Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

My Lords, I support Amendment 284 for all the reasons that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falco...

My Lords, I offer Green support for all these amendments. Some of my questions have just been ans...

My Lords, spiking is a serious matter and people who do it should be caught and punished, but I i...

My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendments 292A and 292B. In doing so, I declare my interest...

My Lords, I entirely support the motivation behind all the amendments in the group, comprehensive...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, for setting out these amend...

I apologise for interrupting, but is it right that those existing sexual offences all require the...

I was going to get on to that, because I had noted the noble and learned Lord’s point. There are ...

How can the Minister tell when I am wearing my mask?

I can see the noble and learned Lord’s eyebrows.

In 2019, the Crown Prosecution Service ame...

If the offences were in place in 2003 and the guidance updated in 2019, why does the Minister bel...

I do not disagree that it is only now being prosecuted. The point is that it is being prosecuted,...

I am very much obliged to everybody who has taken part in this incredibly important debate. It is...

I suppose it is following on from what the noble Lord, Lord Marks, pointed out, about the broadne...

I completely take the noble Baroness’s point. The law has been very, very aware of that. There is...

It was the latter rather than the former, I have to say.

Then there might be a point where that becomes harassment.

I found the speech of the noble ...

I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for giving way and I am sorry that he found my speech...

I do not know where to start in relation to that intervention. I agree with the noble Lord that w...

The noble and learned Lord invites a response. I can certainly say that we will co-operate with t...

I have no idea whether that was a yes or a no to my question. I assume the two points the noble L...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

292: After Clause 170, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, changing the subject, the Data Protection Act 2018, reflecting the GDPR, in Section 14 ...

My Lords, with the leave of the Committee, I will speak briefly. In my comments on the previous g...

As has been said, Article 22 of the general data protection regulation provides that a person has...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for explaining this amendment, which ...

My Lords, I am grateful for that reply. This amendment and this concern are about far more than n...

Moved by

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

292E: After Clause 170, insert the following new...

My Lords, before I get to the amendment, I think I can speak for all of us in saying that our tho...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell of Beeston, for introducing this amendment. Wh...

My Lords, this is very sensitive territory. Dying is sacred and is part of our living. I think I ...

My Lords, I have two points to raise. Following the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leeds, I...

I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Stowell and Lady Masham, for tabling this probing amendment, p...

My Lords, I support this amendment. I appreciate the time, but as somebody who has lost somebody ...

My Lords, that was one of the most powerful statements I have heard in this House, coming from so...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell of Beeston, for bringing this amendment to the...

My Lords, what a moving and powerful debate we have had this evening. I know that the noble Baron...

My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker; this has been one of the loveliest deb...

My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister and to all noble Lords who have spok...

Moved by

Lord McColl of Dulwich

292F: After Clause 170, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, over the six years since the Modern Slavery Act was passed, we have seen the criminals ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord McColl of Dulwich, for raising the important issu...

I note the work that the noble Lord, Lord McColl, has done on modern slavery over many years, and...

I am sorry to disappoint the noble Lord.

I am grateful to my noble friend Lord McColl for i...

I thank the Minister for his reply and the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for being so supportive. The ...

Moved by

Lord Wasserman

292G: After Clause 170, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, before I say anything substantive about this amendment standing in my name and the name...

My Lords, I wish to speak against this amendment, because on first reading it set off a number of...

My Lords, I have put my name to this amendment and I shall speak in support of it. I very much we...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Wasserman, for tabling this amendment, to which my name is...

My Lords, we clearly have a division in the House about the merits of this amendment. There are t...

My Lords, I will speak briefly. I thank all noble Lords who spoke to this. It is a controversial ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, for introducing my speech. This amendment...

You can do better than that.

It is very good, actually; I had some on Saturday. I have not tried to do that but if I did, will...

My Lords, interesting points have been raised by Members around the Chamber. I agree with my nobl...

I thank my noble friend Lord Wasserman and others for explaining this amendment, which relates to...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for her comments, which were thoughtful a...