Moved by

Lord Trefgarne

Moved by

Lord Trefgarne

My Lords, I apologise for raising a point on the Bill at such a late stage. In justification, I read the Bill for the first time this morning. Clause 8(1) states:

“If the decision-maker decides that a claim is valid, the decision-maker must then decide the amount of compensation, up to...

My Lords, I apologise for raising a point on the Bill at such a late stage. In justification, I read the Bill for the first time this morning. Clause 8(1) states:

“If the decision-maker decides that a claim is valid, the decision-maker must then decide the amount of compensation, up to...

My Lords, there is a Motion before the House that this Bill should now pass. This is a formality of the House and I do not believe that there is a substantive case from the noble and learned Lord, who said that he only read the Bill this morning, when...

My Lords, there is a Motion before the House that this Bill should now pass. This is a formality of the House and I do not believe that there is a substantive case from the noble and learned Lord, who said that he only read the Bill this morning, when...

Lords third reading. Agreed to on question. Bill passed.

Lords third reading. Agreed to on question. Bill passed.

Lords motion that order of commitment be discharged. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion that order of commitment be discharged. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been tabled to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to speak in Committee or to move a manuscript amendment. Accordingly, and unless any noble Lord objects, I beg to move that the order of commitment be discharged.

My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been tabled to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to speak in Committee or to move a manuscript amendment. Accordingly, and unless any noble Lord objects, I beg to move that the order of commitment be discharged.

Letter dated 08/03/2016 from Lord Bates to Baroness Fookes regarding the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee's 22nd Report of Session 2015-16 in relation to the Riot Compensation Bill. 7p.

Letter dated 08/03/2016 from Lord Bates to Baroness Fookes regarding the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee's 22nd Report of Session 2015-16 in relation to the Riot Compensation Bill. 7p.

Letter dated 08/03/2016 from Lord Bates to Lord Kennedy of Southwark regarding the Riot Compensation Bill Second Reading and compensation claims that remain outstanding after the August 2011 riots. 2p.

Letter dated 08/03/2016 from Lord Bates to Lord Kennedy of Southwark regarding the Riot Compensation Bill Second Reading and compensation claims that remain outstanding after the August 2011 riots. 2p.

Letter dated 07/03/2016 from Lord Bates to Lord Pannick regarding issues raised during the Second Reading of the Riot Compensation Bill. 3p.

Letter dated 07/03/2016 from Lord Bates to Lord Pannick regarding issues raised during the Second Reading of the Riot Compensation Bill. 3p.

Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Trefgarne, for introducing this Bill, which is a welcome reform, so far as it goes, of a very odd area of English law. My interest in the subject derives from having argued a case in the Supreme Court last month on behalf...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Trefgarne, for introducing this Bill, which is a welcome reform, so far as it goes, of a very odd area of English law. My interest in the subject derives from having argued a case in the Supreme Court last month on behalf...

My Lords, I am pleased to propose this Bill, which would help individuals and businesses to recover from the devastating impact of rioting in our communities. The Bill has been through the other place in the skilful hands of my honourable friend Mr Wood, and it is on that basis...

My Lords, I am pleased to propose this Bill, which would help individuals and businesses to recover from the devastating impact of rioting in our communities. The Bill has been through the other place in the skilful hands of my honourable friend Mr Wood, and it is on that basis...

My Lords, as ever when I find myself following the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, in a debate in your Lordships’ House, I profoundly regret ever having put my name down in the first place. Either he will have said everything that one had thought worth saying or he will have...

My Lords, as ever when I find myself following the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, in a debate in your Lordships’ House, I profoundly regret ever having put my name down in the first place. Either he will have said everything that one had thought worth saying or he will have...

My Lords, I shall detain the House only for a short period, I feel that that this is another of those occasions where my intention is never to allow the lawyers to have it all their own way. As a non-lawyer, I should point out that Lord Mansfield was of...

My Lords, I shall detain the House only for a short period, I feel that that this is another of those occasions where my intention is never to allow the lawyers to have it all their own way. As a non-lawyer, I should point out that Lord Mansfield was of...

My Lords, first, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Trefgarne, for bringing this Bill before the House today. After being on the statute book for 130 years and in that time rarely used, it is not surprising that the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 is no longer fit for purpose.

The riots...

My Lords, first, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Trefgarne, for bringing this Bill before the House today. After being on the statute book for 130 years and in that time rarely used, it is not surprising that the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 is no longer fit for purpose.

The riots...

My Lords, I, too, join noble Lords in paying tribute to my noble friend Lord Trefgarne on securing, bringing forward and outlining the Bill with such clarity today. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, spoke of his profound regret when he discovered that he was to speak...

My Lords, I, too, join noble Lords in paying tribute to my noble friend Lord Trefgarne on securing, bringing forward and outlining the Bill with such clarity today. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, spoke of his profound regret when he discovered that he was to speak...