Crime and Courts Bill [HL]

My Lords, I am not a criminal lawyer and have none of the experience that the noble Baroness, Lad...

My Lords, I do not share the concerns expressed by the two previous speakers. The broadcasting of...

Would the noble Lord address the points raised by the Joint Committee on Human Rights, rather tha...

My Lords, I have made such points as I think may assist the House in answer to the arguments brou...

My Lords, I apologise for arriving late at this part of the debate. I did not propose to speak an...

I entirely agree that judges deserve all the protection necessary in those circumstances. However...

Does the noble Lord accept that there is something different about the moving camera? There is a ...

Of course there are differences, but no difference that could possibly justify these amendments. ...

My Lords—

My Lords, we need to be a little careful about adhering to the rules of Report.

My Lords, the noble Baroness has referred to something that happened about 20 years ago in relati...

My Lords, it is very rare indeed that I do not wholly agree with the noble Baroness. As for my no...

My Lords, I understand the points made by my noble friend and by the noble Lord, Lord Lester. Thi...

My Lords, it is always interesting to examine such issues. I have listened to the speeches and th...

I thank the Minister for his response. I am not sure that there could be enough locks to satisfy ...

Moved by

Lord Pannick

113A: After Clause 23, insert the following new Clause—

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My Lords, this amendment seeks to abolish the crime of scandalising the judiciary in England and ...

My Lords—

My Lords, I wonder if my noble friend will give way. I want to intervene now because what I am go...

My Lords, I declare a former professional interest in that I acted for the Northern Ireland Human...

Lord Carswell:

My Lords, I support this amendment. I spoke briefly in Committee and I inten...

My Lords, I echo the remarks made by the Minister and by other noble Lords. We are entirely suppo...

My Lords, I will clarify a point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. The Justice Committee in...

I am grateful to all noble Lords who spoke.

Moved by

Baroness Linklater of Butterstone

113AA: After Clause 23, insert the followi...

My Lords, the amendment will ensure that, where necessary, vulnerable defendants are provided wit...

My Lords, I hope the Minister can give a positive reply to the noble Baroness. She has made a pow...

I also urge the Minister to do what has just been urged by the noble Lord, Lord Beecham. It is th...

My Lords, as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, has just told us, it is the duty of the cour...

My Lords, I am heartily grateful to the noble and learned Lord and the noble Lord who have suppor...

Moved by

Lord McNally

113C: Before Clause 24, insert the following new Clause—

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My Lords, I was going to say that these were technical amendments, but I am advised that they are...

My Lords, burglary is a serious crime—

My Lords—

Does the noble Lord not want to speak at the end?

No, I want to speak now if that is all right. Thank you. Burglary is a serious crime and a partic...

Before the noble Lord sits down, in the light of his very powerful speech, is he going to invite ...

My Lords, I am treating this as a Second Reading debate, which we could and should have had some ...

My Lords, I should disclose that I presided over the case of Tony Martin on appeal. I oppose this...

My Lords, I, too, oppose this amendment and echo everything said by the noble and learned Lord, L...

My Lords, I entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wo...

My Lords, the Minister said that householders should not be subjected to criminal liability becau...

My Lords, I am sorry that I missed the beginning of the debate: I was engaged on other business. ...

My Lords, I, too, have been burgled and I have absolutely no sympathy with burglars, but this ame...

My Lords, I regret that I cannot support this new clause. I agree entirely with what the noble an...

My Lords, I speak as a layman who has represented communities in which the whole family cannot go...

My Lords, this has been a very thoughtful debate, and people of great experience have put their v...

Before the Minister sits down, have the Government consulted the Lord Chief Justice and the judic...

The amendment is a government amendment, and the Government stand by the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Avebury

113D: After Clause 24, insert the following new Clause—

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My Lords, the new clause proposed by the first amendment in this group would remove the restricti...

My Lords, I have a good deal of sympathy with the noble Lord’s first amendment, but am not perhap...

My Lords, I support my noble friend and add one further thought. In terms of public awareness, I ...

My Lords, I cannot promise my noble friend that the Government can be ahead on these issues but I...

My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his thorough reply to these thre...

Before I call the next amendment, I wish to announce that in the Division on Amendment 113C, ther...

Moved by

Lord Ramsbotham

113G: Schedule 16, page 250, line 34, leave out from beginni...

My Lords, I was concerned that timing might be against us getting to this point this evening, bec...

My Lords, we have an amendment in this group. It is interesting that the Government’s response to...

My Lords, I have difficulty with these provisions, for very much the same reasons as my noble fri...

My Lords, I have Amendments 113GZB and 113GC in this group, to which my noble friend Lady Linklat...

My Lords, I must first apologise for not being present at the beginning of this part of the debat...

My Lords, I add my voice in agreement with much of what has already been said. What my noble frie...

My Lords, sometimes I think that debates in this House are like two flotillas of ships passing in...

My Lords, perhaps I may quickly say that I never used the word “violence”. The word I used was ve...

My Lords, I thank all those who have spoken in this debate. I am sorry that the Minister ended in...