Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

I am grateful to the noble Baroness. Does she agree that the passing of her amendment, or somethi...

I thank the noble Lord for his intervention and absolutely agree. Of course, it would not solve t...

My Lords, before I speak to my Amendment 56, I will start by saying that I completely agree with ...

My Lords, I am very pleased to add my name to Amendment 55 and pay tribute to my noble friend Lad...

My Lords, I also support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Bertin. I thank he...

My Lords, I add my support for the noble Baroness, Lady Bertin, in Amendment 55, and I will speak...

My Lords, I applaud my noble friend Lady Bertin’s eloquent speech about something so sensitive an...

My Lords, Amendments 57A and 59A have been grouped here. I am always hesitant to follow with a sm...

My Lords, I, too, support Amendment 55 in the name of my noble friend Lady Bertin, and I pay trib...

My Lords, I start by apologising to the Committee for not speaking at Second Reading—I am afraid ...

My Lords, I too add my support to the amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Bertin. Many po...

My Lords, I support everything that has been said so far. I will speak to Amendments 57 and 58, i...

My Lords, I support Amendment 58 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe, but I...

My Lords, I support Amendments 55 and 56, principally because, apart from their justice, it is na...

My Lords, I have already made a comment about serious sexual offences but there is something else...

We are going into a wider debate. My personal view is that we should never have abolished the Oxf...

I realised when I started on this that there were one or two noble Lords around the House—I saw o...

My Lords, perhaps we should leave the reorganisation of the police to another occasion. The first...

My Lords, first, I have absolutely no doubt about the Minister’s commitment to dealing with the s...

My Lords, like other noble Lords I await with interest the Government’s response to all the amend...

My Lords, I assure noble Lords that I will not be getting into a debate about the number of polic...

My Lords, first, I thank everyone for their powerful collection of persuasive speeches supporting...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

59: Clause 13, page 13, line 25, after “body” ...

My Lords, Amendment 59 to Clause 13 is a drafting amendment. Clause 13 concerns the involvement o...

My Lords, we on these Benches want to probe whether Clause 13 needs to stand part of the Bill. Ca...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for this stand part debate. If the Commi...

I thank the Minister for her explanation of government Amendment 59. She said it makes a minor cl...

My Lords, with apologies for rising at this late stage, I lay my cards on the table and say that ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. Clause 13 provides a power...

I have just a couple of questions. First, what aspects of Clause 13 are local policing bodies cur...

My Lords, I shall try to. At the moment, PCCs and other local policing bodies have the powers to ...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

72: Clause 17, page 17, line 5, leave out “con...

I rise to explore whether Clause 17 should in fact stand part of the Bill. I am grateful to the n...

My Lords, I have to support what I have just heard from the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, for rea...

My Lords, I rise to support the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, and I am very grateful to the noble...

My Lords, this group starts with government Amendment 72, which I will say a brief word about. Th...

My Lords, we expect that the duty will provide the right legal basis for improved multiagency wor...

Can the Minister explain subsection (5), which sets out that

“the governor of a prison, you...

My Lords, the direction power is not available in relation to probation services provided by the ...

Before the Minister sits down, I have one further question about the protection on data protectio...

The noble Baroness is absolutely right about data protection but there are exemptions. One is the...

I am grateful to the Minister. I think I need to read what she said and compare it with what is i...

I thank the Minister for her response on Clause 17. However, I wish to express a bit of concern. ...

My Lords, I am keen for this not to be left hanging in uncertainty. Perhaps a bit of further expl...

My Lords, before the noble Baroness withdraws her objection to the clause standing part, I remind...

I have had enough.

My Lords, it might be helpful to the Committee if I clarify what may be a slight confusion. The g...

Moved by

Lord Paddick

73: Clause 18, page 17, line 17, at end insert “and contained i...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 73, I will speak also to Amendment 74 in my name.

Clause 18 s...

My Lords, we support the amendments put forward by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick. On Amendment 74,...

My Lords, that was quick for a Committee debate. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister, but it was actually me who proposed these amendments.