Offender Rehabilitation Bill [HL]

My Lords, as I have said on a number of occasions, this is a curious Bill. While the whole House ...

My Lords, as the noble Lord has made very clear, this amendment addresses issues both of form and...

My Lords, I share the frustration that has been expressed about this Bill not being about what we...

My Lords, far from being tedious or boring, I found that an extremely interesting intervention, a...

I am sorry but that is not the position. I am certainly happy that the Bill should proceed. An im...

One problem with piloting this Bill is that I am supposed to sit here and listen to all the asper...

Before the noble Lord sits down, perhaps he can help me with one small issue concerning the risk ...

Of course, part of the problem is that it is described as a risk assessment by journalists. As I ...

My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, following his comments about his noble friend Lady Ham...

We are working within a very strict budget. Because we have other commitments as far as the overa...

My Lords, perhaps I may put a point to him. No doubt the noble Lord will recollect that at the en...

I am extremely grateful to the noble Lord for that intervention, which probably was not intended ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply and I thank all those who have taken part ...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

2*: Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Pr...

My Lords, I begin by reiterating that I and colleagues on these Benches, and indeed across the wh...

My Lords, I do not want to add much to what the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, has just said, because ...

My Lords, I was strongly supportive of Amendment 1, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham. How...

That, I think, is a very narrow and technical point. It may well be that, if Amendment 1 had refe...

My Lords, my noble friend the Minister will know that I have been concerned about a payments-by-r...

My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to joust with the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, as he is such...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister and to other noble Lords for theirs contribution to this ...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

3: Before Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Low...

My Lords, noble Lords will be relieved to hear that this is not an amendment on which I propose t...

My Lords, I will make one very brief point in relation to this. Of course, one has sympathy with ...

My Lords, this has been a brief debate but I fully appreciate and accept the point made by the no...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that very full explanation of the Government’s approa...

I remember our debates on that decision. Part of the problem with the last reorganisation was wha...

I can certainly see the case for an arrangement of that kind, but the operational workings of the...

Moved by

Baroness Linklater of Butterstone

4: Clause 2, page 2, leave out lines 11 an...

My Lords, Amendment 4 is in my name and those of my noble friends Lord Marks, Lady Hamwee and Lor...

My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, in the general thrust of her amendments. ...

My Lords, I would like to express my general support for what the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater,...

My Lords, I, too, support the amendments so comprehensively spoken to by the noble Baroness, Lady...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, in particular my noble frie...

I thank my noble friend for that comprehensive reply—and for pointing out the technical hitches. ...

Moved by

Lord Woolf

5: Clause 2, page 2, line 37, at end insert—

“(7A) The Secr...

My Lords, Amendment 5 is grouped with Amendment 18, and I hope that I shall be in order in addres...

My Lords, we could have a debate now, although it is a very thinly attended House, but it may ass...

My Lords, despite that important announcement, I want to say a very few words in support of the a...

My Lords, in view of what the Minister has said, which I take as a very positive indication to th...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

7: Schedule 1, page 22, line 12, leave out “conditio...

My Lords, the government amendments in this group make a number of minor technical changes to the...

My Lords, there comes a temptation to move that any of these riveting amendments be piloted. I am...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

8: Schedule 1, page 22, line 33, leave out “conditio...

Moved by

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

9: Clause 3, page 3, line 42, after “scale,” ...

My Lords, this is an amendment that I moved with my noble friends in Committee, and I do not prop...

My Lords, my noble friend has accurately reported my remarks in Committee, which did not, he will...

My Lords, I am not sure whether this is a case of Pepper v Hart, because I do not think that ther...

Moved by

Lord McNally

10: Schedule 2, page 24, line 9, at end insert—

“( ) Sect...

Moved by

Lord McNally

11: Clause 5, page 6, line 28, leave out “the offender” and ins...

Moved by

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

16: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, Amendment 16 would put a duty on all providers of probation services to,

“partici...

My Lords, I declare an interest as one of the three joint presidents of London Councils. I have s...

My Lords, Amendment 16 seeks to ensure that all providers of probation services are required to,<...

My Lords, the noble Lord said that appropriate requirements are being reviewed and that the Gover...

Moved by

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

17: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, Amendment 17 would make it possible for probation trusts to be able to tender for or co...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for setting out his reasoning behind this amendm...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for that response. He talked about a number of probation mutuals...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

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

“Ve...

My Lords, this amendment replicates the one that I moved in Committee and embodies the proposal t...

My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for the quick conversation that we had on this subject of v...

My Lords, I am particularly grateful for the way in which the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, put forwa...

My Lords, I had hoped that there would be a clear acceptance of the notion that a trial should be...

The noble Lord is being uncharacteristically churlish. I do not see how far I can go. I have alre...

I am sorry that the Minister adopts that tone. I am sure he is personally warm towards this propo...

Moved by

Lord McNally

20: Schedule 6, page 36, line 28, after “residence” insert “: d...