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HANSARDSentencing Bill06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillIt was indeed a pleasure to give way to the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, after all the work he has done in relation to prisons. Noble Lords may wonder why this amendment about Wales…06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I shall move this amendment on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame, who unfortunately cannot be present. I wish to express first his appreciation of the time the…06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillI am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, for his strong support for this amendment, and to the noble Lord, Lord Lemos, for his response. It is a pity that the…06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing Bill06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillI am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, in which the views, save that of the Minister, have been unanimous across the House. The unanimous view is that…06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, the last Government and this Government have done a great deal to help those who were sentenced to imprisonment for public protection and released on licence. I welcome…06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillPerhaps I could just finish my second point very quickly. It is simply that, even if the public do not think there is any harm in just deporting someone who has committed a crime,…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I completely agree with the noble Lord who has responded. It is obviously sensible to devolve prisons and probation together—that is what we recommended—but the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMight I say to the Minister that I set the history of all of this out in a judgment? If only his officials would read it and understand, we would not be in the mess that he has…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, the real issue in this debate is: do we persist with the so-called action plan? I pay tribute to what the Minister has been able to do with a flawed idea, but we have to…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I beg to move an amendment that, at this hour of the night, might seem one that could have been moved on another occasion—but that is timing. This is a probing amendment…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI will very briefly go back to a point about Amendment 122A that I raised at Second Reading. The Minister was kind enough to write to me to explain the pressure on prisons and the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing Bill03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I have added my name to the amendment in the name of my noble and learned friend Lord Burnett of Maldon and the proposition in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Jackson…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillWill the Minister explain why the Law Commission, which is a body that looks at law reform for the Government, is to be equated with the independent Sentencing Council, which…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I support what is behind the amendments tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Hamwee and Lady Jones, for two reasons. First, we still send far too many women to prison;…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI will respond to the Minister. First, it is always our duty to put legislation right, otherwise we might as well all go home. Secondly, the Sentencing Council is there to give…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillPerhaps I might ask the Minister about the way he ran his business. One of the important roles of a legislature is to get things technically right. There is no disagreement, as I…26 Nov 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I hesitate to intervene on this matter, but I wonder what thought has been given by the Ministry of Justice to simplification. The Sentencing Code is now a very lengthy…26 Nov 2025