Crime and Courts Bill [HL]

Today, as the Minister has said, is in fact a Second Reading debate on the Government’s latest ad...

I have given notice of my intention to oppose the Question that Clause 23 stand part of the Bill....

My Lords, a rehabilitation revolution will be welcome. Where I have criticisms, they are intended...

My Lords, I hope that I can start by referring to the amendments to Part 2 before us in the most ...

My Lords, it is clear from the Government’s response to the community sentencing consultation hel...

My Lords, there have been some very important contributions to this debate. I have agreed with pr...

I support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham. I had not intended to speak so ...

My Lords, I had not intended to speak, but I strongly support the speeches of the noble Lord, Lor...

My Lords, at last I rise. I will try to be relatively brief.

Like other noble Lords who hav...

My Lords, in my contribution I cannot lay claim to the same expertise that other noble Lords have...

My Lords, I hope that the Government will pay attention to everything that has been said today. T...

My Lords, I agree wholeheartedly with the remarks made by the noble Baroness, Lady Warnock. In re...

My Lords, the test for these amendments is whether they work in making community orders more effe...

My Lords, in a previous debate, I described the then Lord Chancellor as a practitioner of the Joh...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, for that response. As is often the case ...

Does the Minister agree that it is essential that the horses run in the same direction?

Absolutely. We might get on to troikas in a few minutes, but we will wait for that.

I also ...

Does the Minister accept the logic of the situation that, if he is right about the one-third of c...

I am sorry but I completely failed to follow the logic of this. Parliament is entitled to take an...

Before the Minister concludes, perhaps I may again raise the question of “exceptional circumstanc...

I shall certainly take that back. Perhaps I may be quite clear about the Government’s intention. ...

The Minister said something very interesting there and I just want to clarify it as far as we can...

Yes, and I think that some of the people who have been quoted as pleading exception could well be...

This is not on the substance but perhaps I may ask for clarification on what the Minister is movi...

If I may assist the Committee, we are speaking to Amendment 155ZA.

I know what we are speaking to but we are not voting on it. We are not agreeing these amendments....

All is now clear. Yes, we have to accept these amendments but they are then subject to amendment ...

As long as we are clear—I think we are; and I am not accusing the Minister of being otherwise —th...

I can absolutely give those assurances. The clerk advises me, and I am sure she is right, that if...

These seem exceptional circumstances and, in that light, I am sure that we will accept the ruling...

Moved by

Lord McNally

155ZB: After Clause 23, insert the following new Clause—

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I beg to move this formally. Again, these amendments are purely technical. They either have been ...

Moved by

Lord McNally

155A: Clause 28, page 29, line 23, after “State” insert “or Lor...

Moved by

Lord McNally

155CB: Clause 28, page 29, line 38, at end insert—

“( ) a...

Moved by

Lord McNally

155EZA: Before Schedule 16, insert the following new Schedule—<...

I beg to move.

Moved by

Lord McNally

155EZC: Before Schedule 16, insert the following new Schedule—<...

First, I thank the House for its understanding. I am sure that your Lordships will not find when ...

My Lords, the Minister may not have noticed but during his speech the clock stopped after seven m...

The noble Lord should see me in my swimming trunks before making that judgment.

I am too young to appreciate that offer.

It is ironic that notice of the Government’s inten...

My Lords, I welcome the proposals for deferred prosecution agreements in the proposed new schedul...

I am most grateful to my noble friend. Can he tell the Committee where that provision is to be fo...

It can be inferred from the fact that there is a proposal that the prosecuting authority has to g...

My Lords, first I want to declare an interest. As my noble friend Lord Beecham said, I had someth...

We are all in a form of something that is not quite unique territory. Because we have used this d...

I am grateful for that. It makes sense because the questions I want to raise are very much in the...

Does the noble and learned Lord not think that if he pursues that line, it will enable the party ...

The noble Lord may be right about that. I am asking the Minister a question about the thinking. O...

My Lords, I think that this is a very positive step and could be very valuable in the administrat...

My Lords, I admit that I have not read these provisions in whole more than once, but when I first...

My Lords, I did not expect to be able to be here this afternoon. In many ways, I wish I was not, ...

My Lords, again, this has been an extremely useful exercise. I am glad that we have done it in a ...

My noble friend does not do my argument justice. I was saying that if the Serious Fraud Office di...

Yes, I did hear the tail end of my noble friend’s argument where he said that it would all be sel...

I am not asking the Minister to reply now because noble Lords are waiting for the next debate, bu...

I am grateful to the noble Lord. I could try and busk it now but it would be far more sensible to...

Moved by

Lord McNally

155EZD: Clause 30, page 31, line 18, at end insert “, or

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Moved by

Lord McNally

155EZE: Clause 31, page 31, line 23, at end insert “and, in the...

Moved by

Lord McNally

155EB: Clause 31, page 31, line 28, at end insert—

“(4A) ...

Moved by

Lord McNally

155G: Clause 31, page 31, line 33, leave out “Sections 22 and 2...

Moved by

Lord McNally

161: In the Title, line 4, after “tribunals;” insert “to make p...