My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

In September 2012, the Hillsborough Independent Panel published their important report which sets out the truth about the Hillsborough disaster. I am today setting out the different pieces of...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

In September 2012, the Hillsborough Independent Panel published their important report which sets out the truth about the Hillsborough disaster. I am today setting out the different pieces of...

In September 2012, the Hillsborough independent panel published their important report which sets out the truth about the Hillsborough disaster. I am today setting out the different pieces of work that will belatedly deliver justice for the victims and their families, and how this work fits together.

It will be the...

In September 2012, the Hillsborough independent panel published their important report which sets out the truth about the Hillsborough disaster. I am today setting out the different pieces of work that will belatedly deliver justice for the victims and their families, and how this work fits together.

It will be the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Financial Services Authority has taken any action relating to unauthorised trading by employees of a bank where that trading led to a profit for the bank.[HL3885]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Financial Services Authority has taken any action relating to unauthorised trading by employees of a bank where that trading led to a profit for the bank.[HL3885]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which institutions benefited, and by what amounts, from early stage discounts under the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) executive settlement procedures as a result of the FSA investigation into misconduct of rate-setting for the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR).[HL3838]

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which institutions benefited, and by what amounts, from early stage discounts under the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) executive settlement procedures as a result of the FSA investigation into misconduct of rate-setting for the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR).[HL3838]

I am grateful to the noble Lord. What I took him to be saying was that all police witnesses in serious cases should be interviewed under caution. Perhaps we can agree to get the definition of that right.

If we are talking about witnesses, it would be extremely unlikely that the...

I am grateful to the noble Lord. What I took him to be saying was that all police witnesses in serious cases should be interviewed under caution. Perhaps we can agree to get the definition of that right.

If we are talking about witnesses, it would be extremely unlikely that the...

My Lords, we are privileged to sit in this House and have been privileged today to have had the opportunity to participate in this debate. We have heard some impassioned and authoritative speeches, which have helped this House to consider this Bill, as it should do, in the proper context...

My Lords, we are privileged to sit in this House and have been privileged today to have had the opportunity to participate in this debate. We have heard some impassioned and authoritative speeches, which have helped this House to consider this Bill, as it should do, in the proper context...

My Lords, I beg to move that the Bill be now read a second time.

It is important that we remember why we are here today: the tragic events of 15 April 1989 resulted in the deaths of 96 innocent men, women, and children— 96 lives lost, and 700 people injured,...

My Lords, I beg to move that the Bill be now read a second time.

It is important that we remember why we are here today: the tragic events of 15 April 1989 resulted in the deaths of 96 innocent men, women, and children— 96 lives lost, and 700 people injured,...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his comments and for his explanation of the detail in the Bill before us.

On 15 April 1989, across the nation people watched with increasingly incredulity and horror the unfolding tragedy of events at Hillsborough. It was hard to

comprehend that people were dying in...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his comments and for his explanation of the detail in the Bill before us.

On 15 April 1989, across the nation people watched with increasingly incredulity and horror the unfolding tragedy of events at Hillsborough. It was hard to

comprehend that people were dying in...

My Lords, I am not from Liverpool but I am acutely aware of how central football can be to the DNA of the citizens of a city, and I mean more than loyalty to a particular club. In my home city, if you support Manchester City you celebrate when Manchester...

My Lords, I am not from Liverpool but I am acutely aware of how central football can be to the DNA of the citizens of a city, and I mean more than loyalty to a particular club. In my home city, if you support Manchester City you celebrate when Manchester...

My Lords, the report published on 12 September by the Hillsborough Independent Panel, chaired by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Liverpool, meticulously examined every aspect of the disaster at the Hillsborough Stadium on 15 April 1989, in which 90 men, women and children lost their lives.

The right reverend...

My Lords, the report published on 12 September by the Hillsborough Independent Panel, chaired by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Liverpool, meticulously examined every aspect of the disaster at the Hillsborough Stadium on 15 April 1989, in which 90 men, women and children lost their lives.

The right reverend...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for the clarity of his exposition of the reasons why we need the two clauses in the Bill. It is a great privilege to be able to speak in today’s debate. With your Lordships’ agreement, I would like to take the opportunity to speak...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for the clarity of his exposition of the reasons why we need the two clauses in the Bill. It is a great privilege to be able to speak in today’s debate. With your Lordships’ agreement, I would like to take the opportunity to speak...

My Lords, had I known a few days ago that I would be speaking directly after the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Liverpool, I might not have spent any time writing a speech of my own. I probably would simply have congratulated him on the magnificent way in which...

My Lords, had I known a few days ago that I would be speaking directly after the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Liverpool, I might not have spent any time writing a speech of my own. I probably would simply have congratulated him on the magnificent way in which...

My Lords, I declare an interest: I am acting, pro bono, for the Hillsborough Family Support Group, which includes members of over two-thirds of the families of the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster. I apologise to the House that I am not able to attend the winding-up...

My Lords, I declare an interest: I am acting, pro bono, for the Hillsborough Family Support Group, which includes members of over two-thirds of the families of the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster. I apologise to the House that I am not able to attend the winding-up...

In this excellent and emotive debate, I wish to speak briefly as someone who is very proud to have been born and brought up in the city of Liverpool.

My church was Holy Trinity, Wavertree, and I remember being confirmed there by the then Bishop of Warrington who used three...

In this excellent and emotive debate, I wish to speak briefly as someone who is very proud to have been born and brought up in the city of Liverpool.

My church was Holy Trinity, Wavertree, and I remember being confirmed there by the then Bishop of Warrington who used three...

My Lords, it is my privilege to try to record some new facts in this debate and perhaps to balance some of the comments that have been made today—indeed, some of the rhetoric that has been employed—and particularly to answer, if I can, some of the questions posed by the...

My Lords, it is my privilege to try to record some new facts in this debate and perhaps to balance some of the comments that have been made today—indeed, some of the rhetoric that has been employed—and particularly to answer, if I can, some of the questions posed by the...

My Lords, I need to start by saying that I fully support the Bill. However, I have two caveats that I have already outlined to the Minister and to which I hope he will respond in a while. In asking the Minister about these two matters, I am not trying...

My Lords, I need to start by saying that I fully support the Bill. However, I have two caveats that I have already outlined to the Minister and to which I hope he will respond in a while. In asking the Minister about these two matters, I am not trying...

I was not saying that all police witnesses should be cautioned, only those who are being interviewed for very serious offences, which is what the Home Office Select Committee said.

I was not saying that all police witnesses should be cautioned, only those who are being interviewed for very serious offences, which is what the Home Office Select Committee said.

Agreed to on question. Part 1 of 2

Agreed to on question. Part 1 of 2