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HANSARDTaking Account of Convictions (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2020My Lords, I was disappointed to discover that there is no accompanying draft memorandum to explain this statutory instrument displayed on the House of Lords Papers app. For those…29 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, the House of Lords is coming to a watershed. When we threw out the statutory instrument in relation to tax credits in 2015, the reaction of the Government was to wheel…28 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, it is always a delight to follow the noble Lord, Lord Judd, who always helps us with his wisdom and experience. I join him in commending this understandable attempt by…28 Oct 2020HANSARDArmed Forces: ReductionThe Service Prosecuting Authority is an independent organisation which receives its funding, in the region of £5 million annually, as part of the defence budget. Will the Minister…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCriminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 2020In the Attorney-General’s review, published in November 2018, there was a section on disclosure pre charge. Chapter 5 stated: “The evidence given by almost all stakeholders to the…22 Oct 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, since I am speaking from Hayman House, my home in Gresford, it would be churlish of me not to welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and congratulate her on her…19 Oct 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020Can the Minister assure the House that guidance will include the need for all discussions, telephone calls, emails, Facebook or WhatsApp messages and other modern means of…13 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I was unable to take part in the Second Reading or the Committee stage of the Bill, but I have read Hansard in full. The importance of the issue raised by this amendment…08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I must declare an interest, in that my grandfather was from Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa in the deepest rural part of Montgomeryshire. The boundary commissioners proposed in…08 Oct 2020HANSARDCrime: Emergency Services StaffMy Lords, I am the son of a policeman and spent my first five years living in a police station in Llangollen. The November 2018 guidelines for an unlawful act of manslaughter were…01 Oct 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperThe Statement rightly claims that the first duty of any Government is to protect their people. There are two competing views as to how people should be protected. There are those…21 Sept 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, crystallised the focus of the Bill as the protection of the public, and I think that is generally understood. Terrorism is a cancer in our…21 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, these powers under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Bill make a declaration that exceptional market conditions which trigger financial assistance of a varying kind are to be…17 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (Exception) Regulations 2020My Lords, I add my personal tribute to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen of Elie, the Advocate-General for Scotland. Over the past number of years, he has held some very…16 Sept 2020HANSARDRule of Law: Law OfficersMy Lords, the noble and learned Lord told the Scottish Public Law Group in Edinburgh in June 2018: “If the rule of law is disrespected, and falls into disrepute, elected…15 Sept 2020HANSARDRape: Prosecutions and ConvictionsFirst, the need for corroboration in rape cases was abolished; secondly, sentences were increased to a five-year minimum guideline; and then inquiries into the complainant’s…14 Sept 2020HANSARDRehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Sater, who has drawn upon her extensive experience in the juvenile courts to speak up for those who have turned their…10 Sept 2020HANSARDRule of LawHas a certificate such as the noble and learned Lord referred to a moment ago been given in relation to this Bill, suggesting that it does not comply with international…10 Sept 2020HANSARDHuman Rights Act 1998 (Remedial) Order 2019My Lords, I welcome this order with some reservations and queries. It is important that where the European Court of Human Rights has found that UK legislation is incompatible with…03 Sept 2020HANSARDFatal Accidents Act 1976 (Remedial) Order 2020My Lords, I suppose I started off my professional career as a solicitor in the era of Lord Campbell’s Act of 1846 which contained no element in awards of damages equivalent to the…03 Sept 2020