Victims and Prisoners Bill

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for tabling these important amendments creat...

My Lords, there is obvious scope for confusion on the part of—I try not to use the word “victim”,...

My Lords, I support both amendments. I shall refer to a different group; the noble Baroness, Lady...

My Lords, these are probing amendments, as the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, explained, and they...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for Amendment 122. This amendment would requ...

I wonder whether the code would cover the Hillsborough situation. It seems that the definition th...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for allowing me to intervene. The other point he has raised about...

I understand the points made by both noble Baronesses. I have had extensive dialogue with the dep...

I am really sorry to intervene again and am very grateful to the noble Lord. The amendment does n...

As I have already said, I believe that most victims will be victims of crime; most major incident...

The Minister has accepted that there is a subset and, as the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, has de...

While the Minister is still sitting down, I agree with everything that has just been said but als...

I apologise to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lo...

I apologise for intervening again, but this is Committee and I am trying to understand. I am grat...

I am of course happy to commit to meeting to discuss this matter, but we are not leaving the vict...

My Lords, during the debate on the victims’ code, we discussed the problem that victims are often...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for throwing that in. The Minister will know that this i...

Moved by

Lord Wills

123A: Clause 29, page 30, line 8, at beginning insert “Within one...

My Lords, this group of amendments addresses the appointments, functions and processes for the in...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 124A and first to 133ZA, which recommends the review that th...

My Lords, I support the amendments that call for proper support for this new role. It should not ...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Wills, has explained, of the amendments in this group, Amendmen...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on pursuing this matter over many years. I know that the...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Wills, so ably explained, this group of amendments covers a num...

I am sorry to intervene on the noble Earl. I may be an amendment or two later than the point in t...

I think we have already debated the latitude that the Secretary of State enjoys in interpreting t...

My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has spoken to this group of amendments. I think everyone,...

I meant to respond to the very pertinent points the noble Lord made on the cost and duration of p...

I am grateful to the Minister; he pre-empted me, as he could see where I was going to go next wit...

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

124: Clause 29, page 30, line 16, at end insert—

“(2...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 124 I will speak to Amendments 125 and 128 in the name of my noble ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for laying these amendments and the noble Barone...

My Lords, I have been happy to sit and listen as we went through the rest of the Bill, but I tota...

My Lords, I rise briefly—the Minister will be relieved to hear—to support these amendments. What ...

My Lords, this group concerns the obtaining of the views of victims by the standing advocate and ...

My Lords, I express my thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, and the noble Lord, Lord Pons...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that explanation. I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Brinton a...

Moved by

Lord Hope of Craighead

127: Clause 31, page 31, line 20, leave out “on such ...

My Lords, a good deal has been said about this amendment already in one way or another before I h...

My Lords, I shall speak first to the two amendments in my name. Amendment 29 states:

“Durin...

I support the amendment of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope. There can be no disputing that ...

My Lords, I shall be relatively brief on this short group of amendments. I stated my support for ...

My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, for his amendment. This gro...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. I am particularl...

I reassure the noble and learned Lord that we would like to discuss this further.

I am most grateful to the Minister for that. For the time being, I will withdraw the amendment an...

Moved by

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

130: Clause 33, page 32, line 36, leave out subse...

My Lords, I put my name to this amendment. It was tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Hampton, who is ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for his introduction to this important amendment...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for introducing this amendment, which relates to...

I am very grateful to the noble Lord. He said two things that concern me. First, the amendment sa...

The noble Baroness obviously makes a good point, and this is a complex and sensitive area. We are...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton. As she persuasively said, there are many othe...