Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

My Lords, the Government have moved forward a great deal, as have the police and the CPS, in unde...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her comments and join with her and the rest of the House...

I thank the Minister for that detailed reply. I will read it in more detail but the Government se...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

I hope that neither this amendment nor the two that I have in the next group will cause the Minis...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for raising this issue. Amendment 2 would, as she has outlined,...

My Lords, that is helpful. It has only just occurred to me that I should have asked whether any c...

As I have highlighted, there is NOMS and the police will be involved. Additional experts will be ...

I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

3: Clause 107, page 77, leave out lines 35 to 38

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 4. This is a very low-key group of amendments as we sta...

I was not completely clear what these amendments concerned when I read them and I assumed they we...

My Lords, first, I reassure my noble friend that her curiosity is always welcome on these Benches...

My Lords, I am grateful for that and will of course withdraw my amendment. With regard to my firs...

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

5: Clause 107, page 78, line 39, at end insert—

“( )...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 5 I also speak to Amendment 10; both are in my name and that of the...

My Lords, I, too, have added my name to this amendment. I wish to make just a few comments as the...

My Lords, I support both amendments in this group, not least because guidance in this area is cri...

My Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of a forced marriage commission which is currently he...

My noble friend Lady Berridge is not in her place at the moment, but I know, from a very short co...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, and my noble friend Lady Hussein-Ece for tab...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving this detail, but can he clarify whether the Department f...

Safeguarding and the protection of people in schools or elsewhere are central to every department...

I thank the Minister for that detailed and comprehensive answer. I also thank my noble and learne...

Moved by

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

5A: Clause 108, page 78, line 41, leave out subs...

My Lords, I should make it clear right from the beginning that this is a probing amendment at thi...

Would not the answer to the dilemma that the noble and learned Baroness quite rightly identifies ...

My Lords, that, of course, is the way forward. However, the question that I pose is this: how are...

My Lords, coming back to what the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Scotland, said earlier on forc...

My Lords, I stand somewhat hesitantly and ask for the House’s leniency, as I did not take part at...

My Lords, I am a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, which looked at this issue, as wi...

Did the human rights committee consider the proposal that has been put forward by my noble and le...

I do not, of course, speak for the committee, as I am only one member. This particular amendment ...

My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to the noble and learned Lady, Baroness Scotland, for all the work ...

Does the noble Baroness accept that organisations such as the Newham Asian Women’s Project and So...

I accept what the noble Baroness says. I have worked in the past with Southall Black Sisters on d...

My Lords, I am at the cautious end of the spectrum as well. Being cautious, I noticed in the fact...

My Lords, this has been a remarkable debate and I thank my noble and learned friend Lady Scotland...

My Lords, I want just to clarify a point. Perhaps I did not make myself clear, but what I meant w...

The noble Baroness makes a very fair point. What we are being presented with here, as the result ...

My Lords, first, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in a very detailed and expert debate...

My Lords, I hesitate to interrupt the Minister but can he tell me whether Imkaan’s submission was...

I shall come to that. I will ask the officials to look into that and respond accordingly. Some 29...

I am sorry to press the noble Lord further but I want to make it plain to him why I am concerned....

As I always assure the noble and learned Baroness, I listen attentively when she speaks. I take o...

My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for that comprehensive response. I very much value his comm...