Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

My Lords, I too thank the Minister for explaining the Bill. When the noble and learned Lord, Lord...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to lead the Back-Bench contributions to the debate on this Bill...

My Lords, this is indeed major legislation—298 pages, and that does not tell us the whole story a...

More, more!

Noble Lords are very kind.

I support the view of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer,...

My Lords, I am grateful for the varied contributions heard today from noble and learned Lords, ma...

My Lords, I have often reflected that I thought ghosts were walking the corridors of the Palace o...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Paddick has addressed the Bill widely, but I want to address just ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for performing what I think must have been quite a difficult task ...

My Lords, I want to mention two specific matters. The first has already been addressed by the nob...

My Lords, I want to speak about a specific group who will be affected by some of the Bill’s provi...

My Lords, I will speak on Part 1 of the Bill concerning the police covenant, which I am pleased t...

My Lords, in the impossibly restricted time available, I can only advise the House on the key fin...

My Lords, I will attempt to address three short points in the hope that I can push a little on an...

My Lords, I too look forward very much to the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst. He...

My Lords, I intend to focus my remarks principally on the public order powers set out in Part 3 o...

My Lords, one can sense the eagerness and anticipation in this House, particularly among the seas...

My Lords, I have no time today to talk about what is in this Bill, only to talk about what is not...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak on this Bill. Every time I have worked on a Bill since I arri...

My Lords, I shall focus on one proposal: to criminalise trespass for the first time. This offence...

My Lords, I am not sure whether the knocking sound behind us has been someone trying to get in or...

Oh!

I hope Hansard does not repeat that.

Artificial intelligence has huge potential benefits an...

My Lords, my brief comments today will primarily focus on domestic abuse and serious violence. My...

My Lords, I begin by calling noble Lords’ attention to my previous service in the Metropolitan Po...

My Lords, the Bill will take a while in your Lordships’ House, and I will raise three short point...

My Lords, the measures relating to protest and public order in Part 3 of the Bill are of interest...

My Lords, there are some valuable things in the Bill but they are dwarfed by things that really s...

My Lords, it is an honour to speak in your Lordships’ House for the first time and to do so in su...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Sandhurst and be the first to congratul...

My Lords, I draw your attention to my entry in the register of interests. In this Second Reading,...

My Lords, I begin by adding my fulsome welcome and congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Sandhu...

My Lords, I offer to the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, my congratulations on his maiden speech. We ...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, and I look forward to hearing many more ...

My Lords, I too welcome the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, to this House. I am sure he will make a g...

My Lords, this Bill presents your Lordships with an opportunity to right a long-standing wrong an...

My Lords, I welcome the chance to contribute to this debate. I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Sandh...

My Lords, I will touch on two issues in this Bill which have not yet been discussed, but I refer ...

My Lords, like other noble Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Sandhurst on his maiden spe...

My Lords, as has been said, this is a vast Bill. I cannot remember receiving so many briefings an...

My Lords, I add my compliments on the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst. I had the ...

My Lords, I want to raise some concerns about the provision of interpreters in our courts and to ...

My Lords, I feel that I must begin by declaring an interest, as did the noble Lord, Lord Dubs. Tw...

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register, especially as a trustee of the Centr...

My Lords, I welcome some features of the Bill, in particular the long-overdue measures to bring c...

I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Sandhurst on his maiden speech. We will all bene...

My Lords, there is so much in this Bill that causes concern, whatever else in it we can agree wit...

My Lords, in considering the Bill I shall concentrate on Part 3, although the other sections also...

My Lords, I will confine my comments to Part 4 of the Bill, which introduces draconian measures s...

My Lords, in this mammoth omnibus Bill, there is an uncomfortable shift in the balance of power a...

My Lords, I thank those organisations that have forwarded briefing notes to us. My thanks also go...

My Lords, this is a big and important Bill with much to commend it but, regrettably, also some am...

My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, and welcome him to this House. I wil...

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, following his mai...

This is such a Clapham omnibus of a Bill that to try to make sense of it could lead one to arrive...

My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my interests as set out in the register, particularly i...

My Lords, I join others in welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, to the House and I look forw...

My Lords, I wish to speak particularly about matters of relevance to this Bill affecting animals ...

My Lords, I begin by joining the welcome to my noble friend Lord Sandhurst. We are delighted to h...

My Lords, I have been on many demonstrations in the past and I have caused a lot of trouble in my...

My Lords, I agree with much of what noble Lords have said in this debate but I intend to say some...

My Lords, this is indeed an important piece of legislation, which has some useful proposals but c...

My Lords, as the last Back-Bench speaker, I want to introduce my speech by saying to my noble fri...

My Lords, with some trepidation, I rise to speak in the gap after such a long day. I thank the no...

My Lords, I do not crave quite as much indulgence as the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, since I put...

My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, on his excellent maiden speech. I ha...

I start by saying that our thoughts and good wishes are very much with the noble Lord, Lord Wolfs...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in today’s debate. I start by thanking the ...