"My Lords, I can be truly short here and it is further to a point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. Many of us are concerned about subtle pressure and coercion. It will not appear in all cases, but it will in some and these are legitimate concerns. If …..." Lord Sandhurst - View Speech
"My Lords, I speak to Amendments 82 and 83A in particular, which were advanced by my noble friend Lord Polak, who could not be here after 4 pm today, and I said that I would speak in support of them. I endorse entirely what my noble friends Lord Taylor of …..." Lord Sandhurst - View Speech
"I am surprised by that because mesothelioma is an illness or disease caused by the injury—and that injury has been inflicted by the wrongdoing...." Lord Sandhurst - View Speech
"My Lords, I will follow my noble friend and, I hope, be reasonably concise.
I asked for my Amendment 829 to be grouped with these amendments as it covers the same substantive ground. It was helpful that, about a fortnight ago, with the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, I met the …..." Lord Sandhurst - View Speech
"My Lords, further to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Russell, is the Minister confident that TikTok can be trusted when looking at the interests of children and young persons? Yes or no, please...." Lord Sandhurst - View Speech
"My Lords, I agree entirely with the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, with his vast experience, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, with hers.
My point is a simple one, which, as a lawyer, has been troubling me for a long time: conflict of interest. There is an internal conflict of …..." Lord Sandhurst - View Speech
"I agree entirely with the noble Lord. That is why at the start, perhaps briefly and elliptically, I talked about bad agencies and people. That is not the health service’s primary role. It will happen from time to time. I know a medical professional —I mentioned this at Second Reading—who …..." Lord Sandhurst - View Speech
"My Lords, as I think we all agree, this is a profoundly important issue, and one in which there is realistically no perfectly right answer. But let us start with the position that it remains one of the greatest triumphs of British policing that to this day we do not …..." Lord Sandhurst - View Speech
"He is going to start—assuming that the judge is a he—from the position that, unless there is an application to the contrary, the bar against publication is in force. I am asking the Government to consider, before we return on Report, whether guidance can be developed and something put into …..." Lord Sandhurst - View Speech
"My Lords, Amendments 425 and 426 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, relate to the criminal sentencing of serving or retired police officers. We on this side of the Committee cannot support them. These amendments are well intentioned, and we understand where the noble Baroness is coming …..." Lord Sandhurst - View Speech