Victims and Prisoners Bill

My Lords, Amendment 3 acknowledges that the definition of victim in the Bill is quite broad, and ...

My Lords, I draw attention to my relevant interests as outlined in the register. I support Amendm...

My Lords, the Minister kindly came to today’s Cross-Bench meeting and talked us through the Bill ...

My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for the way in which she introd...

My Lords, my name is on the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, although it was not mea...

My Lords, I welcome this discussion and having a sense of clarification about who a “victim” is i...

My Lords, I am delighted to take part in this Committee, both as Helen Newlove and as Victims’ Co...

My Lords, it is an honour to be participating in the discussions on this important Bill. We have ...

My Lords, I apologise for my lateness—I got slightly confused about the Northern Ireland Bill and...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords very sincerely for their most moving and constructive speeches. I w...

If the Minister would not mind giving way, I will clarify—I am sure that this is what he meant—th...

I entirely accept that point. I have in my own family direct experience of a similar situation. T...

I am grateful for any further meetings about anti-social behaviour. I get that we have three Bill...

My Lords, I entirely accept the points that my noble friend is making, and I am very happy to hav...

My Lords, to further emphasise that, I think it would be helpful to the Committee to recognise th...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for that intervention and entirely accept the point he makes abou...

On this particular point about anti-social behaviour, Louise Lotz was a friend of mine. The probl...

I certainly take that into account. I again think that we collectively need to understand a littl...

I have worked with the Foreign Office on this as well, and every time I have gone there, its firs...

My Lords, I of course understand the point that the Minister is making—procedures in other countr...

If there has been a homicide abroad and those families are living here, there is a real danger th...

My Lords, of course I am prepared to meet the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and any other noble Lo...

I am very grateful to the Minister for his detailed responses to all noble Lords who have spoken ...

Moved by

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

5: Clause 1, page 1, line 16, at end insert—

My Lords, I open by reiterating my noble friend’s point about acknowledging the way in which the ...

My Lords, I have Amendments 7 and 11 in this group and I want to be clear that I agree very much ...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, on Amendment 5. The Bill offers a landmark opp...

My Lords, as I said at Second Reading, this is a good Bill for victims. It contains many provisio...

My Lords, I have Amendment 9 in this group. It concerns verbal abuse to children and, in terms of...

My Lords, my right reverend friend the Bishop of Bristol, as has been said, regrets that she cann...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendments 6 and 10, which are designed to ensure that children...

My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group. I am interested in verbal harm because it i...

My Lords, I was quite surprised to see the amendments, and also the way they have been motivated—...

My Lords, I support Amendments 6 and 10 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby. I was pleas...

My Lords, I support the amendments in this group, which seek to ensure better focus on the positi...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 7 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, to which I...

My Lords, on these Benches we add our thanks to the Children’s Commissioner for her very helpful ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this very important debate on how we as...

My Lords, I did not quite catch what the Minister said when referring to Clause 1(2)(a). Was he s...

My Lords, I think that is the Government’s position. In most cases the child will experience the ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken on this group. The gist of the Minister’s summi...

Moved by

Baroness Gohir

13: Clause 2, page 2, line 27, at end insert “, including whe...

My Lords, I draw attention to my interests as set out in the register, particularly as CEO of the...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 14. This amendment would ensure that all victims knew of an...

My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 15 in my name. I also offer my support to the othe...

My Lords, I will not follow the right reverend Prelate down the byways of Manchester, or the shee...

My Lords, it is perhaps particularly appropriate that I follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord G...

My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group. I want to say a few words about restorative...

My Lords, I also support the importance of providing for restorative justice. I had a look at the...