Serious Crime Bill [HL]

My Lords, I support my noble friend’s amendment. I apologise to the House for not being able to p...

My Lords, perhaps I should have spoken to my Amendment 4 before the noble Lord, Lord Warner, but ...

My Lords, I, too, welcome my noble friend to his position. It must have come as quite a facer in ...

My Lords, the Proceeds of Crime Act has been inadequately applied. There is no doubt that it coul...

My Lords, first I thank the noble Baroness and also my noble friend for their warm welcome to thi...

My Lords, before the Minister sits down, I have a question for him about his answer to me on rest...

I will, of course, take very seriously what the noble Lord said. I do not think that was exactly ...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

2: Clause 6, page 5, line 30, leave out “after...

My Lords, I can be relatively brief with this group of essentially minor and technical amendments...

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Lord Bates

3: Clause 7, page 6, line 31, after “make” insert “, discharge or...

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Lord Bates

5: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—

“Order...

My Lords, these amendments follow up the debate in Committee on the new offence of participating ...

My Lords, we are considering the third group of amendments, rather than the fifth, and I should m...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

6: After Clause 15, insert the following new C...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

8: Clause 16, page 13, line 23, at end insert—...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

9: After Clause 17, insert the following new C...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

10: Clause 19, leave out Clause 19

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

11: Clause 20, leave out Clause 20

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

12: Clause 22, leave out Clause 22

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

13: Clause 23, leave out Clause 23

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

14: Clause 25, page 20, line 43, at end insert...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

15: Clause 29, page 24, line 7, after “make” i...

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16: Clause 30, page 24, line 32, leave out “a ...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

17: Clause 40, page 30, line 40, leave out “co...

My Lords, as we noted in Committee, the tentacles of cybercrime can now stretch across the globe....

My Lords, I am grateful to both my noble friends on the Front Bench.

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

18: Clause 40, page 31, line 1, leave out “in ...

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Lord Bates

20: Clause 44, page 34, line 19, leave out “has reasonable cause ...

My Lords, my apologies to the House for the slight mix-up in the order. It is one of the things t...

My Lords, I can certainly forgive a technical hitch when we are given a welcome substantive respo...

I welcome the Government’s response to this. My amendment seeks further clarity on the provision ...

I am grateful for the welcome that the amendment has received. I am mindful of the two questions,...

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Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

25: Schedule 1, page 55, line 8, leave out “involve...

My Lords, I intend to speak also to other amendments in my name, namely Amendments 26, 27 and 28....

My Lords, before I address the specific points raised by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay,...

I am very grateful to the Minister for her clear and helpful response to my question on the reaso...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

29: Schedule 1, page 57, line 38, leave out fr...

My Lords, the four amendments in this group are minor, technical and drafting amendments to the p...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

30: Schedule 1, page 59, line 17, leave out “A...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

32: Clause 49, page 39, leave out lines 28 and...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

33: Clause 56, page 42, line 34, leave out fro...

My Lords, we now turn to the amendments relating to Clause 65—no, we do not. I am sorry but I had...

My Lords, again, I give my thanks to my noble friend.

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

34: Clause 56, page 42, line 38, leave out sub...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

35: Clause 59, page 44, leave out line 21 and ...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

36: Clause 61, page 45, line 35, leave out fro...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

37: Clause 64, page 48, line 9, leave out “sec...

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Lord Bates

39: Clause 65, page 48, line 40, at end insert—

“( ) In sub...

My Lords, we now turn to the amendments relating to Clause 65, which clarifies and updates the la...

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 41 in my name in this group. I welcome Clause 65 and the G...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for giving me the opportunity to discuss with him his Amendments 3...

I am not sure that I heard my noble friend correctly but he talked about child cruelty when someo...

My Lords, I believe that the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, was going to speak to Amendment 41A, but ...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support my noble friend Lady Walmsley on Amendment 41. This subject h...

My Lords, we have come back to a clause that was much debated in Committee. While we very much we...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I will seek to answer all t...

I think I had accepted what the Government had said: if you use the words “serious harm”, it woul...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for his clarification of his position, which I certainly accept. ...

Moved by

Lord Bates

40: Clause 65, page 48, line 43, at end insert—

“( ) In sub...

Moved by

Baroness Butler-Sloss

42: After Clause 65, insert the following new Clause—<...

My Lords, I am moving again the amendment relating to child abduction warning notices which I rai...

This proposal came out of a parliamentary inquiry co-ordinated by Barnardo’s and chaired by Sarah...

I certainly do not intend to repeat the arguments that have already been made in Committee and on...

My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, for tabling this amendment a...

My Lords, I thank all those who have taken part in this short debate and the Minister for setting...