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HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Robertson and Lord Browne of Ladyton, and my noble friend Lord Campbell of Pittenweem have made powerful speeches with which I totally agree. I…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I have little to say in respect of this amendment. I believe that summary offences should be dealt with summarily, and that is what this amendment seeks to achieve.09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, like my noble friend Lady Smith and others, I am concerned that there should not be a different principle of limitation for service personnel for injuries received as…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay. I hope that his concern about delay will be addressed in Amendment 4, to which I commend him,…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, the problem of investigations—as well as of late and inadequate investigations—should be addressed and the process sharpened up. The noble and gallant Lord, Lord Boyce,…09 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioner Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2021My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hain, has put before me a mirage of Trump-like volunteers wheeling wheelbarrows of votes for police and crime commissioner elections; I wait for the…04 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, Clause 48 deals with the extent of the Bill. It provides that “A provision of this Act which amends, repeals or revokes an enactment has the same extent within the…03 Mar 2021HANSARDYnys Môn: EconomyMy Lords, the Government has refused to support the construction of a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, whose suitability will be well known to the Minister. She has referred to the…02 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination PassportMy Lords, I live five miles from the English border, and I am relieved that the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, is not pressing for a passport, with 15,000 vehicles going one way and…24 Feb 2021HANSARDJudicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I read these papers with considerable interest yesterday and realised for the first time, like the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon, that I might already…23 Feb 2021HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Border Facilities and Infrastructure) (EU Exit) (England) Special Development Order 2020 (SI 2020/928)My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Wheatcroft, and to listen to her fight on behalf of the villages around where she lives in Kent. Perhaps I can…11 Feb 2021HANSARDArmed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2021My Lords, the events in Myanmar over the last few weeks have demonstrated the dangers of a politicised military. This statutory instrument, which appears every year, gives us the…11 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Stewart, for moving these amendments and for pronouncing “Tredegar” correctly. I am sure that the noble Lord who…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, the lone terrorist poses a particular danger. “We do not understand them,” said the noble Lord, Lord Robathan, earlier this afternoon. By definition, the lone terrorist…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I pay personal tribute to the stamina and persistence of my noble friends Lady Hamwee and Lord Paddick. I pay tribute also to the Ministers. The noble Lord, Lord…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I was very happy with the Minister’s reply when he said that a significant response—not a failure—does not lead to a recall and to the loss of liberty of the person who…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, may I say how much I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, in his warning against equating too closely the use of polygraphs in monitoring sexual offenders with their…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, since requests to speak after the Minister are delivered to the Deputy Chairman of Committees by forked stick, perhaps I might comment on the earlier group concerning…09 Feb 2021HANSARDShawcross Report: Compensation for VictimsMy Lords, I served on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for Great Britain until 1992. There was then a concurrent scheme for Northern Ireland, which was subject to a strict…08 Feb 2021HANSARDBribery Act 2010: Post-legislative Scrutiny (Select Committee Report)My Lords, as a member of the committee, I, too, pay tribute to the careful chairmanship of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Saville, and I thank Michael Collon and his staff and…03 Feb 2021