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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWhat I mean simply is that the noble Baroness, doubtless with the best possible intention, is using simplistic language to categorise the Government’s legislative approach, which…15 Dec 2021HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (2005 Hague Convention and 2007 Hague Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I am obliged. This draft instrument is made under the Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020, which I will refer to as the PIL Act. The Act currently…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (2005 Hague Convention and 2007 Hague Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I begin by saying how much of an honour it is to serve under the chairmanship of the noble Lord, Lord McNicol. This is my maiden outing in this Room; it is a melancholy…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (2005 Hague Convention and 2007 Hague Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for his contribution. I well remember the opening of my account in the Room upstairs. I also remember the noble Lord’s close questioning,…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments (2005 Hague Convention and 2007 Hague Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (2005 Hague Convention and 2007 Hague Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.14 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I will address the two amendments in reverse order, starting with Amendment 292L. This creates a new offence of concealment of a body and repeals the existing offence of…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe noble Lord makes a useful point. I did not have the fact, to which he referred your Lordships’ Committee, that all staff had been reallocated, but, as I do not have that fact,…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI think that I can assist: the provision is not truly retrospective. The Sentencing Act 2020 makes it clear that the repeal of relevant provisions by the Act for the purpose of…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe noble Lords, Lord Ramsbotham and Lord German, also referred the Committee to the lack of progress on the royal commission on criminal justice. The noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham,…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, as an unacceptable substitute for my noble friend Lord Wolfson of Tredegar and in the light of the hour, I will simply move the amendment formally.24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, just at the very moment when the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, was admonishing the Government for wagging their finger at this Committee of your…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillBefore the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, replies, I should say that I did not make reference specifically to the point raised by my noble friend Lord Mackay…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I hope that the Committee will accept my words when I say that the Government are sympathetic to the difficulties facing all bereaved families. At an earlier stage in…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for giving the Committee the benefit of his experience. Perhaps it is that experience which informed, or helped to inform, the remarks of the Chief…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness for her intervention. I was going on to say that, for bereaved families who need legal help, advice and assistance are always available under…22 Nov 2021