Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

My Lords, this amendment, proposed by my noble friend Lord Paddick, is one that I wholeheartedly ...

My Lords, I am very happy to discuss Amendment 12, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick. It is r...

My Lords, I want to amplify one point made by both previous speakers. I am sure that the Minister...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for explaining his amendment. Before I g...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Harris of Richmond for her support and the noble Lord, Lor...

I will try. The noble Lord is asking why specials are treated as members of the police force in S...

It was a good try, but it quite clearly does not answer the question at all. Specials in Scotland...

Moved by

Baroness Randerson

13: Clause 4, page 5, line 24, after “police” insert “pur...

My Lords, I am pleased to have this opportunity to introduce this group of amendments, and of tho...

My Lords, I have Amendments 14 and 17 in this group. I hope—in fact I am confident—that my noble ...

My Lords, this is a difficult and contentious part of the Bill. There has been much debate for de...

My Lords, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, to his place, and wish him well in his role. If ...

My Lords, if I may come in briefly before my noble friend the Minister speaks, I think the term “...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, and my noble friend Lord Attlee fo...

My Lords, could the Minister tell us what powers ambulance drivers and fire engine drivers have i...

I undertake to write to my noble friend.

My Lords, with my 30 years’ experience in the police service, I am having some difficulty in unde...

I thank the noble Lord for that intervention. I think I gave some other examples, though, of thin...

My Lords, could I ask the Minister if I heard him correctly? I think that, in the early part of t...

I think I—

He might be going to answer that.

I will wait for a moment or two. I do not know whether the Minister wants to answer now.

Can I come back to the noble Lord on that in a second, please? Sorry.

I first want to thank the Minister for his response and all other noble Lords who have taken part...

May I respond to the noble Lord, Lord Beith? I do not know if this is appropriate. I am probably ...

Moved by

Lord Paddick

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

“Nat...

My Lords, Amendment 19 is supported by my noble friend Lady Randerson and the noble Baroness, Lad...

My Lords, we are extraordinarily lucky to have the expertise of the noble Lord, Lord Paddick. I h...

I am grateful to the noble Earl for his intervention. I think national standards would say that t...

My noble friend has raised the issue of national standards. I want to approach this issue in a sl...

My Lords, I have a confession to make: I love the traffic police. I have spent many happy hours i...

My Lords, the amendments would improve the Bill. The legislation in some respects is too loose, a...

My Lords, I think the answer to the noble Lord’s question is that, if the police officer is drivi...

May I speak? Sorry, I do not know what the rules are. That is the point that I was making, and I ...

I have two points: one is that we are in Committee, so we can speak as many times as we like, and...

Thank you, my Lords—I have enjoyed this debate. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, fo...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. To my noble ...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

21: Clause 7, page 8, line 16, after “violence” insert “and safe...

We now move on to Part 2 of the Bill. The amendments in this group all relate to the issue of ens...

My Lords, I have signed most of the amendments in this group because I think they are extremely v...

My Lords, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester was in his place earlier but has ha...

My Lords, I support Amendments 50 and 52, which seek to create a statutory definition for child c...

My Lords, I agree very much with the concerns that have been expressed this evening, and I would ...

My Lords, there are a number of general points I need to make about the new legal duties to suppo...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, for setting out the case for these a...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, and the Minister for the Government’s res...