Serious Crime Bill [HL]

My Lords, it is our view that it is not enough. I thank the noble Lord for raising the question. ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation of the Bill. There is always a sense of déjà v...

My Lords, I confess that I am at a loss. For once, I am not struggling to ask apparently innocent...

My Lords, this is not an easy Bill to read, as I think the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, was indic...

My Lords, I very much welcome this Bill and think it is timely and appropriate. I congratulate th...

My Lords, I start by offering my thanks to my noble friend Lord Taylor for his useful introductio...

My Lords, I begin by declaring my interests. I advise Lockheed Martin and UK Broadband, which hav...

My Lords, in dealing with the Second Reading of yet another miscellaneous provisions criminal Bil...

My Lords, as has already been said, we have had a succession of Acts of Parliament tackling crime...

My Lords, despite the glowing reference that the noble Lord, Lord Harris of Haringey, gave the co...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Paddick and to reassure the noble...

My Lords, I confess to having had some doubts as to whether I was justified in speaking on this B...

My Lords, I welcome this Bill. It is the latest instalment of an ambitious programme of work whic...

My Lords, when I picked up my copy of the Times on Thursday I saw a story headed “Criminal gangs ...

My Lords, I applaud some aspects of the Serious Crime Bill and raise some questions in relation t...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his explanation of the Bill. There is...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a trustee of UNICEF UK.

I shall focus on Clauses 62, 63 ...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the excellent, detailed and knowledgeable speech of my nobl...

My Lords, I stand corrected. It was wrong to say that nothing was done. A Bill was produced and a...

The noble Lord is getting closer to the possible political reality. To be fair to the Home Office...

My Lords, I wish I had as many caveats and as much good advice. I stand very briefly, first, to w...

My Lords, despite the frequency of Home Office Bills at times appearing to match the frequency of...

My Lords, this has been a good debate. Even though the Bill itself has been widely welcomed and t...

My comments on this area did not really have to do with whether the legislation was adequate; rat...

I understand exactly what the noble Baroness is saying. All I will say is that at every point at ...