Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Moved by

Lord Moylan

109C: After Clause 55, in subsection (1), leave out “may” and in...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for being a listening Minister and for the hard work she has pu...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, and to have put my name to his ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 109D to remove the negative procedure for all subsequent revi...

My Lords, as other noble Lords have said, this is a contentious issue. The noble Lord, Lord Macdo...

My Lords, I begin by saying how grateful I am to my noble friend Lady Williams of Trafford for th...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing her two amendments, which we welcome. It was fair ...

Without having myself looked at the wording of the amendment, the original wording, which I think...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friends for setting out their amendments. I shall respond to ...

My Lords, does my noble friend agree that, since the guidance was published before the Court of A...

My noble friend has jumped the gun on what I was going to say. We are confident that the statutor...

A question was asked earlier about what will happen to people who already have their information—...

I remind the noble Baroness that she should not be speaking if she did not speak before the Minis...

I did not understand that, and I apologise. The guidelines are reputation destroying and they nee...

On Report, questions and interventions are generally for points of elucidation and the Back-Bench...

I am grateful to my noble friend, and for her reassurances, and I look forward to seeing the lett...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

109F: After Clause 55, insert the following ne...

Moved by

Lord Sharpe of Epsom

109G: After Clause 55, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans for bringing these important...

My Lords, I declare my interest as president of the Rural Coalition. It is a great delight to sta...

My Lords, I commend the government amendments, and congratulate the right reverend Prelate on his...

My Lords, I congratulate the right reverend Prelate on his success in persuading the Government t...

My Lords, we welcome these amendments, although, considering that the Government’s Action Plan fo...

I thank all noble Lords for their warm words, and in particular the right reverend Prelate for hi...

Moved by

Lord Sharpe of Epsom

109H: After Clause 55, insert the following new Clause—...

Moved by

Lord Sharpe of Epsom

109KA: After Clause 55, insert the following new Clause...

Moved by

Lord Sharpe of Epsom

109PA: After Clause 55, insert the following new Clause...

Moved by

Lord Sharpe of Epsom

109R: After Clause 55, insert the following new Clause—...

Moved by

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

114A: After Clause 55, insert the following new C...

My Lords, this amendment was debated on Wednesday, so I intend to speak very briefly to it. The p...

Moved by

Lord Rosser

114C: After Clause 55, insert the following new Clause—

“A...

Amendment 114C would place a statutory duty of candour on members of the police workforce. It wou...

I have added my name to this amendment for four reasons. First, the need is clear: we need comple...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Rosser and Lord Paddick, and the noble and learned Lord, ...

My Lords, I welcome that the opposition is united in support of this amendment.

The police ...

My Lords, as a former police officer, I must tell the House that leaving the failure to abide by ...

My Lords, I have not thought an awful lot about this, but the principle, which seems unarguable, ...

My Lords, in the Stephen Lawrence inquiry, one of the challenges we faced was that the police wer...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Rosser and Lord Paddick, for affording us this further op...

The Minister has described a duty of co-operation, which is not the same as the duty described by...

I was making the point that, in some ways, the duty of co-operation goes further because of the s...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in the debate, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Paddick,...

Moved by

Lord Russell of Liverpool

114D: After Clause 55, insert the following new Cl...

My Lords, I start by thanking several noble Baronesses who, for many years, have been trying to p...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Baroness ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Russell, for his comprehensive introduction to this amendm...

My Lords, I am proud to have added my name to this amendment, which I believe is vital. I thank t...

My Lords, I pay tribute to the tireless work over many years of all three noble Lords who have sp...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Russell, for tabling this amendment. I praise the tireless...

My Lords, the first Bill I can remember that dealt with this subject did so under the name of “ha...

My Lords, I add our strong support for this amendment. I pay tribute to my noble friend Lady Roya...

My Lords, I join others in paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Russell of Liverpool, and his o...

My Lords, I thank the Minister very much for what she said. As usual, she has been thorough and c...

Moved by

Baroness Newlove

114F: After Clause 55, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, one of the themes that has come up again and again when we debate this Bill has been th...

Moved by

Baroness Noakes

114G: After Clause 55, in subsection (3), leave out “or gend...

My Lords, my Amendment 114G amends my noble friend Lady Newlove’s amendment and removes “or gende...

My Lords, I rise to support the original amendment, moved so ably by the noble Baroness, Lady New...

My Lords, I want to take a slightly different view of this. We support misogyny being treated as ...

My Lords, I raised my opposition to a version of this amendment previously. For once, I was plann...

My Lords, I have put my name to this amendment and will speak very briefly, not least because I h...

My Lords, I hope the noble Lord does not think I am being discourteous to the House by making a s...

My Lords, I support the amendment, and I want to deal with one or two things that have come up in...

My Lords, acutely aware of the time, I will be extremely brief. It is a great pleasure to follow ...

My Lords, I will be very brief, since I supported an amendment in November attempting to achieve ...

I was not going to intervene in this debate, but I will do so briefly. First, I will not stand be...

My Lords, I too shall make a very brief intervention, in agreement with my noble friend Lady Stow...

My Lords, I will not take up too much of the House’s time. I am a Covid baby—I have learned the c...

Front Bench!

My Lords, we strongly support the amendment in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove, the...

My Lords, I was quite pleased to hear noble Lords saying that your Lordships’ House should curtai...

My Lords, I thank everybody who has participated in this debate, whether you agree or not I think...

I believe I should deal with my amendment to my noble friend’s amendment before she gets into win...

My Lords, I will get it right this time—I have only been here 12 years.

I thank everybody w...

Moved by

Lord Coaker

115: Clause 56, page 48, line 29, leave out subsections (2) and ...

My Lords, I move this amendment on behalf of my noble friend Lord Rosser; it is also in the names...

The Countryside Alliance.

Whatever: they will have been on various demonstrations. Whether they were on behalf of the Count...

My Lords, I also put my name to Amendments 115 and 123, because I am still concerned about the Mi...

My Lords, I rise to support the Government on this matter. It rather caught me by surprise that I...

Could I just mention to the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham, that these are ordinary people who pro...

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendments in this group standing in the name of the noble ...

My Lords, if one is going to make a change of this kind, which, as the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, s...

My Lords, I have a number of problems with this part of the Bill that are to do with form and con...

My Lords, I am fully in support of the amendment, of course, to which I have put my name. I have ...

My Lords, I support very much what the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, said on this provision. There are...

My Lords, I wish to associate myself strongly with the splendid speech made by my noble friend Lo...

The city of Bristol is a city of activists and protesters, and it has been so for a very long tim...

Let us be honest here about some of the underlying drivers of the Government’s policy. People in ...

My Lords, I fear that I am not going to make myself hugely popular by putting a note of dissent i...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Walney. Noble Lords will recall—...

My Lords, we are at Report stage—although it would be very easy to misrecognise it as Second Read...

My Lords, I tried to say that I think we do not want to muddle up too many things. The Bill might...

My Lords, I share many of the concerns that have been expressed—particularly the absence of a suf...

My Lords, I do not think that the Government are trying to destroy democracy or steal all our fre...

My Lords, no one likes pickets. Even pickets do not like picketing. However, these clauses imping...

My Lords, I also believe in freedom and in common sense. There are a number of provisions in this...

My Lords, I remind noble Lords that this group includes 26 amendments, and that noble Lords are e...

My Lords, I start by quoting the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Bristol, who said that good...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply and all noble Lords who spoke in the debate. These a...

Oh!

I was not born yesterday.

The noise was massive during the poll tax and the miners’ strike ...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

116: In place of the words last left out inser...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

126: Clause 57, page 50, line 32, at end inser...

Moved by

Lord Paddick

132: Clause 57, leave out Clause 57

I wish to test the opinion of the House.

My Lords, I beg to move that further consideration on Report be now adjourned until 9.20 pm.

Why?

The Question is that the House do adjourn during pleasure until 9.20 pm. The Question will be dec...

Would it be appropriate for the usual channels to meet for five minutes or so to see whether we n...

My Lords, I beg to move that, with the agreement of the House, we adjourn until 9.15 pm to let th...

Moved by

Viscount Colville of Culross

133A: Clause 59, page 54, line 12, at end inser...

My Lords, I hope we are all refreshed after that break, particularly the Minister. I thank her fo...

My Lords, we support all the non-government amendments in this group. In particular, we agree tha...

My Lords, I have added my name to these amendments. I congratulate the noble Viscount, Lord Colvi...

My Lords, my name is also added to the amendment in the name of the noble Viscount, Lord Colville...

My Lords, these amendments relate to Clauses 59 and 60, which ensure—as was originally proposed b...

I thank those from all over the House who have supported this amendment. I hope the Minister will...

Moved by

Viscount Colville of Culross

133B: Clause 59, page 54, line 32, at end inser...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

136: Clause 61, page 55, line 33, leave out “c...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

138: Clause 61, page 56, line 23, leave out “a...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

141: Clause 62, page 57, line 22, at end inser...

Moved by

Lord Paddick

147: Clause 62, leave out Clause 62

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

148: After Clause 62, insert the following new...

This group of amendments brings us back to the new public order measures which the Government ini...

We have amendments in this group, and I will refer also to the new government amendments. I will ...

I shall speak briefly, because I too want to get to the votes. Despite government claims to the c...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, gave an excellent speech in opposition to these government...

My Lords, the Government say that they are a law and order party, and it is important to recognis...

Too long.

I know that this side wants us all not to debate, but I am going to carry on for a moment. I want...

My Lords, I suspect I am going to be in a small minority of people who are supporting the Governm...

Given the noble Lord’s criticism of what I said, which he was perfectly entitled to make, does he...

If someone is stopped and searched without good cause, either maliciously or for any other reason...

My Lords, perhaps I could deal with the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, to begin with...

My Lords, I am not sure whether noble Lords want more time to debate or me to hurry up. If noble ...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

150: After Clause 62, insert the following new...

I beg to move.

Amendment 150A (to Amendment 150)

Moved by

Lord Rosser

150A: Leave out subsection (2) and insert—

“(2) After subs...

My Lords, on my amendment, I just say that I did not think that the real problem of wilful obstru...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

151: After Clause 62, insert the following new...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

152: After Clause 62, insert the following new...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

153: After Clause 62, insert the following new...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

154: After Clause 62, insert the following new...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

155: After Clause 62, insert the following new...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

159: After Clause 62, insert the following new...

Moved by

Lord Best

160: After Clause 62, insert the following new Clause—

“Repe...

My Lords, I apologise for being forced to move Amendment 160 and to speak to amendment 165 at thi...

My Lords, I will add a very short footnote to the excellent speech of the noble Lord, Lord Best, ...

My Lords, we on these Benches support the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Best, to...

My Lords, your Lordships’ House can be proud tonight for seeking to prevent injustices well into ...

My Lords, we will be supporting the noble Lord, Lord Best, if he chooses to press his amendment t...

My Lords, I will join other noble Lords in trying to be brief, given the lateness of the hour. I ...

My Lords, I am sincerely grateful to noble Lords who supported the case for repeal of the Vagranc...

Moved by

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar

161: Schedule 20, page 293, line 13, at end insert—...

My Lords, I know this is the business that most people have been waiting for. Amendments 161 and ...

Moved by

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar

162: Schedule 20, page 293, line 22, at end insert—...

Moved by

Lord Best

165: Clause 178, page 198, line 3, after “33” insert “, (Repeal of...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

166: Clause 178, page 198, line 27, at end ins...

Moved by

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar

167: Clause 178, page 198, line 34, at end insert—<...