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HANSARDChildren’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships StrategyMy Lords, like all the other speakers, I very much welcome what the Government have done in this area and the emphasis they have placed on the importance of enduring…08 Jun 2026HANSARDHillsborough LawMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for initiating this debate in such a magisterial way. I take this opportunity to thank and pay tribute to him for all his decades of…13 Nov 2025HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill30 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am extremely grateful, as always, to the Minister for that thorough response to all my points. We made a little progress in Committee, for which I am grateful, as I am for the…30 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, Amendment 119 seeks to establish a code of practice for post-mortem processes. It arises out of a traumatic event suffered by Jenni Hicks, who lost her daughters Vicki…30 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillCan I just clarify this? I think the Minister accepts how serious an incident this was; I think it is accepted that this sort of contempt for the victims and the bereaved is…30 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill30 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I heard what the Minister had to say about this amendment, but in view of the seriousness of what is involved here, the timeliness of a resolution for victims and the…30 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I shall combine my remarks on Amendment 102 with those on Amendments 103, 105 and 106. Amendments 102, 103 and 105 seek to remove an unfair and irrational restriction on…30 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has spoken to this group of amendments. I think everyone, with the exception of the Minister, has spoken broadly in support of them. As…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, this group of amendments addresses the appointments, functions and processes for the independent public advocate in different ways. They are all designed to secure the…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am grateful to the Minister; he pre-empted me, as he could see where I was going to go next with this. He is quite right that the Inquiries Act 2005 is increasingly widely…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I rise briefly—the Minister will be relieved to hear—to support these amendments. What is important about them is that they would put on a statutory basis that the views…13 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, Amendments 119A to 119C in my name have been drafted to allow the independent public advocate to act for the victims of incidents, or series of events, that might have…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has spoken in this short discussion and to the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for his remarks, and particularly for his cogent justifications for…07 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, this is an important Bill. The Government deserve credit for seeking to address many of the ways that victims of crimes and public disasters have been let down by the…18 Dec 2023HANSARDPublic Advocate Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.16 Jun 2023HANSARDPublic Advocate Bill [HL]As some noble Lords may remember, this is the second time I have moved that this Bill be read a second time. The first was more than seven years ago, when it received wide…16 Jun 2023