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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I beg to move. Amendment to the Motion11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillIt would appear that I am losing the House’s patience. The Bill allows the Government to implement lasting and durable solutions to the existing problems with the Northern Ireland…11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillThe Government have not triggered Article 16—from early in the debate, I note my noble friend Lord Howard of Lympne. The position is that it would not solve the radical,…11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI hear the noble Lord; I will not give way. It remains the Government’s preference to reach a negotiated agreement on the protocol, and further discussions are now under way with…11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, again, with the utmost respect, I decline to give way to the noble Baroness. She has my assurance that I will engage with her.11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI will not give way at this stage. An argument which was deployed by some of your Lordships, beginning with the noble Lord, Lord Ricketts, and continued by my noble friend Lord…11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I think it would be wrong of me at this stage in the Second Reading to engage in a deeper debate. I refer the noble Lord to the terms of the legal statement issued by…11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI respond to my noble friend by saying that the assertions that it breaches international law simply cannot be determined at this point because it is a matter of exploring the…11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI hear the noble Lord and will revert to him in due course. It is not possible to equiparate international law with domestic law. There is simply not enough of it and it is too…11 Oct 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Fixed Penalty NoticesMy Lords, the circumstances on which the noble Baroness founds her question seem an inevitable consequence of the independence of police forces, to which I made reference earlier.…14 Jul 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Fixed Penalty NoticesMy Lords, I acknowledge the spirit in which my noble friend poses the Question, drawn perhaps out of his continuing interest in mediation as an alternative dispute resolution, but…14 Jul 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Fixed Penalty NoticesMy Lords, the Government recognise that a proportionate law enforcement response was needed to get Covid-19 under control and get lives back to normal. Parliament agreed, and the…14 Jul 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Fixed Penalty NoticesMy Lords, the disparities to which the noble Baroness draws my attention are a matter of concern for the Government, as well as for all right-thinking people around this House and…14 Jul 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Fixed Penalty NoticesMy Lords, I regret that I cannot agree with my noble friend, for the reasons I have given. While a degree of support and advice was promulgated by the College of Policing and the…14 Jul 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Fixed Penalty NoticesThe noble Lord asks a series of questions. If I may, I will revert to him on a couple of them. He asked about further enforcement steps by the Government; enforcement is in the…14 Jul 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Fixed Penalty NoticesMy Lords, I respectfully agree with my noble friend. In any event, it is not within the power of the Home Office to grant an amnesty, as I said earlier. The funds ingathered from…14 Jul 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Fixed Penalty NoticesI agree with the noble Lord that that question is important and may yield interesting answers. I regret that the facts in relation to Dirleton and Cumnock do not fall within the…14 Jul 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Fixed Penalty NoticesMy Lords, I repeat my previous answer: it is the foundation of policing in England and Wales that individual forces are independent of central government and not accountable to…14 Jul 2022HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Fixed Penalty NoticesMy Lords, I am not sure how far it lies within the power of central government to make the orders for which the noble Earl calls. I will, if he wishes, correspond with him on just…14 Jul 2022HANSARDPrison Officers: Occupational PensionMy Lords, I am sure the House will join me in acknowledging my noble friend’s service as a prison visitor. Although it is the case that police and fire service schemes have a…16 Jun 2022