Letter dated 29/01/2026 from Baroness Levitt to Lord Gove regarding addressing delays in rape and serious sexual offence cases: responding to questions raised following a statement on restriction of jury trials: work between police forces and the Crown Prosecution Service to bring cases to court more quickly, and publication of timelines for case processing. 2p.

Letter dated 29/01/2026 from Baroness Levitt to Lord Gove regarding addressing delays in rape and serious sexual offence cases: responding to questions raised following a statement on restriction of jury trials: work between police forces and the Crown Prosecution Service to bring cases to court more quickly, and publication of...

New clause 42 (Report on the organisations responsible for implementing and enforcing youth diversion orders), negatived on division (3 votes to 10). New clause 43 (Travel abroad to support a proscribed organisation), negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 44 (Individual preparation for mass casualty attack), negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 46 (Seizure of vehicles by police: mopeds used for commercial purposes), debated and withdrawn. New clause 47 (National statutory inquiry into grooming gangs), negatived on division (4 votes to 10). New clause 48 (Annual statement on ethnicity of members of grooming gangs), negatived on division (4 votes to 10). New clause 49 (Publication of sex offender’s ethnicity data), negatived on division (4 votes to 10). New clause 50 (Removal of parental responsibility for individuals convicted of sexual offences against children), negatived on division (5 votes to 10). New clause 51 (Amendment of Possession of extreme pornographic images), negatived on division (4 votes to 10). New clause 52 (Child Murder Sentencing Guidelines), negatived on division (5 votes to 10). New clause 54 (Financial gain from child sexual exploitation and abuse), negatived on division (5 votes to 10). New clause 55 (Annual statement on employment status of sexual offenders), negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 57 (Prohibition on sexual relationships between first cousins), negatived on division (3 votes to 10). New clause 58 (Amendment of the Police Act 1996), negatived on division (3 votes to 9). New clause 59 (The retention by the police of non-crime perception records), negatived on division (3 votes to 10). New clause 60 (Threshold for intentional harassment, alarm or distress), negatived on division (3 votes to 11). New clause 95 (Points on driving licence for littering out of a vehicle window), negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 96 (Theft of tools from tradesmen), negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 97 (Access to public funds for organisations supporting criminal conduct), negatived on division (4 votes to 10). New clause 98 (Enforcement plan for sale of stolen equipment at car boot sales), negatived on division (4 votes to 10). New clause 99 (Inspection of police force firearms licensing departments), negatived on division (5 votes to 11). Government new schedule 1 (Civil penalties for service providers and content managers) agreed to. Clause 131 agreed to. Clauses 132, 134 and 135 agreed to as amended. Clauses 133, 136 and 137 agreed to. Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 235). Committee rose. Written evidence reported to the House.

New clause 42 (Report on the organisations responsible for implementing and enforcing youth diversion orders), negatived on division (3 votes to 10). New clause 43 (Travel abroad to support a proscribed organisation), negatived on division (4 votes to 11). New clause 44 (Individual preparation for mass casualty attack), negatived on...

My Lords, I speak to my amendments in this group. In doing so, I declare my interest as a guest of Google at its AI policy conference.

I start by thanking both the Minister and Minister Davies-Jones for taking the time to engage on this issue and for their endless patience....

My Lords, I speak to my amendments in this group. In doing so, I declare my interest as a guest of Google at its AI policy conference.

I start by thanking both the Minister and Minister Davies-Jones for taking the time to engage on this issue and for their endless patience....

My Lords, I will speak primarily to pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Owen of Alderley Edge. We need to be crystal clear that we would not be here and we would not have come as far as we have—notwithstanding residual concerns—but for her work. Her entry into your...

My Lords, I will speak primarily to pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Owen of Alderley Edge. We need to be crystal clear that we would not be here and we would not have come as far as we have—notwithstanding residual concerns—but for her work. Her entry into your...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, has said everything I was going to say and more and better, so I want just to pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Owen of Alderley Edge, and to say that I too have witnessed her forensic fight over the last few...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, has said everything I was going to say and more and better, so I want just to pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Owen of Alderley Edge, and to say that I too have witnessed her forensic fight over the last few...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the three noble Baronesses, and I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, on her magnificent and successful campaign to outlaw the making and requesting of non-consensual images, first with her Private Member’s Bill and then with amendments to this Bill. She...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the three noble Baronesses, and I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, on her magnificent and successful campaign to outlaw the making and requesting of non-consensual images, first with her Private Member’s Bill and then with amendments to this Bill. She...

My Lords, I happened to be in the House when the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, was taking her Private Member’s Bill through, and I remember very well the reply given by my noble friend to her Bill. Therefore, it is a great achievement that this has become part of government...

My Lords, I happened to be in the House when the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, was taking her Private Member’s Bill through, and I remember very well the reply given by my noble friend to her Bill. Therefore, it is a great achievement that this has become part of government...

My Lords, first, I declare my interest as a commissioner at the EHRC, and I have also been a lifelong campaigner for and defender of free speech, so I do not approach this subject lightly at all. I have some sympathy with the Government’s position that a reasonable excuse is...

My Lords, first, I declare my interest as a commissioner at the EHRC, and I have also been a lifelong campaigner for and defender of free speech, so I do not approach this subject lightly at all. I have some sympathy with the Government’s position that a reasonable excuse is...

My Lords, I rise to speak to the Motion standing in the name of my noble friend Lady Owen of Alderley Edge. Her amendments fall into two categories, and we support her in all of them. I start by joining the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, and others in paying tribute...

My Lords, I rise to speak to the Motion standing in the name of my noble friend Lady Owen of Alderley Edge. Her amendments fall into two categories, and we support her in all of them. I start by joining the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, and others in paying tribute...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to the arguments, particularly those in favour of the noble Baroness’s Amendment 55, the creating offence, which seeks to replace the “reasonable excuse” defence with the creating offence, with a targeted defence for red-team software testing and reasonable political satire. We share the noble...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to the arguments, particularly those in favour of the noble Baroness’s Amendment 55, the creating offence, which seeks to replace the “reasonable excuse” defence with the creating offence, with a targeted defence for red-team software testing and reasonable political satire. We share the noble...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Moved by

Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge

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Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Moved by

Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge

56B: After inserted subsection (9) insert—

“(10) The Secretary of State must—

(a) review the operation of subsection (7),

(b) publish the outcome of the review in a report before the end of the period of two years beginning with the day on which this section comes into...

Moved by

Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge

56B: After inserted subsection (9) insert—

“(10) The Secretary of State must—

(a) review the operation of subsection (7),

(b) publish the outcome of the review in a report before the end of the period of two years beginning with the day on which this section comes into...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Lords consideration of Commons amendments. Commons amendments 1 to 31 agreed to. Commons amendment 32 disagreed to and amendments 32B and 32C to the words so restored to the Bill agreed to on division (200 to 183). Commons amendment 33 agreed to. Commons amendment 34 agreed to and amendments 34B and 34C instead of the words so left out of the bill agreed to. Commons amendments 35 to 42 agreed to. Commons amendment 43 agreed to and amendment 43B instead of the words so left out of the bill agreed to on division (289 to 168). Commons amendments 44 to 46, 47, and 48 agreed to. Commons amendment 49 agreed to and amendment 49B instead of the words so left out of the Bill agreed to on division (272 to 125). Commons amendments 50 and 51 agreed to. Commons amendment 52 disagreed to and amendments 52B and 52C to the words so restored to the Bill agreed to on division (164 to 152). Commons amendments 53 and 54 agreed to. Commons amendment 55 disagreed to and amendments 55D and 55E in lieu agreed to. Amendment 56B (to amendment 56) agreed to. Commons amendment 56, as amended, agreed to. Commons amendments 57 to 79 agreed to. Bill returned to the Commons with amendments.

Lords consideration of Commons amendments. Commons amendments 1 to 31 agreed to. Commons amendment 32 disagreed to and amendments 32B and 32C to the words so restored to the Bill agreed to on division (200 to 183). Commons amendment 33 agreed to. Commons amendment 34 agreed to and amendments 34B...

Moved by

Lord Vallance of Balham

Moved by

Lord Vallance of Balham

My Lords, I will speak to some of the amendments made in the other place, starting with Amendments 1 to 31. These will ensure that smart data schemes can function optimally and that Part 1 is as clear as possible. Similarly, Amendments 35 to 42 from the other place reflect...

My Lords, I will speak to some of the amendments made in the other place, starting with Amendments 1 to 31. These will ensure that smart data schemes can function optimally and that Part 1 is as clear as possible. Similarly, Amendments 35 to 42 from the other place reflect...

My Lords, I first thank the Minister for his—as ever—clear and compelling remarks. I thank all noble Lords who have been working in a collegiate, collaborative fashion to find a way forward on the few but important remaining points of disagreement with the Government.

Before I come to the issue of...

My Lords, I first thank the Minister for his—as ever—clear and compelling remarks. I thank all noble Lords who have been working in a collegiate, collaborative fashion to find a way forward on the few but important remaining points of disagreement with the Government.

Before I come to the issue of...