Offender Rehabilitation Bill [HL]

My Lords, I have a favourable approach to this amendment, which would be a substantial change in ...

I am delighted to support this amendment, which sets out a new clause before Clause 12 and deals ...

My Lords, I support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Marks. As he said, the current po...

My Lords, before my noble friend replies, having been asked direct questions, perhaps I may reply...

My Lords, I have found this to be an extremely helpful debate, and as the movers have indicated t...

My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend for that detailed and helpful response, and for t...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

24C: Clause 12, page 11, line 41, after “services” insert “that...

My Lords, this amendment is the identical twin of Amendment 7A, which I moved last week in relati...

My Lords, I am like St Augustine; I want to give up sin, but not yet. I will deal briefly with Am...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for the repetition of the stance that he took the other night. I...

Moved by

Lord Woolf

25: Clause 13, page 12, line 9, at end insert—

“(2A) In sec...

My Lords, this amendment is grouped with Amendments 27, 27A, 28 and 29. The group is separated by...

My Lords, I commend again the noble and learned Lord for the tenacity with which he has pursued t...

I hope I will be forgiven if I intervene to say that, with great perception, the noble Lord, Lord...

I am obliged for the noble and learned Lord’s intervention but perhaps I should decode what is ha...

Not having come with a long speech, I want to register my support and that of my noble friends on...

My Lords, first, I pay tribute to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, for the very long campa...

My Lords, I apologise for my failure to refer to Amendment 27A when I spoke to the amendment that...

Moved by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

26: Clause 13, page 12, line 16, at end inser...

My Lords, I will speak also to Amendment 30 in the same group. Amendment 26 concerns rehabilitati...

My Lords, I support the general thrust of the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Marks. As...

My Lords, I thank both noble Lords who have taken part in the debate, in particularly my noble fr...

My Lords, I am again grateful for that helpful explanation of the Government’s position. The diff...

My Lords, my intention is purely to probe for information. Clause 14 seeks to amend Section 202 o...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, for that clarification. His reasoning may not hav...

I am very grateful to the Minister for his clarification. It occurs to me to ask whether it would...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

31: Clause 16, page 14, line 21, after first “The” insert “o...

My Lords, I will speak also to Amendment 32. I suspect that on Amendment 31 I am in for a little ...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, raised some interesting points about the role of the r...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Hamwee for moving her amendment and the noble Lord, Lord P...

My Lords, of course, I shall not pursue the amendment. The points made by the noble Lord, Lord Po...

Moved by

Lord Woolf

33: After Clause 17, insert the following new Clause—

“Prov...

I have the advantage of moving this amendment with the support of the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, ...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to support the noble and learned Lord Woolf’s amendment, which i...

My Lords, I, too, support the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, on this amendment. Like my nobl...

My Lords, I am delighted to support the amendment tabled in the name of the noble and learned Lor...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Marks spoke on the needs and importance of specific services for w...

My Lords, I, too, cannot remain silent. I am so glad that we are privileged to have the noble Bar...

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Corston, to whom tribute has been paid again today—as it is regula...

My Lords, this has been an extremely useful debate, fully living up to the reputation of this Hou...

I thank the Minister for that reply. I know the sincerity of what he says, but patience has limit...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

33A: After Clause 17, insert the following new Clause—

“V...

My Lords, this amendment reflects the suggestion I made at Second Reading that the UK should foll...

My Lords, in supporting the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, on this I should declare two interests, fir...

My Lords, I support very much the speech by the noble Lord, Lord Beecham. I like the way that he ...

My Lords, I want to add only that just one court with a proper support network would be very much...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate. I particularly thank the nob...

My Lords, I express a sense of slight disappointment with the Minister’s reply. I am grateful to ...

Moved by

Lord Ramsbotham

34: Before Clause 18, insert the following new Clause—