Policing and Crime Bill

My Lords, Amendment 181 seeks to right, or at least to mitigate, what I see as a wrong. In recent...

My Lords, I support what my noble friend Lord Marlesford has said. He has identified something th...

My Lords, I support what both noble Lords have said, the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, in particul...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford. I might go a little further than the noble V...

My Lords, I support this very splendid amendment that has been moved by the noble Lord, Lord Marl...

My Lords, there is a serious risk of agreement breaking out. I will make one point, if I may, as ...

My Lords, I have not spoken before on this Bill but I will speak very briefly in support of the a...

My Lords, I feel very privileged to add my humble voice to the very distinguished voices that hav...

My Lords, I intervene briefly to say that I, too, support the principle behind my noble friend Lo...

My Lords, Amendment 181 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, would insert a new clause...

My Lords, Amendment 181, tabled by my noble friend Lord Marlesford would require a custody office...

My Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed with knowledge and experienc...

Moved by

Lord Paddick

183: Clause 61, page 75, line 9, leave out “28” and insert “56”...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 183, which is in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Harris of...

My Lords, Amendment 183, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, and also in the name of the noble...

My Lords, this group of amendments would greatly reduce the effect of the Government’s reforms to...

Before the noble Baroness sits down, can she comment on some of the academic research around this...

I draw the noble Lord’s attention to the comments that I made about the presumption against pre-c...

My Lords, I am very grateful for the support of the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, on thi...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

187ZA: After Clause 63, insert the following new C...

My Lords, Amendment 187A is very opportune and I hope that the Government will be pleased to see ...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, has explained, these amendments seek to test the abili...

Before the noble Baroness sits down, in her response to Amendment 187ZA she talked about external...

My Lords, there will be a number of sources of data within the police, and the annual monitoring ...

The noble Baroness can check this and come back to me, but I would expect then that the data woul...

As the noble Lord says, I will go away and give him more detail on that, either before Report or ...

I thank the noble Baroness for that response, and at this time I am happy to withdraw the amendme...

Moved by

Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

187A: Clause 67, page 88, line 45, at end insert...

My Lords, these amendments principally relate to the cross-border enforcement provisions in Chapt...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

188A: Clause 73, page 96, line 14, after “understanding” ins...

My Lords, I hope that this amendment can be dealt with very quickly. It takes us to the provision...

I thank the noble Baroness for her comments. Amendment 188A would amend Clause 73 to alter the de...

Indeed, my Lords. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Baroness Walmsley

189: Clause 79, page 101, line 19, leave out from “patient...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 190 and 191, which are grouped with Amendment 189. We ...

My Lords, I have added my name to amendments in this group. I will speak specifically to Amendmen...

My Lords, my name is on the amendments in this group. My noble friend mentioned the importance of...

My Lords, this group of amendments addresses the crucial relationship between mental health and t...

My Lords, as has been said, the Bill bans the use of police cells for those aged under 18 in a me...

My Lords, I rise to support the amendments tabled in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Walm...

I thank noble Lords for this important debate. As the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, explained, t...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. I have a few points to make in response but want fi...

Is the noble Baroness suggesting that mental health patients are able to go to care homes as plac...

I beg the Minister’s pardon. I should have said that there are care homes in every local authorit...

Moved by

Baroness Walmsley

192: Clause 80, page 103, line 5, leave out “person arrive...

My Lords, the amendment would ensure that people are really only detained under the Mental Health...

My Lords, I support the amendment. From the point of view of the person detained the detention st...

My Lords, I have great sympathy with the points just made. The clock should start ticking when a ...

My Lords, the amendment would provide for the permitted period of detention of a person detained ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. Obviously, I will consider what she has said very c...

Moved by

Baroness Walmsley

193: After Clause 81, insert the following new Clause—

Amendment 193 would ensure that people detained under Section 135 or Section 136 of the Mental He...

My Lords, it is absolutely right that people detained under Sections 135 or 136 should have the h...

My Lords, I am a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and my name is on the amendment. I...

I agree with my noble friend on that point and on all the points she made. I thank the Minister f...

Moved by

Baroness Walmsley

194: After Clause 81, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, Amendment 194 would ban the use of Tasers in psychiatric wards. It must be remembered t...

My Lords, I hope the Committee does not accept this amendment. Of course, I have every sympathy w...

My Lords, I echo the words that we have just heard. I have considerable sympathy with the emotion...

My Lords, my name is attached to Amendment 194 and to a further amendment in this group, Amendmen...

My Lords, I find myself in total agreement with the words expressed by the noble Viscount, Lord H...

I was trained in how to deal with these sorts of situations before Tasers were invented. Batons a...

I, of course, defer to the extensive knowledge of the noble Lord, who was born many decades befor...

My Lords, I do not think any noble Lord wishes to see Tasers used in hospital settings except und...

My Lords, as a signatory to this amendment, I certainly do not think that it is as crazy as it se...

My Lords, although I have sympathy for everything that has been said in this debate, I support th...

In her response, could the noble Baroness tell the Committee whether there is any information on ...

I start by thanking all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. Although there have been ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply and the noble Lords, Lord Ouseley and Lord Rosser, a...

Moved by

Baroness Walmsley

195: After Clause 81, insert the following new Clause—

The amendment is intended to ensure that children who have been abused or sexually exploited are ...

My Lords, I rise very briefly to support my noble friend Lady Walmsley’s amendment, to which I ha...

My Lords, I too rise to support my noble friend Lady Walmsley. We were both on the Barnardo’s inq...

My Lords, I am slightly surprised in fact that it is necessary for the noble Baroness, Lady Walms...

My Lords, Amendment 195, moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, and also in the name of my n...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, and t...

My Lords, I thank the Minister, though I hardly know where to start. I know that I want to keep m...