Criminal Justice and Courts Bill

My Lords, I ask the Government to think carefully about this clause—and I do so because they have...

My Lords, I strongly oppose the proposal that Clause 25 should not stand part of the Bill and it ...

My Lords, judicial discretion is a very important aspect of the judicial process. However, embedd...

My Lords, I intervene briefly. I have deep unease about this clause for a number of reasons that ...

My Lords, I deplore the carrying of knives, as do all of us in this House. I shall make two short...

My Lords, if I may, I will add a few words in support of the points made by the noble and learned...

I intervene on the noble and learned Lord with a degree of trepidation. He rightly gives the expe...

I am very grateful to the noble Lord for raising that point. Of course, one supports everything t...

My Lords, it is with some considerable hesitation that I speak now, with two views having been ex...

That is not correct. The case that I referred to was at first instance in a trial in the High Cou...

I stand corrected on that but again, if I may say so, their experience was not, because of the wa...

My Lords, I had not meant to take part in this debate; I am neither a lawyer nor a judge. However...

My Lords, I raised this matter at Second Reading and draw to the Committee’s attention the fact t...

My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate and will do so briefly. I have listened care...

My Lords, I ask the Minister to clarify one issue, and ask for help from my noble friend Lord Bla...

My Lords, of course it is wrong for a young person to carry a knife. Of course we want to remove ...

My Lords, I rise to speak with some trepidation because I have found this debate really rather de...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to all the speeches and I must say I find the arguments on bo...

My Lords, I, too, was not going to take part but the previous contribution was not worthy. This i...

My Lords, I shall be very brief. What I object to in the Government’s proposal is the automaticit...

My Lords, I, too, had not intended to speak, but I feel moved to do so on this occasion. We have ...

My Lords, I, too, was not going to add my voice to this debate, but I feel compelled to do so for...

Will the noble and learned Baroness confirm for the Committee that neither she nor I have any int...

My Lords, I can assure the Committee that this has been a sober debate on the issues and that it ...

My Lords, amen to that. Like the last several speakers, I had not intended to intervene in the de...

My Lords, when I make contributions to these debates, I am always conscious of a sense of nervous...

My Lords, Clause 25 would put in place a minimum custodial sentence of six months’ imprisonment f...

I am completely confused as to who the Minister is speaking on behalf of. Is he speaking on behal...

I hope it will not be a regular occurrence. I am endeavouring, in my short remarks, to assist the...

Is the Minister speaking for the Government or is he merely putting this before the Committee, so...

I am putting this before the Committee in circumstances in which, as I think the noble Lord well ...

Does my noble friend agree that this is too important an issue for it to become a kind of joke me...

I agree with my noble friend that it should be considered seriously and a judgment exercised by t...

I am grateful to the Minister. Whoever he is speaking on behalf of, he should regard me as a floa...

Before the noble Lord’s intervention, I was going to conclude by saying that this is not a clause...

I am not a lawyer or a civil servant draftsman. Does that mean that if this clause is agreed to, ...

It is not a question of guidelines; there are a number of particular defects in the clause. For e...

If the Government have so many reservations about this clause, surely their position should be to...

The Committee is looking carefully at the clause. I have endeavoured to assist with various quest...

Would it help the Government if we voted this clause down? They could then produce a clause that ...

Why have a vote at all? We are in Committee and the Bill will then be on Report. At that stage, t...

Can my noble friend elucidate for those Liberal Democrats who are unaccustomed to taking part in ...

My Lords, I have listened to this debate for the last hour and a half and was almost looking forw...

My Lords, I apologise for prolonging this still further. Following the noble Lord, Lord Harris of...

There were quite a number of interventions. I will endeavour, very briefly, to say what I can wit...

My Lords, this has been an important debate. It has been a serious and sober debate. I agree with...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

35A: After Clause 26, insert the following new Clause—

“O...

My Lords, after the late excitement, we come to the more mundane world of driving while disqualif...

My Lords, this amendment, as the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, has explained, would make the current ...

I am grateful for the Minister’s indication. What he said underlines the legitimacy of the charge...

Moved by

Lord Faulks

36: After Clause 27, insert the following new Clause—

“Mee...

My Lords, this Government, and I know this House, are committed to doing their utmost to protect ...

My Lords, this is an extremely sensible amendment. I rise on behalf of Barnardo’s to express its ...

My Lords, as a member of Barnardo’s, I am delighted on this occasion to be able to agree with my ...

My Lords, we on these Benches welcome the amendment. I welcome it personally because I took part ...

I am grateful for those brief but welcome interventions by a number of noble Lords, not least of ...

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

36A: Clause 28, page 28, leave out lines 1 and 2

My Lords, I am pleased to introduce a group of amendments that seek to tighten up Clause 28 and m...

I remind the Committee that if Amendment 36B is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 36C to 36F; i...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for her amendments to Clause 28, because it ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for explaining to the Committee the details ...

My Lords, I am grateful for the concern shown by the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, and other nob...

I thank the Minister for his considered, if somewhat disappointing, response. The point of the Co...

Moved by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

37: After Clause 28, insert the following new...

My Lords, the term “revenge pornography” refers to the publication, usually but not always, on th...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 40 in this group. It seeks to introduce a new criminal but...

My Lords, I apologise for having been unable to attend Second Reading. I will speak in particular...

My Lords, I support the principles behind Amendments 37 and 40. The internet, as we all know, is ...

My Lords, it is important that this proposed new clause is drawn with real care. While I hear the...

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Berridge set out strongly the case for Amendment 40 with which I a...

My Lords, I added my name to Amendments 37, 38 and 39 and I shall not repeat the very good points...

My Lords, I will address the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The Shaws, that th...

My Lords, this has been a very good and interesting debate. We on these Benches support the princ...

My Lords, this has been a very useful debate indeed. I will deal with Amendments 37, 38, 39 and 4...

My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has spoken in this debate, and to the Minister for his st...