hunt said when he introduced his amendment. My amendment is different in detail, but the…26 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, this is a solid piece of legislation and I hope that the process on which we are embarking will make it better. I remind the Committee that I sit as a family magistrate…25 Jan 2021HANSARDDivorceMy Lords, in November, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, Cafcass, triggered its prioritisation protocol in South Yorkshire and the Humber region, which…06 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I welcome the Bill and the opportunity it gives to improve the position of victims of domestic abuse, both in the community and in the family court process. I remind the…05 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Prisoners and Children in CustodyMy Lords, the total number of prisoners who have tested positive for coronavirus has more than doubled in the month of October. The latest figures for November are not yet…16 Dec 2020HANSARDCriminal Justice: Imprisonment for Public ProtectionMy Lords, the Minister seems to be defending the recall of prisoners when they breach their licensing conditions. As the report has shown, this is a source of an increasing number…09 Dec 2020HANSARDJurisdiction, Judgments and Applicable Law (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for explaining in some detail this statutory instrument. This SI fixes the defects in civil regulations, family regulations, mediation regulations,…08 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction and Taking Control of Goods) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for her explanation of this statutory instrument, which reintroduces the evictions ban for the second lockdown, preventing most…08 Dec 2020HANSARDJurisdiction, Judgments and Applicable Law (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I was just concluding my comments, but I think that the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, is after me on the list.08 Dec 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Relevant Court) (Retained EU Case Law) Regulations 2020My Lords, the Labour Party does not support these regulations. When responding to the government consultation, both the Bar Council and the Law Society expressed a strong…25 Nov 2020HANSARDIntegrated Communities StrategyMy Lords, does the Minister understand that it is relatively common for couples to come to family courts in England and Wales saying that they are married under sharia law, only…17 Nov 2020HANSARDRoyal Commission on Criminal JusticeMy Lords, on 22 May at the Justice Select Committee, the Lord Chief Justice, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Burnett, said that his understanding was that the royal commission…09 Nov 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillMy Lords, I too thank the Minister for what she has said today and for the way the Government have encouraged cross-party support for the various elements of the Bill. The…03 Nov 2020HANSARDServices of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, the purpose of this instrument is to implement into domestic law the provisions relevant to lawyers’ practice rights and the recognition of legal qualifications in the…29 Oct 2020HANSARDTaking Account of Convictions (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2020My Lords, the purpose of this instrument is to make transitional provision so that when the EU exit transition period ends the current regime for taking account of previous…29 Oct 2020HANSARDOnline Harms: Intimate ImagesMy Lords, surely the Minister agrees that all the questions raised today are very likely to be raised again when we have the Domestic Abuse Bill. That Bill is a suitable and very…28 Oct 2020HANSARDCriminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 2020My Lords, I too thank the Minister for her explanation of this statutory instrument. I am also not a lawyer. I remind the House that I sit as a magistrate in central London. When…22 Oct 2020HANSARDPrisons: RemandMy Lords, all the questions that we have heard put to the Minister reflect the very serious situation that we are seeing in our courts. Both sentenced prisoners and those on…21 Oct 2020HANSARDCivil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020My Lords, when the noble Earl gave his speech just now, he urged us to look at matters in the round. We are looking at matters in the round. We are not saying there should be an…23 Sept 2020HANSARDCivil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020My Lords, Ministers promised that no one would lose their home because of coronavirus. The rules before this House today will see this promise broken. Tenants across the UK are…23 Sept 2020