Results 1-20 of 76 for hunting speaker:Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill (10 Jul 2008)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...that he wrote that article before he had had the advantage of reading the provisions of the Bill. Since that time, he has had an opportunity both to write to and to speak to my noble friend Lord Hunt and he has expressed his compliments in relation to the Bill. I hope that he will forgive me if, in order to reassure the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, I quote what he says in the final...

Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (27 Feb 2008)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...of the typing, he will find that we have a good solution to what appeared to be a knotty problem. I say, too, to the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, that I understand that my noble friend Lord Hunt wrote on 8 February to the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland—a letter that was copied to the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford—providing details of the government amendments and the...

Debate on the Address (23 Nov 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...Lords. The Legal Services Bill, which will be piloted by my noble and learned friend the Lord Chancellor, had three stalwart contributors in my noble friend Lord Lofthouse and the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Goodhart. Immigration held a little interest for the House, too, as we heard in the contributions from the noble Lords, Lord Waddington, Lord Avebury and Lord Williamson, and my...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Hunting Act 2004 (6 Jul 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The Hunting Act 2004 came into force on 18 February 2005. Data on the number of prosecutions in 2005 will be available in the autumn.

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (24 Jan 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...to how that consensus could be achieved on this Bill. There have been discussions with key Members of this House and another place, not least the noble Lords, Lord Lester of Herne Hill and Lord Hunt. I thank them for their diligence and hard work in those efforts. The Government have made considerable efforts to try to meet the concerns expressed. I will leave it to the noble Lords, Lord...

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (8 Nov 2005)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...what we—each of us, as I understood it—have set our minds to achieving. So I hope that in that sense we shall be able to satisfy noble Lords. The noble Lords, Lord Lester and Lord Hunt, have already referred to the reasons why we believe that a definition would be unhelpful in this regard, and unnecessary. I am sure, as the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, made clear, that the noble...

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (8 Nov 2005)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, I echo the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, on the sense of revulsion one has about such attacks. It is important that the noble Lord, Lord Dholakia, has expressed his personal view on these matters, because it underlines why we all recognise the importance of dealing with hatred, whether it is stimulated by virtue of race or religious belief. It is important, therefore, that...

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (8 Nov 2005)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, I am glad that I did not rise to my feet more quickly. I did just as the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, wanted—I paused. He has just summed up this debate with great skill, and saved me, I hope, the burden of inflicting what I would have said upon the House. I agree with the noble Lord about caution and consultation. However, I say as clearly as I can: not in this Bill. The...

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (8 Nov 2005)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...discussions and will be able to make progress. To do otherwise would defeat the whole purpose of the debate that we are having now. I shall deal with the issues in order. Like the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, we are absolutely determined to ensure that frivolous and vexatious cases should not be brought. That is very much part of the thrust of what everyone wishes to see and, as we all know,...

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (8 Nov 2005)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...made so far. In Committee strong concern was expressed about freedom of expression. Those concerns led noble Lords to vote substantially in favour of the amendments tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Lester, the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Carey, and the noble Lord, Lord Plant. As I indicated then, I wanted to take stock of our position and look for ways in which that...

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (25 Oct 2005)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The word is unnecessary. I have made it plain that I do not seek to argue the new construct put forward by the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Lester, but I am sure they will say that if their amendment were to stand, all of this would fall away. We will have to debate these issues more keenly, particularly when we know whether the Government are able to produce any further thinking or...

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (25 Oct 2005)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ..., it would have been easier to see how the Government's case in its entirety could be put on Report. We could then have had a debate on the difference between the construct of the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Lester, and any new construct which the Government might be able to put together. I say "might" because all this needs to be thought about to see whether it is possible. So I...

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (25 Oct 2005)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...2, we now have a very different structure. It is of course not for me to speak to those amendments and the effect of them. However, from the speeches we have already had, both the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and the noble Lord, Lord Lester, would say that their amended Schedule would deal with the issue and that it would not arise. I find myself in an interesting position. I am no longer able...

Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill (14 Mar 2005)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...-faith associations, not least for many years being a Shabbas goy in my local synagogue. So I come to the debate with a modicum of understanding of some of the issues. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for his support and that of his party for the creation of the new agency. With some temerity I remind him and the noble Lord, Lord Selsdon, that the majority of us look forward to our...

Civil Contingencies Bill (16 Nov 2004)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...this Government love the freedoms of this country and the constitutional arrangements that we have made that we feel that they are important. I heard the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, say, "hunting". I am not hunting in this Bill for anything other than justice.

Civil Contingencies Bill (19 Oct 2004)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: .... Perhaps I should run through some of the issues as we see them. I say to the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, that the scenario that he paints of our using emergency legislation to stop people fishing, hunting or carrying out the most modest form of disruptive activity will not engage this legislation. The clause must be understood in its proper context. Perhaps I may take the example of the...

Civil Contingencies Bill (19 Oct 2004)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...be the first responder, responsible for tackling a fire. I cannot really envisage a situation in which it would need emergency powers to do so; the matter is outwith the Bill. I should speak about hunt protesters. The emergency powers are a last-resort option for dealing with the most serious emergencies. They must be used reasonably and proportionately, and only where existing legislation...

Civil Contingencies Bill (19 Oct 2004)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...powers. Thus, the Bill lists the full range of events where the Government consider that it might be necessary to exercise emergency powers. I endorse the comments made by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Chesterton in relation to fallout—particularly nuclear fallout and its effect on plants and other material. The Bill is designed to capture that. Damage to property may need to be of a...

Commons Insistence and Amendments to the Words So Restored to the Bill (20 Nov 2003)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: .... I would like to thank all noble Lords opposite who have participated, not least the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, with whom I have dealt so fully on so many occasions, and the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Kingsland, to name but three. I want also to thank Members on the Liberal Democrat Benches who have been so numerous that I hesitate to mention in case I leave someone out. But I...

Commons Insistence and Amendments to the Words So Restored to the Bill (20 Nov 2003)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...none the less. I can certainly reassure the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, that we shall strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. It is right for me to respond to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and to remind him that we on these Benches have loved and supported jurors as valiantly as he. In moving our provisions in the Bill we have secured the maintenance of justice and jury trial...