Laser Misuse (Vehicles) Bill [HL]

My Lords, the noble Baroness and the Government have made some good changes to the Bill, but I ha...

My Lords, noble Lords may recall that I moved some amendments to this important Bill, which of co...

My Lords, we, too, welcome these two amendments. Put simply, I agree with my noble friend about f...

On the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, perhaps we could wait to discuss the definiti...

Moved by

Lord Tunnicliffe

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 5, leave out paragraph (b)

My Lords, while I am not going to get carried away and divide the House on this issue, I will pre...

The noble Lord has my support in wanting to push this issue a bit further. I recall raising in Co...

My noble friend has made a very good point, as has the noble Baroness. It is a question of what e...

I used to prosecute some years ago. I take the noble Baroness’s example regarding the carrying of...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, and I have discussed this matter and I have written t...

I thank the noble Baroness for setting out the arguments. As a non-lawyer, I remain underwhelmed ...

Moved by

Baroness Sugg

3: Clause 1, page 2, line 9, leave out subsections (6) and (7)...

Moved by

Lord Craig of Radley

4: Clause 1, page 2, line 14, leave out from “any” to e...

My Lords, as I mentioned, this, like previous amendments that I tabled in Committee, aims to plug...

I certainly support the principle behind the amendment, but I am aware that the Government are ke...

My Lords, we support the amendment and hope the Minister will consider it. First, I can see no ha...

I am very grateful to the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig, for tabling the amendment. As I sai...

Moved by

Baroness Sugg

5: Clause 1, page 2, line 19, leave out subsection (10)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 5, I shall speak to Amendments 7 to 12, which are grouped with it. ...

I very much welcome this approach, and the tidying up of the original interpretations in Clause 1...

I am grateful to the Minister for that explanation. I just want to clarify something I said earli...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her amendments. They demonstrate that she has approac...

My Lords, we have examined this group of amendments and believe they have significantly improved ...

I thank all noble Lords for their contributions on this group. All the vehicles mentioned by the ...

Moved by

Baroness Sugg

6: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Off...

My Lords, Amendment 6 creates a new offence of shining or directing a laser towards air traffic c...

We welcome this amendment. We moved into interesting territory in Committee and, sadly, the Gover...

My Lords, I draw attention to my entry in the register. The Bill is a good example of a common en...

My Lords, I welcome the support for the creation of this new offence, which strengthens the Bill....

Moved by

Baroness Sugg

7: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Int...

Moved by

Baroness Sugg

8: Clause 2, page 2, line 33, at end insert—

“( ) This s...

Moved by

Baroness Sugg

12: In the Title, line 1, leave out from “creating” to end of ...