My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who is here at this time, especially to all the Front-Benchers on this marathon stretch.
I will speak to Amendment 441C, which stands in my name and is supported by the noble Lord, Lord Polak, and my noble friend Lady Ramsey of Wall Heath. The amendment would req…
My Lords, I will not detain the House at all with this. I hear the reassurance. The Minister talked about the many groups that the CPS is involved with. It would be useful for him to reflect more carefully on the operation of those. I did not invent the idea that this was a problem deep in the CPS; …
My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of the amendments standing in my name together with those from the noble Earl, Lord Lindsay, and the noble Lord, Lord Johnson of Lainston. As referenced by many of the previous speakers, they deal with the grandfathering rights that we would hope to get for …
My Lords, I support Amendments 15, 16 and 19, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Gerada, and supported by the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. It is my first opportunity to speak in the presence of the noble Baroness, Lady Gerada, in this Chamber. She is one of the more extraordinary and fantast…
My Lords, extremism is not what it used to be. In October 2024, MI5’s director Ken McCallum said:
“Straightforward labels like ‘Islamist terrorism’ or ‘extreme right wing’ don’t fully reflect the dizzying range of beliefs and ideologies we see”.
My current experience as Independent Prevent Commiss…
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Cotes, for moving this amendment, and I associate myself with the excellent speeches made in support of it and the other amendments in the group. I also associate myself with the high praise for the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, for which I…
My Lords, I am humbled to follow the noble Lord, Lord Mendelsohn, and the previous contributions. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Elliott of Whitburn Bay, and Dr Scott Arthur MP on the Bill.
I do not know much about all this, so noble Lords might wonder why I am speaking in this debate, whi…
My Lords, I support Amendment 370AA, which stands in my name as well as that of the noble Lord, Lord Austin, and the noble Lord, Lord Polak, who has already spoken to it. I also support Amendment 486C, which I tabled with the noble Baroness, Lady Deech.
I start by thanking the Government for introd…
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My Lords, I support the amendments, which I have signed, and I will speak on the separation of cigarettes and vapes from other tobacco products, making the case, I hope, for a much stronger impact assessment. Certainly, the previous contribution made a strong case for trying to review these things i…
Forgive me, but this is exactly why we need a proper impact study. In 2023, a different deal was done to supply cigars, and the prices have gone up significantly. Numbers and actual overall sales volumes are totally different, so it is misleading to introduce the idea that, just because the sales ha…
My Lords, I happily join the congratulations the noble Lord, Lord Mendelsohn, gave to the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, on getting this timely debate, and the firm tone in which she addressed the Minister and the Government: for heaven’s sake, get on and do something and do not let things languish any…