Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Hamwee for explaining her Amendments 6 and 9 to C...

My Lords, I will probe the first one a little further. Of course I agree with my noble friend tha...

My Lords, as I said about the language to which my noble friend alluded, Clause 108 has been draf...

My Lords, that begs the question of whether the 1996 Act is not all encompassing. I do not want t...

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

7: Clause 108, page 79, line 2, at end insert—

“( ) ...

My Lords, this amendment, in my name and those of my noble friend Lady Smith and the noble Barone...

My Lords, I also put my name to this amendment because this is a matter that needs clarification ...

My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Freedom Charity. I apologise to the Committee for...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, for her amendment. I also thank my noble fri...

I thank the noble Lord for that explanation, which was a good attempt to describe the position. H...

Moved by

Lord Rea

8: Clause 108, page 79, line 9, at end insert—

“( ) A person ...

My Lords, I am moving this amendment because the noble Baroness, Lady Tonge, is in Addis Ababa at...

My Lords, I have every respect for my noble friend and appreciate the genuineness of his concerns...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for introducing this amendment on behalf of my noble fr...

Only when the Opposition are moving the matter in question.

I shall merely rise to reply, not rise to the challenge.

As noble Lords know, in England an...

I thank the noble Lord for that full reply, especially as it is perfectly clear that he does not ...

Moved by

Baroness Berridge

11: Clause 108, page 79, line 35, at end insert—

“( ...

My Lords, this amendment relates to Clause 108. For the purposes of the new criminal offence of f...

My Lords, before I speak to Amendment 13, grouped with this amendment, I apologise for missing Se...

My Lords, I had not intended to say anything about this amendment, but two points occurred to me ...

The noble Baronesses, Lady Berridge and Lady Cox, have raised very valid but different points. Th...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Berridge and the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, for raising the...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his outline in relation to this matter, but I beli...

Moved by

Baroness Manzoor

14: After Clause 109, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, I should start by saying that I am very sorry that I was not able to speak at Second Re...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Manzoor, has put forward an interesting amendment. The princip...

My Lords, I have little to add to what my noble friend Lady Manzoor said so expertly in moving th...

My Lords, I, too, support the noble Baroness in her amendment. I saw her nodding at the suggestio...

My Lords, in the Government’s response to the JCHR, they reject the proposal for an annual report...

My Lords, earlier today we had an interesting and worthwhile debate on whether it was better to d...

My Lords, I added my name to that of the noble Baroness, Lady Manzoor, on this amendment because ...

My Lords, first, I thank my noble friend Lady Manzoor for her amendment. I welcome her to what I ...

I thank my noble friend the Minister for his considered response. I know his personal commitment ...

All I will say to my noble friend is that, as I have already indicated, the Government will be he...

I thank my noble friend. I will, along with other noble Lords, do that. I beg leave to withdraw t...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

15: Clause 151, page 121, line 24, leave out “the person was in...

My Lords, this amendment is in my name and those of my noble friend Lady Smith and the noble Baro...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, has correctly drawn attention to the ostensible reasons g...

My Lords, I express my gratitude to those who have already spoken on this very important topic. T...

My Lords, I agree with the speeches that have been made this afternoon. Clause 151 should not be ...

My Lords, I recognise that the great majority of noble Lords who took part in the Second Reading ...

My Lords, I was quite right to wait for others to table the amendment before adding my name, so t...

My Lords, I fear that I do not share the view just expressed by my noble friend Lady Hamwee that ...

My Lords, I would like to make four brief points. The first is whether there should be a test in ...

My Lords, I will correct the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, on only one point. I think that a...

The Minister has given an interesting and full reply to what has been a very interesting and comp...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

16: Clause 152, page 122, line 11, leave out “£200” and insert ...

My Lords, happily this is a relatively short matter and appropriately I shall be speaking to it.<...

My Lords, I support the amendment —I suppose because it comes from my Front Bench. However, I do ...

It is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Borrie. I have always thought of him...

I always enjoy being provoked by the Minister. On this occasion I am happy to withdraw the amendm...

Moved by

Lord Touhig

18: After Clause 153, insert the following new Clause—

“Pr...

My Lords, this amendment stands in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, who has a...

My Lords, I am happy to support the amendment. I mentioned at Second Reading that it was through ...

My Lords, I strongly support the amendment. I remember, on a visit to Holloway, being tackled ver...

My Lords, I can well understand the problem that individuals facing sentence may be in denial abo...

My Lords—

My Lords—

I know that the noble Lord is under pressure.

I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I just want to say that we entirely support the a...

I am reliably informed that the noble Lord might have to quit, and I fully understand that; I kno...

My Lords, I will be brief because I appreciate that other Members want to carry on with other mat...

Moved by

Lord Pannick

19: After Clause 153, insert the following new Clause—

“M...

My Lords, at the end of March, the Ministry of Justice stated that the Government were considerin...

My Lords, for the sake of brevity, I hope that on Report I will be able to do just that.

I am very much obliged to the Minister. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

My Lords, before I move that the House resumes and, thereafter, adjourns, I would like to inform ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness the Chief Whip for the Government for the gracious way in wh...