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HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, in speaking to these amendments, my first point is that legitimate claims for misconduct by British troops involved in overseas operations are a fact that has to be…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I am relieved to hear the Minister’s statement concerning Clause12 and its removal. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, asked who the message was to be sent to. The…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I thought it would be interesting to look back at the Conservative Party’s manifesto for the 2019 election. It said that “we will introduce new legislation to tackle the…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, and the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, for their support for my Amendments…13 Apr 2021HANSARDIndependent Review of Administrative Law UpdateMy Lords, the Statement says that “the Government would like to go further to protect the judiciary from unwanted political entanglements and restore trust in the judicial review…22 Mar 2021HANSARDBritish Library Board (Power to Borrow) BillMy Lords, I too declare an interest as an ordinary member of the British Library for some years. I welcome this Bill, which will put an end to the anomaly that no one can explain:…19 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, it is a real privilege to follow the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Dannatt, whom I greatly respect. He has raised some of the issues that we have been discussing over the…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, this is a very important amendment and I support it thoroughly. I should declare to your Lordships that I am still chairman of the Association of Military Court…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to listen to the analysis of the noble and learned Lord who has just spoken. I am very impressed by his view, and I agree with him. I have…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for his definition of the policy behind these provisions in the Bill. He said that we have a blank wall in the Bill because of concern…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, this group is concerned with the total cut-off of the right to bring proceedings, as contained in the Bill. As I have said, this is unique in the British justice system…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this interesting and important debate. I cannot help taking myself back to RAF Gatow, to which the noble…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill[ Inaudible ]—that date will be either the date on which the act complained of took place or, alternatively, the date of knowledge of the cause of the action; for example, where a…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for his response. This is one of those unusual situations where I can thank every single Lord, including him, who has spoken in this…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I will start with a quote on how the court approaches the extinction of the limitation period in any category of case: “It is for the court to examine in the…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, the role of the Attorney-General in giving consent to a prosecution has been much discussed in the past. Following on from the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Lancaster,…09 Mar 2021