Policing and Crime Bill

My Lords, on looking at Amendment 179A and Amendment 179B in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Pa...

My Lords, as we have heard, this group of amendments relates to the provisions in Clauses 144 and...

Before the Minister sits down, will she address the point I made earlier about page 163 where “re...

I will write to the noble Lord to clarify that point.

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy. When the noble Baroness writes, perhaps ...

I think that is still under discussion at the moment with various authorities.

My Lords, we will see, but I am glad to note the Home Office’s acceptance of the importance of th...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

180: Clause 145, page 162, line 41, leave out ...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

181: After Clause 145, insert the following ne...

Moved by

Lord Lexden

181C: Clause 148, page 168, line 9, at end insert—

“( ) Ex...

My Lords, I will speak to the amendments in this group in my name and the names of my noble frien...

My Lords, I am extremely pleased to speak to the amendments by the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, to wh...

My Lords, briefly, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Lexden and Lord Cashman, for introducing the ame...

My Lords, I very much support all the amendments in this group. We have made tremendous progress ...

My Lords, I am so pleased to be able warmly to support the amendments proposed by the noble Lord,...

My Lords, I must express most grateful thanks to all noble Lords who have taken part in the debat...

Moved by

Lord Cashman

181D: After Clause 149, insert the following new Clause—

...

Moved by

Lord Cashman

181E: Clause 150, page 168, line 26, after “149” insert “, or u...

Moved by

Lord Lexden

181G: After Clause 150, insert the following new Clause—

“...

Moved by

Lord Paddick

181M: After Clause 150, insert the following new Clause—

...

My Lords, Amendment 181M is in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Hamwee. I tried to make i...

My Lords, this amendment in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, and the noble Baroness, La...

My Lords, I thank both noble Lords for explaining the amendment, which was of course also tabled ...

I am grateful to the Minister, who perhaps lulled me into a false sense of hope and optimism by s...

Moved by

Lord Marlesford

182: After Clause 152, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, in moving Amendment 182 on anonymity before charge, I refer to an earlier amendment whi...

My Lords, we have Amendment 187 in this group but, before I address that amendment, I would like ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 187. I do so with very great hesitation. I apologise to the ...

My Lords, this is a very difficult issue. The speeches that your Lordships have heard from the no...

My Lords, I support Amendment 182 and am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, for moving ...

My Lords, as a non-lawyer, I hesitate to disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, but it seeme...

Before the noble Lord sits down, does he think it is in the interests of the potential defendant ...

Not at all. The fact is that what the judge would be deciding is whether that name should be put ...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, I was not intending to take part in this debate. How...

My Lords, I have spoken about this issue on a number of occasions over the years, most recently i...

I am here.

Oh, she is here. What my noble friend said is very interesting, because she is one of the great l...

My Lords, I support what has just been said by the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, and the ame...

The noble Lord ended his remarks by saying that a grave injustice is caused to those when you hav...

My Lords, I am glad I arrived in time to hear my noble friend Lord Campbell-Savours praying me in...

My Lords, the issues raised by these amendments are extremely difficult. First, in view of all th...

My Lords, I have been quoted on both sides, so I want to say something for myself. The most shock...

My Lords, I have been listening with a great deal of care to all that has been said. I have no do...

My Lords, I will not detain the House for long. I was the Home Secretary back in 2003 when, as ha...

My Lords, I will not delay the House long, either. We have rightly concentrated on the rights of ...

My Lords, I will address a couple of points briefly. First, I will address the difference between...

My Lords, I note that the noble Lord, Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, concluded his comments by s...

My Lords, I am not a lawyer. When the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, and the noble and learned Barones...

I do not quite understand how the shocking cohort of football cases relates to the issue in these...

I am trying to illustrate that alleged victims’ willingness to come forward is now more common be...

Can the Minister clarify that? I think she just said that there is a low conviction rate in trial...

Many cases do not come to trial. I was trying to illustrate the reluctance of people to come forw...

Will the Minister address the issue that was raised by most of the speakers, on the position of p...

I think I addressed that right at the beginning of my speech, when I said that the Government com...

The Minister acknowledges that there is a problem and that there have been cases of monstrous inj...

I was just about to say—I do not know whether the noble Lord will be satisfied by it—that the Col...

I wonder whether the Minister is going to deal with this difficult issue with its complicated arg...

I think that I have explained that the Government feel that we currently have the balance right a...

My Lords, there are two differences between my amendment and that of the noble Lord, Lord Paddick...

Tabled by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

183: After Clause 152, insert the following ...

My Lords, I will speak also to Amendment 184 in this group. I will also mention the fact that my ...

Oh!

My Lords, I will not move Amendments 183 and 184.

Moved by

Lord Wigley

185: After Clause 152, insert the following new Clause—

“V...

My Lords, I realise that the House wants to move to a vote on the very important and significant ...

I am afraid that if the noble Lord wants to press this amendment he has to press it now. We canno...

I will speak as rapidly as I can and I am sorry that this is going to detain the House. Amendment...

My Lords, I would be grateful if noble Lords could be quiet because I cannot hear what the noble ...

I am grateful. I have rarely had that trouble in the past. As I was saying, it is the question of...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 185 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, for a...

My Lords, I am conscious that your Lordships want to vote on Amendment 187, so I shall be brief, ...

Before the noble Viscount sits down, is the point not that the complainant may say that the perso...

I could not agree more with the noble Lord. I agree with him as I agreed with him on the previous...

My Lords, my name is also attached to this amendment, but I would not normally have spoken given ...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, has explained, this amendment is designed to strengthen...

On that very point, if the court determines at that stage whether or not to release information, ...

The problem is that, as I said earlier, it is an exceptional measure of last resort. This means t...

Before the Minister sits down, I say that in the case with which the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, and...

I am sure the noble Baroness will understand that I cannot go into individual cases. CPS policy o...

My Lords, I am grateful. I realise that the House wants to move forward rapidly. I was grateful f...

We realise that certain aspects need to be addressed, which is why I said that I am ready to expl...

I am grateful to the Minister. On the basis of that assurance that there will be an investigation...

Tabled by

Baroness Berridge

186: After Clause 152, insert the following new Clause—