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Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Thursday, 23 May 2024, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Offord of Garvel. The answering member was Lord McNicol of West Kilbride.
Standing Order 40 having been dispensed with, Lords committee stage. Amendment 2 to clause 1 disagreed to on division (76 to 111). Clause 1 agreed to. Clause 2, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 3 to 11 agreed to. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 90).
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
838 cc1194-1205 
Session
2023-24
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 838 c1194 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out paragraph (c...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 838 cc1194-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in the unavoidable absence of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, I shall speak ...


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Baroness Brinton | 838 c1195 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have Amendment 14 in this group, but just before I get to that, from these Benches, I...

Baroness Butler-Sloss | 838 c1195 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I remain extremely unhappy about this Bill and the way in which it has arisen, but I re...

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride | 838 cc1195-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am obviously dealing with this in wash-up. The priority is to ensure that we get this...

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 838 c1196 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I briefly intervene to thank the noble Lord, Lord McNicol, who has done really sterling...

Lord Fox | 838 cc1196-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will follow on and, I hope, echo that spirit of consensus. One of the spin-offs from ...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 838 cc1197-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will be moving the amendments tabled in my name. I will also discuss the other amendm...

Lord Beith | 838 c1199 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the help the Minister gave the Constitution Committee when we looked at this ma...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 838 c1199 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for that. My understanding is that, in this case, which is unprecedented, ...

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 838 c1199 (Link to this contribution)

Will my noble friend forgive me? I am still thinking about what he said about the Court of Appeal...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 838 c1200 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my noble friend. We have been clear in our discussions with him that there are two sides ...

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 838 c1200 (Link to this contribution)

I may have misunderstood but, when I spoke earlier, I understood that there had been agreement be...

Lord Fox | 838 c1200 (Link to this contribution)

May I suggest that we have a 10-minute break to discuss this, please?

Baroness Williams of Trafford | 838 c1200 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I suggest that consideration on this amendment be adjourned for 10 minutes while we see...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 838 cc1200-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise to the Committee for the confusion in proceedings this afternoon. I would l...

Baroness Brinton | 838 c1202 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry, but I am slightly concerned with the proposal that the Post Office could investigate....

Lord Offord of Garvel | 838 c1202 (Link to this contribution)

My understanding is that, obviously, the first port of call will be the Post Office, as it admini...

Lord Watts | 838 c1202 (Link to this contribution)

On the issue of credibility, the people who have been affected by the scandal will want the Post ...

Lord Offord of Garvel | 838 c1202 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for that. That is exactly the intention of the independent investigator.

Lord Haskel | 838 c1202 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, if Amendment 2 is agreed, I cannot call Amendment 3.

Lord Haskel | 838 c1203 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, if Amendment 4 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 5.

Lord Offord of Garvel | 838 c1203 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Offord of Garvel

7: Clause 2, page 2, line 30, after “that,” insert “—<...

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