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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, objects to Clause 66 standing part of the Bill and has tabled Amendment 155 in its place. We have had a very interesting and more…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am happy to deal with that in the letter.08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am certainly aware of the differences between dangerous driving and careless driving. Dangerous driving is reserved for those instances of driving which fall “far below” the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe noble Baroness and I are sitting on opposite sides of the House. If I was driving, I would normally open the door with my right hand, so I was turning round to open it. I…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am afraid that, with respect, the noble Baroness is wrong on both points. There are provisions in the Bill which change the law considerably; there are quite a few in this area.…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, and others for speaking to these amendments. This group considers the sentencing of road traffic offences, and I propose…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI will be very careful here because the law in this area is really complex. I was going to say this later but will preface it now. I am very happy to have a discussion on these…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillAbsolutely. Let me deal with the out of court disposals themselves. I hope I have answered that point. There will, we hope, be a greater consistency of approach, but there will be…08 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIn drafting legislation, the first thing we need to do is make sure that we agree on the nature and scope of the amendment. I have tried to make it clear that I am not putting…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Attlee indicated that I should come along quietly. I am not going to do that; however, I hope that I will come along realistically and clearly in…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I shall put it this way: I am well aware that if we wanted to table the amendment to this Bill, we would need a properly drafted clause, and we know how to go about that.03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI cannot commit to that, but, as I say, I have heard the strength of feeling and what the noble and learned Lord has said on this topic. I am sure we can have future discussions…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I rise to respond to an amendment about pet theft, but I will start by saying a few words about amendment theft. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, stole some of…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWhat happened today was Parliament complying with the rules of Parliament, because ultimately Parliament regulates itself. That is how it works. The phrase “rule of law” in the…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWe are all united in our admiration for the parliamentary counsel and draftsmen, absolutely—there is no doubt about that. I do not know whether the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, is an…03 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, this group of amendments focuses on criminal damage and the need for Clause 46 to stand part of the Bill. Clause 46 addresses a sentencing limitation in the existing…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI will reply very briefly to that point. When I say “new evidence”, I am not saying that there must be, God forbid, an incident. I am not circumscribing or limiting the nature of…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe art lesson may be a good example. With respect, there is a huge gulf between the relationship of somebody to their art teacher, if they go to an art group, and the sort of…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWith great respect, the point put to me by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, shows that if we draw this too widely, we are limiting the ability of a 16 or 17 year-old to have a sexual…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWe seem to be reaching a measure of agreement. I still say, with respect, that because we have that on the statute book at the moment, it is not appropriate to re-legislate in…01 Nov 2021