Victims and Prisoners Bill

My Lords, I rise to speak to this amendment to which I have added my name. I declare my interest ...

My Lords, I have signed the amendment and it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonb...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, and all noble Lords who have spoken to this amen...

It is good to see the Minister back in his place; we are pleased to have him back and I am very g...

Yes, the Government recognise that up to a point. What we are discussing is the right way to get ...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, s...

Moved by

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

133A: Clause 40, page 37, line 15, after “must,” ...

My Lords, I too have signed Amendment 133A, which is a probing amendment and states that the Secr...

My Lords, I start by recognising that one of the people who wanted to speak to this amendment is ...

My Lords, I apologise for not having been in the Chamber at Second Reading.

Thousands of pe...

My Lords, before I begin, I too pay tribute to the late Lord Cormack. He was a consummate parliam...

My Lords, I express my strongest possible support for all the amendments in this group. I congrat...

My Lords, I too speak in support of Amendment 134. I have to apologise, for I am afraid I was una...

My Lords, 1975 was a long time ago. I am getting on in age now, and I wondered if I would ever se...

My Lords, the Committee listened with great interest to the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Owen,...

My Lords, I apologise to the Committee that I was not available to speak at Second Reading. I had...

My Lords, this group of probing amendments, which have the aim of ensuring decent and necessary p...

My Lords, in arriving, as we now have, at Part 3 of the Bill, I should like to begin by thanking ...

The Minister mentioned that there will be government amendments on Report to address the deficien...

I anticipate using every opportunity available to engage with noble Lords on not only what the am...

I apologise for interrupting the Minister. He referred to the payment of £100,000 to a lot of peo...

I perfectly understand the noble Baroness’s strength of feeling on this long-standing scandal. It...

Before the Minister sits down, I would like to ask him a couple of questions. I am grateful to my...

On the noble Baroness’s latter point, I hope to have extensive discussions with noble Lords about...

My Lords, this has been an important debate. In fact, I go further: it has been a historic debate...

Moved by

Baroness Brinton

135: After Clause 40, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, I tabled Amendment 135 some weeks ago, after there seemed to be some difference in timi...

My Lords, I was pleased to put my name and that of my noble friend to this amendment. The noble B...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for her amendment, which, as she exp...

I am grateful to the Minister for his response. As ever, it was thoughtful and very helpful.

Moved by

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

136: After Clause 40, insert the following new Cl...

My Lords, this is a probing amendment to enable debate on the concept of a new national oversight...

My Lords, I am really grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for raising this issue and layin...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for this amendment and the noble Baroness, Lady ...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this very brief debate. I want to pick up a point made...

Moved by

Lord Burnett of Maldon

137: Clause 41, page 39, line 26, leave out from seco...

My Lords, in the absence of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, who is abroad at...

My Lords, I agree with every word uttered by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Burnett of Maldon. ...

My Lords, briefly, I support the amendments moved and spoken to in this group by the noble and le...

My Lords, I will speak with the leave of the Committee and with many apologies; I was delayed in ...

My Lords, we also support this group of amendments. I want to reiterate the points made by my nob...

My Lords, the amendments proposed by the noble and learned Lords, Lord Burnett and Lord Thomas of...

Could I follow that up before the Minister goes on to the next point? Does he anticipate that the...

My Lords, I hear what the noble Baroness says, and it sounds entirely reasonable. I cannot, at th...

I thank the Minister for his response. It is a delight to see him back in his place. I also thank...

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

148A: After Clause 47, insert the following new Clause—