"My Lords, I am deeply grateful to be allowed four minutes in the gap to comment on this very important Bill. The Minister is already aware, from our correspondence, of the thrust of my main concern, which is that the Bill does not do anything adequately at this stage to …..." Lord James of Blackheath - View Speech
"As a non-lawyer, may I intervene with a query? The phrase “adult” services is a colloquial euphemism. In my understanding, or non-understanding of the law, it is interpreted as to the literal use of the language. Would not it be unambiguous and better if it was just to say “pornographic”?..." Lord James of Blackheath - View Speech
"My Lords, my Amendment 6 is in the same group. I suspect that the followers of Amendment 5 are now well past number 11 and following on in the second innings, so I wonder if I could be forgiven for taking over to speak to my Amendment 6. It is …..." Lord James of Blackheath - View Speech
"I can very easily move to the end. I quoted that last example because it indicates how, in the words of that fellow of 50, all migrant children are now regarded as the untouchables of Australian society. They have no place, no identity—nothing. When the Minister says that he does …..." Lord James of Blackheath - View Speech
"I thank the Minister for his response to my points, but may I just put two questions to him? I will wholly understand if he chooses to answer in writing afterwards. First, will he give consideration to a comment that appears in the great book in the Library, attributed to …..." Lord James of Blackheath - View Speech
"I am sorry, that was my first of two questions to the Minister. He stood up, so I thought he was going to answer me. The second question—..." Lord James of Blackheath - View Speech
"I thank the noble Lord for that, but I must point out that they all had court orders last time. My second question is this—..." Lord James of Blackheath - View Speech
"I apologise to the noble Lord if I caused offence, but I thought the situation was that you could reply to the answer you had had from a noble Lord...." Lord James of Blackheath - View Speech
"The Minister is aware that I have some continuing concerns since I withdrew my Amendment 29. Having listened to the debate on this amendment today, there is a word in the amendment that causes me great concern in the context of the story I recounted to the House. The word …..." Lord James of Blackheath - View Speech