Baroness Brinton (LD) [V]

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Janke for calling for this important debate, and it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Leaman, who spoke movingly of services for children with ADHD. I

My Lords, I declare my interest that one of my sons is a priest in the Church of England. I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester for introducing the Measure to your Lordships’ Hou

My Lords, I apologise for not apologising, when I intervened on the last group, for missing Second Reading. I am very grateful for the Minister’s comments on my return after some ill health. There are

My Lords, I signed the two amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, in this group. As she said, they are pertinent to the next group, when we get into the detail. I just wanted to say,

My Lords, I am going to intervene very briefly to say that it is good that an agreement has been reached on the difficult issue of the processes and arrangements relating to private prosecutions. As w

My Lords, I thank the Government for this Statement, and the technical expert group—TEG—at IBCA for its detailed report, which sits behind the proposed changes to the scheme outlined in the Statement.