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...

Letter dated 11/12/2025 from Lord Katz to Baroness Doocey regarding the Crime and Policing Bill committee stage debate (fourth day): update on the Government's progress in responding to the recommendations set by the Independent Office for Police Conduct regarding the strip searching of children by police. 2p.

Letter dated 11/12/2025 from Lord Katz to Baroness Doocey regarding the Crime and Policing Bill committee stage debate (fourth day): update on the Government's progress in responding to the recommendations set by the Independent Office for Police Conduct regarding the strip searching of children by police. 2p.

Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, this instrument was laid before the House on 7 July. The then Home Secretary and the current Home Secretary have exercised powers under Section 82(2A) of the Data Protection Act 2018 to specify in this instrument the qualifying competent authorities that will be able to apply for a...

My Lords, this instrument was laid before the House on 7 July. The then Home Secretary and the current Home Secretary have exercised powers under Section 82(2A) of the Data Protection Act 2018 to specify in this instrument the qualifying competent authorities that will be able to apply for a...

My Lords, this instrument is a welcome step in increasing the efficacy of our data sharing and protecting our national security interests. Until the enactment of this instrument, authorities processing information under the Data Protection Act 2018 have been subject to two separate legislative data-processing regimes for law enforcement and...

My Lords, this instrument is a welcome step in increasing the efficacy of our data sharing and protecting our national security interests. Until the enactment of this instrument, authorities processing information under the Data Protection Act 2018 have been subject to two separate legislative data-processing regimes for law enforcement and...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Lochiel, for his broad support for this instrument. As he mentioned, the competent authorities, which we have now specified as qualifying competent authorities, have been selected following consultation with partners operating in the area of national security. They...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Lochiel, for his broad support for this instrument. As he mentioned, the competent authorities, which we have now specified as qualifying competent authorities, have been selected following consultation with partners operating in the area of national security. They...

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...

I. Requests for victim information: Draft code of practice. 45p. II. Victim information requests: Code of practice and counselling services definition. Government consultation. 25p.

I. Requests for victim information: Draft code of practice. 45p. II. Victim information requests: Code of practice and counselling services definition. Government consultation. 25p.

Points of order on why new clause 30 (Access to a deceased child’s social media data) was not called. Clause 117, discussed with an amendment, new clause 10 (Data Vision and Strategy), new clause 11 (Departmental Board Appointments), and new clause 16 (Data use in Public Service Delivery Review), agreed to. Clauses 118 to 120 agreed to. Schedule 14 agreed to. Clause 121, discussed with new clause 3 (Health and social care data records), a Government amendment and schedule 15, agreed to. Schedule 15 agreed to, as amended. Schedule 16 agreed to. Clauses 122 and 123 agreed to. Clause 124, discussed with new clause 29 (Compliance with Section 124 of this Act and Part 3, Chapter 2 of the Online Safety Act 2023), agreed to. Clauses 125 to 134 agreed to. Clauses 135 to 139 disagreed to on division (2 votes to 9 in each case). Clause 140 disagreed to on division (4 votes to 11). Clause 141 agreed to, as amended. Clauses 142 to 147 agreed to, with clauses 144 and 147 agreed to as amended. New clause 2 (Impact of this Act and other developments at national and international level on EU data adequacy decision), debated and withdrawn. New clause 6 (Public-interest data trusts and communities), discussed with new clause 25 (Promotion of public-interest data trusts and communities), and new clause 28 (Public-interest data altruism), debated and withdrawn. New clause 9 (Right to use non-digital verification services), negatived on division (2 votes to 9). New clause 17 (Statement on application of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to activities by web-crawlers or artificial intelligence models), negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 18 (Report on regulation of web-crawlers and artificial intelligence models on use of creative content) negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 19 (Report on reducing barriers to market entry for start-ups and smaller AI enterprises on use of and access to data), negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 20 (Publication of a technological standard), negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 21 (Age of consent for social media data processing), negatived on division (2 votes to 9). Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 199). Committee rose. Written evidence reported to the House.

Points of order on why new clause 30 (Access to a deceased child’s social media data) was not called. Clause 117, discussed with an amendment, new clause 10 (Data Vision and Strategy), new clause 11 (Departmental Board Appointments), and new clause 16 (Data use in Public Service Delivery Review), agreed...

My Lords, I was not going to rise at all for the moment because there are other amendments coming later that are of interest. I declare my rather unusual interest: I was one of the architects of the GDPR in Brussels.

I rise to support Amendment 211A in the name of...

My Lords, I was not going to rise at all for the moment because there are other amendments coming later that are of interest. I declare my rather unusual interest: I was one of the architects of the GDPR in Brussels.

I rise to support Amendment 211A in the name of...

My Lords, in carrying on on this group, I will speak to the question that Clause 78 stands part, and to Amendments 107, 109, 125, 154, 155 and 156, but to start I support Amendment 87 in the name of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd. We...

My Lords, in carrying on on this group, I will speak to the question that Clause 78 stands part, and to Amendments 107, 109, 125, 154, 155 and 156, but to start I support Amendment 87 in the name of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd. We...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their consideration of these clauses. First, I will address Amendment 87 tabled by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, and the noble and learned Lord—sorry, the noble Lord—Lord Clement-Jones.

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their consideration of these clauses. First, I will address Amendment 87 tabled by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, and the noble and learned Lord—sorry, the noble Lord—Lord Clement-Jones.

I will take any compliment.

I will take any compliment.

We should take them while we can. Like the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, I agree that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, made an excellent contribution. I appreciate this is a particularly technical area of legislation, but I hope I can reassure both noble Lords that the UK’s data...

We should take them while we can. Like the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, I agree that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, made an excellent contribution. I appreciate this is a particularly technical area of legislation, but I hope I can reassure both noble Lords that the UK’s data...

The Minister said there is a power to amend, but she has not said whether she thinks that would be desirable. Is the power to be used only if we are found not to be data-adequate because the immigration exemption does not apply across the board? That is, will the...

The Minister said there is a power to amend, but she has not said whether she thinks that would be desirable. Is the power to be used only if we are found not to be data-adequate because the immigration exemption does not apply across the board? That is, will the...

I reassure the noble Lord that, as he knows, we are very hopeful that we will have data adequacy so that issue will not arise. I will write to him to set out in more detail when those powers would be used.

I reassure the noble Lord that, as he knows, we are very hopeful that we will have data adequacy so that issue will not arise. I will write to him to set out in more detail when those powers would be used.

Yes, it would be helpful if we could write and set that out in more detail. Obviously the ICO’s report is fairly recent, but I am sure he has considered how the enforcement would follow on from that. I am sure we can write and give more details.

Yes, it would be helpful if we could write and set that out in more detail. Obviously the ICO’s report is fairly recent, but I am sure he has considered how the enforcement would follow on from that. I am sure we can write and give more details.

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. I wish to make three points. First, the critical question is: are our laws adequate to pass the adequacy test? Normally, when you go in for a legal test, you check that your own house is in order. I am therefore...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. I wish to make three points. First, the critical question is: are our laws adequate to pass the adequacy test? Normally, when you go in for a legal test, you check that your own house is in order. I am therefore...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my friend the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, and to give full-throated support to my friend the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, on all his amendments. Given that the noble Baroness mentioned it and that another week has passed since we asked the Minister...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my friend the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, and to give full-throated support to my friend the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, on all his amendments. Given that the noble Baroness mentioned it and that another week has passed since we asked the Minister...

My Lords, I should first apologise for not being able to attend Second Reading or, arguably more importantly, to be in Committee last week to support the many amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, on child protection. I read Hansard carefully and was deeply depressed to see that we...

My Lords, I should first apologise for not being able to attend Second Reading or, arguably more importantly, to be in Committee last week to support the many amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, on child protection. I read Hansard carefully and was deeply depressed to see that we...