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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am sorry, is my noble friend now back on the memorials point?01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe short answer to that is that I did not make my argument on the basis of deterrence. Sentencing encompasses a number of factors: there is deterrence; there is the actual…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, perhaps I should first begin by apologising to the noble Lord, Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, for standing up at the same time as him. I am not sure whether I stood up…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWork still has to be done, of course, but I hope that the noble and learned Lord will accept that we are doing more than we have done before. As I have tried to explain, we have…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI hope I made that clear earlier; let me go back to my notes. I do not want to mislead the noble and learned Lord. As I understand it, the position is this: guidance was…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI was going to come to the detail of pre-sentence reports a little later. Let me come to that and if the question is still alive, I will give way again. I think I had completed…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am grateful to have the opportunity to respond to this short but focused debate. I am particularly grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Beith, for the measured way in…01 Nov 2021HANSARDAssisted Dying Bill [HL]My Lords, I join others in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, on bringing forward the Bill we have debated today. We have heard from many noble Lords this morning…22 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I begin by placing on the record my apologies for not being in my place at Second Reading for personal family reasons. I also place on record my thanks to many noble…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am afraid that the noble Lord appears to have missed the point of principle that I made before making what he characterises as a lame excuse, but which I thought was in fact…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI think I made it clear earlier that I was making two points in response to this amendment. The point that we are focused on at the moment is whether we could have more—and I say…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am extremely grateful for the opportunity to do that. As I am sure everybody recognises, that was not the point I was making. I appreciate that it was regarded as lame by some…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillAs the noble and learned Lord knows far better than I do, one has to distinguish between aggravating and mitigating factors and the likelihood of prosecution. With regard to the…20 Oct 2021HANSARDChild Trust FundsMy Lords, we have consulted widely across industry with the major providers. I have to say to my noble friend that it is the case, I am afraid, that there was a lacuna here. I…11 Oct 2021HANSARDChild Trust FundsMy Lords, my officials met Mr Nyahasha on 17 August, and we are well aware of this proposal. The problem is that it is not a matter of the Government recognising the scheme; the…11 Oct 2021HANSARDChild Trust FundsMy noble friend does not have to impress on me the need for urgency. I have been working hard on this matter since it was first raised. The problem with the industry scheme is not…11 Oct 2021HANSARDChild Trust FundsMy Lords, the noble Baroness has put her finger on the point. What we have to do here is balance the need to protect vulnerable young adults—because that is what they are—with…11 Oct 2021HANSARDChild Trust FundsMy Lords, let me give a short answer to a long question. It is not a question of whether going to court should or should not be necessary: it is necessary because Parliament…11 Oct 2021HANSARDChild Trust FundsMy Lords, guaranteeing government time might be a little above my unpaid pay grade—but what I can say is that there will be a consultation. As the question from the noble…11 Oct 2021HANSARDChild Trust FundsMy Lords, I do think that the small payments scheme is the way forward. One of the mysteries in this cock-up, if I can use that word from the Dispatch Box, is why a proposal from…11 Oct 2021