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HANSARDProstitutionThe noble Baroness is quite right. The DCC and the Safeguarding Minister had an introductory conversation at the end of January in which they discussed all those issues. The…21 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill21 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill21 Feb 2023HANSARDSecurity Threat to UK-based JournalistsI agree with the noble Viscount that the service is indeed critical. I actually delivered some of the figures earlier on access by an Iranian audience to the BBC. Some 99%, as I…21 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill21 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill21 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillThat the Bill do now pass.21 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, perhaps I may detain the House a little longer to mark the end of this Bill’s passage through your Lordships’ House. It has been a wide-ranging debate, with much…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProstitutionI think that the noble and learned Baroness is absolutely right; it is something we need to be aware of. Again, a lot of this comes down to reducing demand for sexual services. It…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProstitutionMy Lords, the National Police Chiefs’ Council updated its guidance in 2019. It is important to note that that guidance prioritises safety over enforcement action in terms of the…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProstitutionMy Lords, after the committee’s report, we commissioned some research by the University of Bristol in association with the police and crime commissioner for south Wales. I am…21 Feb 2023HANSARDSecurity Threat to UK-based JournalistsMy Lords, I am afraid I reject the premise of the question, that this is in some way a national embarrassment. I think this is actually a robust response by the counterterrorist…21 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, subsequent to Report and ahead of today’s Third Reading, the Government have brought a number of clarificatory technical amendments. First, during the debate on Report…21 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill21 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill21 Feb 2023HANSARDProstitutionMy noble friend is quite right. However, this is an evolving problem, and there are a number of practices that take place now that would not have happened when she was involved in…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProstitutionMy Lords, as I tried to explain earlier, part of the problem is that the gathering of evidence to support any particular course of action is proving very difficult. The 2019…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProstitutionThe noble Baroness will be aware that there is also a different legislative approach across the United Kingdom, including in Northern Ireland, where all buying of sex has been…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProstitutionOf course, some offences are associated with that already, in particular things such as kerb-crawling.21 Feb 2023HANSARDSecurity Threat to UK-based JournalistsI shall make sure that my noble friend to my left is aware of the noble Viscount’s point.21 Feb 2023