Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendments 20J, 22F and 96 in my name and that of my noble friend Lo...

The noble Baroness has made some extremely interesting points. I was with her for quite a long ti...

The reason why an IPNA is weaker is because it is not an automatic criminal matter if it is breac...

Does the noble Baroness have the answer to my question about the cost of an ASBO? My understandin...

I just hope that that never happens to the noble Lord. I am sure that he would never give this Ho...

My Lords, I should begin by refuting the suggestion of the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, about our ...

The noble Lord is wrong. My second amendment refers to criminal behaviour orders and I spoke to t...

Yes, but I am dealing with Amendment 96 and in speaking to that amendment, the noble Baroness mad...

I apologise for intervening on the Minister, but I wonder if he thinks he has answered the questi...

I was coming to that point, but I shall just deal with the cost element. The impact assessment, a...

I apologise to the noble Lord for intervening, but I want to clarify, to make sure that I have no...

I can give the noble Baroness some sort of figures on the comparative costs. It has been suggeste...

My Lords—

I will finish what I am saying, if I may. I will not sit down before the noble Baroness has a cha...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for allowing me to come back on him, because he misunderstood. I ...

The Bill makes no provision for the funding of costs.

9.15 pm

My Lords, I assume that the noble Lord has finished. I found the reply that the Minister gave rat...

The answer is very simple: we do not think that ASBOs are effective. We are proposing a Bill that...

My Lords, I do not think that anyone doubts that the Minister and the Government are keen to tack...

Moved by

Lord Flight

21: Clause 3, page 3, line 20, at end insert—

“(c) the ant...

My Lords, I have tabled this amendment in support in particular of Westminster Council—my wife is...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Flight. I remind the Committee that I sit as a magistrat...

My Lords, the noble Lord knows that I have concerns about this amendment. I hear what he says abo...

I would like to respond to that. Yes, there are problems; persistent begging is a very hard thing...

My Lords, I listened carefully to what the noble Lord, Lord Flight, had to say in this debate. I ...

My Lords, I am very pleased to have the chance to talk about this issue because I am concerned th...

My Lords, the Minister has given a very detailed reply as to the measures available, but I am sur...

In some circumstances there is undoubtedly some suggestion that people involved in begging have b...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that very detailed response. I am hopeful that what he describ...

Moved by

Lord Harris of Haringey

21ZA: After Clause 3, insert the following new Claus...

My Lords, I suppose that we should congratulate the Minister on now having dealt with three of th...

My Lords, the election of police and crime commissioners put the public back at the heart of our ...

Do not push it.

Well, I welcome even modest conversions and am delighted that the noble Lord has proposed this am...

My Lords, this amendment was not about trying to delay the process—I think that the Minister trie...

If the noble Lord will forgive me. It has to be presented to the police and crime panel as well.<...

It has to be presented to the police and crime panel, but the panel has no executive role, as far...

I am trying to match what the noble Lord is talking about to my experience in Lancashire. It is a...

I am sure that the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, will forgive me if I do not join him in his encyclop...

Moved by

Lord Greaves

21ZB: Clause 4, page 3, line 34, leave out paragraphs (f) and (...

My Lords, this is a brief amendment to probe why the Environment Agency and its Welsh equivalent,...

I am sorry to intervene on the noble Lord but he referred to the Natural Resources Body for Wales...

I am sorry, but I did not quite get that. Is the noble Baroness saying that the Welsh Assembly is...

No. The Welsh Assembly is not in favour of the Bill and it would need a legislative consent Motio...

I am very grateful for that additional information, which is entirely different from anything tha...

My Lords, we will come to the Welsh relationship with the Bill later on in our consideration of i...

My Lords, I still do not understand the logic of having the Environment Agency: why not Network R...

Perhaps I may just explain. The agency currently has the power to issue ASBOs—that exists. If we ...

My Lords, I understand that very well. I understand that the Environment Agency has those powers,...

Moved by

Baroness Smith of Basildon

21B: Clause 9, page 6, line 23, at end insert—