Criminal Justice and Courts Bill

Moved by

Lord Faulks

2: Clause 3, page 4, line 11, at end insert—

“( ) Part 4 o...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

4: Clause 3, page 4, line 26, at end insert—

“(10) Before...

My Lords, Amendments 4, 5, 8 and 16 relate to the obligations imposed on the Parole Board by Clau...

My Lords, I want to add to some of the comments made by my noble friend Lord Beecham on the make-...

My Lords, perhaps I may add a word to what the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, has said in amplificati...

My Lords, I shall add a word based on my own experience. It is quite difficult to visualise the w...

My Lords, the amendments relate to four clauses, which will have the effect of increasing the inv...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanations. I do not, I am afraid, find them entirely sa...

Moved by

Lord Faulks

6: After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause—

“Minor...

Moved by

Lord Lester of Herne Hill

7: After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, the amendment was proposed by the Joint Committee on Human Rights, of which I am a memb...

My Lords, I support everything that has been said by the noble Lord, Lord Lester of Herne Hill. I...

My Lords, for the reasons that have already been given, I support the amendment and I do so all t...

My Lords, I add only this to the point made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd, in answer ...

My Lords, I hope that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd, was right when he said that he did ...

My Lords, I support this amendment. In Vinter, the Grand Chamber of the Strasbourg court made it ...

My Lords, I support the amendment and in particular the intervention made by the noble Lord, Lord...

I want to add a footnote to the points made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Phillips of Worth...

My Lords, seldom can there have been such an array of distinguished supporters for any amendment,...

My Lords, I must confess that I am somewhat puzzled by the position outlined in the JCHR report a...

My Lords, I fully understand what lies behind this amendment, which seeks to provide a review mec...

My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has spoken in this extraordinary debate, including the Mi...

Moved by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

9: Clause 6, page 5, line 35, leave out subse...

My Lords, the purpose of this amendment is quite simply to remove the power proposed in the Bill ...

My Lords, if Amendment 9 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 10 to 12 inclusive by reason of p...

My Lords, tagging—or electronic monitoring, to give it its official title—is potentially a useful...

My Lords, I know that it is normal that the Front Bench on this side finishes any debate before t...

My Lords, I want to pick up on the point that my noble friend Lady Kennedy of The Shaws has made ...

My Lords, the effect of Amendments 9, 10 and 14 would be, as my noble friend Lord Marks said, to ...

Before the Minister sits down, perhaps I may ask a question. Was there lobbying by security compa...

The noble Baroness asks a pertinent question. Representations are always made in any part of gove...

With respect to the Minister, he may not be able to answer the question that my noble friend has ...

Of course I will take advice on this, but as I have said already—and the noble Lord knows this as...

My Lords, a great deal of what my noble friend has said in response to these amendments is entire...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

11: Clause 6, page 6, line 29, at end insert—

“(1A) The c...

My Lords, the amendment addresses the growing trend of government to outsource the provision of p...

My Lords, Amendment 11 seeks to impose a requirement on providers of outsourced electronic monito...

My Lords, I will not press the amendment at this stage, but it is not clear to me why there shoul...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

15: Clause 7, page 7, line 2, at end insert—

“(4B) In con...

My Lords, I shall speak also to the Question whether Clause 8 stand part of the Bill.

This ...

My Lords, I support what the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, has said. What concerns me most about Clau...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, explained, the amendment seeks to require the Secretar...

I thank the Minister for his helpful reply and will look carefully at the record to see whether i...

Moved by

Lord Lloyd of Berwick

17: Clause 9, page 10, line 12, after “prisoners),” in...

My Lords, this amendment concerns prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for the protection of...

My Lords, most of what needs to be said on this amendment has already been said and said eloquent...

My Lords, this is my first contribution on the Bill; I apologise that I could not participate at ...

My Lords, I had the good fortune a week ago to enjoy a superb production of “Fidelio” at Garsingt...

My Lords, in supporting my noble and learned friend Lord Brown and saluting my noble and learned ...

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in paying tribute to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of...

My Lords, it is ironic that the Committee meets today, on Bastille Day, as the French Revolution ...

My Lords, we are debating once again the position of current IPP prisoners. The Government abolis...

I am sorry to intervene at this point but, as the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, was not in the Chamber...

The Government and the Parole Board, as the noble Lord would expect, are in frequent communicatio...

My Lords—

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Perhaps I might finish this sentence before I sit down. It is of course our intention to respond ...

I am most grateful to the Minister for giving way. It is clear that the Parole Board has a seriou...

I am very surprised that the noble Lord thinks that somehow the Ministry of Justice has failed to...

Before the Minister moves on, regulations were passed to permit lie detector tests to be carried ...

I am not aware of the question of lie detectors and whether or not they are used. I will write to...

Will the Minister explain why releasing these people now would present any greater risk than that...

They did not receive determinate sentences. With great respect to the noble and learned Lord, it ...

First, I must thank those who have supported this amendment so effectively, as it seems to me, an...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

18: Clause 10, page 10, line 29, after “fails,” insert “deliber...

Clause 10 creates a new offence of remaining unlawfully at large after recall. When he replies, w...

My Lords, I understand totally the sentiment behind the amendment, but the offence is about makin...

I am grateful to the Minister for his response and I note the very small percentage of those who ...

Moved by

Lord Patel of Bradford

19: Clause 14, page 15, line 24, at end insert—