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Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 20 January 2026

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

Does my noble friend the Minister agree with me on this issue? I think he does, because he said earlier, when the noble Lord, Lord Bailey, was momentarily not with us, that minor scuffles are not serious violence and that stabbings and so on clearly are. To my own mind, a common assault between people outside the pub on a Friday night probably does not meet the threshold of serious violence, but knife robbery et cetera does.

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