Psychoactive Substances Bill [HL]

I do not wish to speculate on whether it was my eloquence and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Ha...

My Lords, my name is on this amendment. We moved a similar amendment in Committee. Obviously, we ...

My Lords, in supporting the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lord Rosser, I express my welcome...

My Lords, this may be a short group as we, too, welcome this amendment. I do not think I have eve...

Moved by

Baroness Meacher

11: Schedule 1, page 37, line 7, leave out paragraph 2 and ...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 11 I shall also speak to Amendment 12, both of which we debated in ...

My Lords, Amendment 24, to which the noble Baroness has added her name, comes from my noble frien...

My Lords, I am not sure that the issue of the medicinal use of cannabis is germane to this partic...

I would just make it clear that I am talking about research. It happens to be in that context, bu...

I was not meaning in any way to attempt to refute or reject something that the noble Baroness had...

I shall be brief, but we have an amendment in this group, which states:

“Regulations under ...

I thank noble Lords for all their points. As discussed in Committee, there is common ground betwe...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I thank the Minister for her reassu...

Moved by

Lord Howarth of Newport

13: Clause 5, page 2, line 36, at end insert “for th...

My Lords, this amendment is intended to avoid a situation in which we may find ourselves criminal...

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Hamwee and I have Amendment 16 in this group, which approaches the...

My Lords, all that needs to be said has been said. I will simply express my support for these ame...

My Lords, I, too, support these amendments but for a slightly different reason. I have a Private ...

My Lords, I certainly sympathise with the observations of the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, about ...

My Lords, it is very fitting that we come to the consideration of this amendment moved by the nob...

The noble Lord does not appear to have addressed the issue of disproportionate charging of black ...

The noble Lord made a good point on stop-and-search powers and I know that a significant body of ...

My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has spoken. We know and applaud the Home Secretary’s driv...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

15: Clause 5, page 3, line 7, leave out “is reckless as to” ...

My Lords, the amendment is in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, who cannot be here today. O...

I thank the noble Baroness for presenting this amendment on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas,...

My Lords, it would be inappropriate for me to take the matter any further. I am sorry that the gu...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

17: Clause 6, page 3, line 20, leave out “or B” and insert “, B ...

The purpose of this group of amendments relating to prison premises is to make supplying or offer...

My Lords, Amendments 18 and 20 in this group are in my name and that of the right reverend Prelat...

My Lords, I was glad to add my name to the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwoo...

My Lords, I have put my name to the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, in relation to pri...

My Lords, I apologise that I have not been able to be here for the whole debate. I had meetings e...

My Lords, whatever I may think about the general principle of the legislation, if we are to have ...

My Lords, I support the amendment of my noble friend Lord Rosser. As some of your Lordships know,...

My Lords, there is no doubt that one can think of serious aggravating factors in relation to thes...

Minister.

Thank you. I always get a little bit worried when the opposition Chief Whip appears in the Chambe...

I am grateful to the Minister for that very helpful suggestion. For the avoidance of doubt, the i...

I am looking for counsel from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hardie, as a former Lord Advocate,...

Perhaps I might assist the House. Of course, this is a devolved matter and it would be for the Sc...

I am very grateful for that. Perhaps we should take a little bit more time over this. There are s...

Before I respond, could I be clear about what the Minister is or is not offering? Is he offering ...

The principal point, which is about dealing with the issue of prisoners, is partially dealt with ...

The Minister has not given me a commitment to come back at Third Reading, and I am not surprised....

I am sorry to intervene on the noble Lord, but he may end up with something better for tackling t...

I am also reflecting on some of the arguments that have been made. There is an argument in relati...

Before the noble Lord sits down, just to be clear to those who are listening to this point in the...

When it comes to being a statutory aggravating feature affecting the seriousness of the offence, ...