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HANSARDCriminal Cases Review CommissionMy Lords, it is essential that the public have confidence in the CCRC and its ability to investigate potential miscarriages of justice fairly and impartially. An interim chair is…07 May 2025HANSARDCriminal Cases Review CommissionThe Ministry of Justice has increased the CCRC’s budget year on year since 2020-21. The budget for 2025-26 has been set at £10.1 million, which is an increase of 38% since…07 May 2025HANSARDWhiplash Injury (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, this draft instrument amends the fixed tariff for whiplash compensation, set by the Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021, by applying an inflationary uplift to the tariff…06 May 2025HANSARDWhiplash Injury (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Whiplash Injury (Amendment) Regulations 2025. Relevant document: 22nd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee06 May 2025HANSARDLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025My Lords, the draft instrument before us today makes a number of changes to ensure that legal aid continues to be available to those most in need and continues to serve some of…06 May 2025HANSARDLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025.06 May 2025HANSARDLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025My Lords, I turn first to the questions of my noble friend Lord Jones. I misspoke in my initial address to the Committee: the pilot areas are already under way in north Wales;…06 May 2025HANSARDWhiplash Injury (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their support for the measures in this statutory instrument. On the points which noble Lords have made, the noble Lord, Lord Marks, said he…06 May 2025HANSARDLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025I am very glad my noble friend thinks that. It will be very interesting to see how these pilots develop. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for his support and agree with the…06 May 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, for raising these issues. They get to the heart of the Bill: whether there is a need to recognise a further category in statute, and…30 Apr 2025HANSARDHeadingley IncidentI thank the noble Baroness for raising that point; it is not one that I have heard before. I understand that one of the joys, if I can put it that way, of the “Otley run” is that…30 Apr 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, at the outset, I acknowledge the long-standing advocacy for technological innovation of the noble Lord, Lord Holmes. I also pay tribute to his deep commitment to…30 Apr 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, this amendment seeks to restate the Long Title of the Bill, and I have put my name to it as the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, said. The amendment was tabled by the noble Lord…30 Apr 2025HANSARDHeadingley IncidentI can give the assurance the noble Lord seeks. I will certainly make sure that the comments he has made are fed back through the appropriate channels. I agree with the point he is…30 Apr 2025HANSARDHeadingley IncidentI share the sentiments that the noble Lord has just expressed. I am pleased to hear that the second victim has been discharged from hospital. What I can say is in the public…30 Apr 2025HANSARDHeadingley IncidentI thank the noble Baroness for those questions. I can confirm that amendments will be tabled to the Crime and Policing Bill to strengthen the verification controls. I can also…30 Apr 2025HANSARD“Hillsborough Law”My Lords, the Hillsborough disaster is one of the greatest stains on British history, and the families of those who lost loved ones have shown endless determination to get…22 Apr 2025HANSARD“Hillsborough Law”My Lords, I understand there have been multiple meetings between Hillsborough Law Now and the Government, Andy Burnham, Steve Rotherham, Liverpool MPs and my noble friend Lord…22 Apr 2025HANSARD“Hillsborough Law”I take the point that the noble and learned Lord has made. It is regrettable that we need this duty of candour, but we do need it. We have seen what has happened in events over…22 Apr 2025HANSARD“Hillsborough Law”The noble Baroness has made a very good point. I will write to her on that matter; it is clearly a sensitive matter, so I think it is more appropriate to write.22 Apr 2025