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HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, as I and my noble friend the Minister have set out in responses to previous groups in Committee, the Government take their obligations under international conventions…14 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, I am sorry to disappoint your Lordships’ Committee after so many questions asked of my noble friend the Minister. But I am the Minister representing His Majesty’s…07 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy noble friend the Minister has signed the statement of the Bill’s compatibility and is comfortable with that. If the noble Lord, Lord Warner, would like to share his specific…07 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for his intervention. I will need to write to him on the specific case of BII, as I do not have the details to hand. In answer to one of the…07 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI apologise for my error and take the noble Lord’s correction. I have tried to focus my comments on the amendments and the arguments put forward today. I am conscious that there…07 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank my noble and learned friend Lord Garnier for raising this issue in Amendment 101A and for taking the time to meet me the other day to discuss this important…30 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, for these amendments. While the Government understand the intention behind these amendments, we have not been…30 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, Amendments 100 and 101 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, seek to extend the current time limit for applications under the unduly lenient sentence scheme,…30 Apr 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Racial BiasMy Lords, the Government are committed to tackling all sorts of racism and discrimination in society. The Government have a robust legislative framework to protect all individuals…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Racial BiasI am grateful for the initial question. Of course, the Government do not agree with that. We have indeed provided guidance. The CPS is mindful that labels such as “gang” can lead…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Racial BiasMy Lords, the purpose of the additional review being conducted by the CPS is to identify all other factors that could be at play in delivering this data. Once we have the results…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Racial BiasMy Lords, while we accept that the research from the University of Leeds, which covered 195,000 cases between January 2018 and December 2021, found that white British suspects had…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Racial BiasI am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for his question. As I said yesterday at the Dispatch Box, I am not going to make undertakings, but we take these conclusions very…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Racial BiasMy Lords, we do not accept that they are more likely to be prosecuted. The point is that we have identified that ethnic minorities are overrepresented in the criminal justice…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Racial BiasMy Lords, the CPS itself demonstrates a remarkable ethnically diverse workforce. While that does not answer my noble friend’s question precisely, this is an organisation that…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Racial BiasMy Lords, I do not accept the noble Baroness’s comments that individuals are necessarily being treated differently. However, the research did find an issue, and the CPS is taking…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Racial BiasMy Lords, as we all know, individuals commit crimes, and it is up to us to ensure that they are treated fairly and equally. The Lammy Review , published in 2017, found no issues…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Racial BiasMy Lords, we know that some ethnic groups are overrepresented in the criminal justice system, and we need to understand why so we can address this. The Crown Prosecution Service…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCrime Statistics: Gender IdentityMy Lords, in answer to these concerns, the Government have recently commissioned Professor Alice Sullivan to conduct an independent review of data collection on biological sex and…24 Apr 2024HANSARDCrime Statistics: Gender IdentityMy Lords, I am afraid that it is not for me to give that undertaking. I will have to take that back to the department and write.24 Apr 2024