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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Permitted Disclosures) Regulations 2025My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing this statutory instrument, which concerns an issue of real importance to victims of crime and to the integrity of our…04 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, for bringing this issue to the Committee. Effective probation practice depends fundamentally on…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillWe are saying that the relevant technology has to be available for this to work. It might be that it could be done on a regional basis, but the important thing is that it is not…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Marks, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Gloucester and the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for these amendments. Collectively, they seek to…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken on this group. If there is a single theme in these amendments, it is that we cannot go on legislating for increased…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, for bringing forward this amendment. It proposes as a condition of bail to allow the courts to suspend…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 122, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, which concerns the power of the Probation Service to vary residence…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, on the Conservative Benches, we are grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for tabling this amendment, which, although the last tonight, is certainly not the least…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI thank the Minister for his series of drafting amendments, which seek to tidy up the language and cross-references in the Bill. We on these Benches do not oppose the amendments,…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I can be brief. Amendment 93C, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Russell of Liverpool, seeks to extend the unduly lenient sentence scheme so that for victims of…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the explanation given by the Minister, but the issues at stake here are not theoretical; they are practical questions about how these conditions will…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillThere is quite a lot to cover in this group. My noble friend has made the point. We never suffer from having too much information. If it is collected in bits and pieces, there is…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI think there are problems with that as to how the discretion would be exercised and who would set what rules. I will not spend any longer on this, but I suggest that my noble…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have tabled amendments and spoken on the topic of transparency. It is an important aspect of the criminal justice system that it is…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing Bill01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I shall be reasonably brief. Amendment 51 is simple, precise and entirely consistent with established principles of sentencing. It does not create a new offence and,…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I will speak to the amendments in my name and that of my noble and learned friend Lord Keen of Elie. We on these Benches welcome the underlying principle of Clauses 13…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to introduce the second day of Committee on the Sentencing Bill. Amendment 51, in my name and that of my noble and learned friend Lord…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing Bill01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Barber, for introducing the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Woodley. He will probably not be surprised to learn that His…01 Dec 2025