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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 13 January 2026

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

On Amendment 486C from my noble friend Lord Mendelsohn, again, I understand the motivation behind it, but I respectfully submit that we should not be seeking to fetter the operational independence of the DPP in the way that his amendment would. However, I assure my noble friend that the CPS takes all hate crime extremely seriously, including that motivated by antisemitism, and has prosecutors in place specifically to prosecute such offences.

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