Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

My Lords, scrutiny can be misunderstood. Criticism, however gentle and constructive, can be heard...

My Lords, I must admit that when I saw the streamlined proposal, as the Minister described it, co...

My Lords, there is much to welcome in this Bill. The strengthening of the laws on firearms and on...

My Lords, this Bill, in 14 parts, will need a great deal of scrutiny. While I would like to addre...

My Lords, this Bill is not so much a curate’s egg as a curate’s omelette, with some distinctly un...

My Lords, there are some welcome provisions in the Bill, but I am concerned that many of the refo...

My Lords, I declare my registered interest in policing. I too look forward to the maiden speech o...

My Lords, I am very pleased to welcome the Bill into the House. For me, it contains a number of i...

My Lords, I shall speak mainly to Parts 1 to 6 of the Bill. I remind the House that I sit as a ma...

My Lords, I think the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, was confusing my name with my curre...

My Lords, let me congratulate my noble friend Lord Paddick on his excellent contribution. He brin...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, on his eloquent and humorous maiden speech...

My Lords, I, too, add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, on his excellent speech...

My Lords, I wish to speak briefly on two issues. The first relates to Part 1 and in particular to...

My Lords, it is a slightly daunting experience in a Second Reading debate on a criminal justice B...

My Lords, I start by declaring my interests as co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on P...

My Lords, first, I join in the congratulations that have been expressed on the outstanding maiden...

My Lords, I wish to raise just two points on this Bill—the first concerns prisoners’ families and...

My Lords, reading the House of Commons Hansard in relation to this Bill, I noticed that one Conse...

My Lords, unlike my noble friend Lord Paddick, who made such an excellent maiden speech, I am a s...

My Lords, it is a long time since I have been involved in a Home Office Bill about anti-social be...

My Lords, I thank and congratulate the Minister on the illuminating tour he took us on of the Chr...

My Lords, I have found this debate particularly interesting. Some of the speeches will be well wo...

My Lords, I remind the House of my interests, which involve many years of working with the police...

My Lords, I propose to focus on just one clause in this lengthy Bill. I refer to Clause 151, in P...

My Lords, the Bill sailed through the other place without much fuss, but I am glad to see that th...

My Lords, I add my congratulations and welcome to my new friend on these Benches, my noble friend...

My Lords, speaking so late in the batting order enables me to cross out a large number of things ...

My Lords, there are many principles in this Bill of many parts but I shall mention briefly the IP...

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, to the House. I fou...

My Lords, I first congratulate my noble friend Lord Paddick on an excellent maiden speech. I look...

My Lords, in addressing this omnibus, complex, 200-page Bill, I am conscious that it seeks to shi...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lord Paddick on his maiden speech and welcome him ...

My Lords, I start by welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, to this Chamber. We look forward to ...

My Lords, I join noble Lords in congratulating my noble friend Lord Paddick on his extremely well...

My Lords, I, too, welcome the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, to this House and compliment him on his f...

My Lords, as a speaker in the gap, I propose to say only a very few words. I am here principally ...

My Lords, this has been a lengthy but interesting debate in which there have been many powerful c...

My Lords, this has been a wide debate, which is not surprising given the content of the Bill. It ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. I do not wish to detain the House. I appreciate that, be...

The Home Office works closely with the Department for Communities and Local Government. It is fai...

Does my noble friend agree that, during the whole period when these powers have been in operation...

The use of these powers is part of our general drive to ensure that we repress terrorism in this ...