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HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds, National Insurance Funds Payments and Extension of Veterans Relief) Regulations 2024That the draft regulations laid before the House on 15 and 22 January be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 27 February .28 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for this amendment and the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for speaking in support. The amendment would require the Secretary of…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI thank the noble Lord for his comments, and for his comments earlier. Everyone in this Committee has the same interests at heart. We are all trying to achieve the same thing. I…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillThe noble Lord makes a good point. Hardly a piece of legislation goes through this House where there is not a data protection aspect. That creates confusion and it is up to the…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for her amendment relating to Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements, and all noble Lords who have contributed to this…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI think I understand the point of the amendments, which is the belief that stalking and domestic abuse deserve to be treated the same way as terror and murder offences. I hope the…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for his amendment regarding the Multi Agency Public Protection System, MAPPS. I understand that the debate has not really been…26 Feb 2024HANSARDNuclear Decommissioning Authority (Pension Scheme Amendment) Regulations 2024That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 19 December 2023 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 13 February .19 Feb 2024HANSARDNuclear Decommissioning Authority (Pension Scheme Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Callanan, I beg to move the Motion standing in his name on the Order Paper.19 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for Amendment 122. This amendment would require the Secretary of State to prepare and issue a new code of practice for victims…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillThe noble Baroness obviously makes a good point, and this is a complex and sensitive area. We are to some extent relying on the competence that we clearly expect to see from…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for introducing this amendment, which relates to an advocate’s support of the victims of major incidents who are under the age of…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI reassure the noble and learned Lord that we would like to discuss this further.13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, for his amendment. This group of amendments concerns the independence of the advocate, and therefore I will…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am of course happy to commit to meeting to discuss this matter, but we are not leaving the victims defenceless in this situation: they will have an independent public advocate,…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI apologise to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for a much more eloquent summing up of what I was trying to say than I…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillAs I have already said, I believe that most victims will be victims of crime; most major incidents will involve criminal behaviour of some description, or a criminal…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI understand the points made by both noble Baronesses. I have had extensive dialogue with the department on this point today and I will try to give the best answers I can. We can…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillThe noble and learned Lord makes a very sensible request, and I will do my best to write to him.07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Sandhurst for Amendment 113, in relation to the unduly lenient sentence scheme. It seeks to ensure victims and their families are given the…07 Feb 2024