Results 1-20 of 41 for hunting speaker:Lord Bassam of Brighton

Arrangement of Business — Announcement (23 Apr 2009)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: My Lords, with the leave of the House, my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath will repeat the Statement on coal and carbon capture and storage immediately after the debate in the name of my noble friend Lord Morris of Manchester.

Business (16 Oct 2008)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: My Lords, I have two announcements. First, my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath will repeat the Statement on the Department of Energy and Climate Change at a convenient point at about 12.45 pm. My right honourable friend the Leader of the House of Commons has made a Written Statement today announcing next Session's proposed recess dates for the other place. As with recent Sessions, I...

Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (3 Mar 2008)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: As my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath announced last week, we have somewhat reluctantly agreed to withdraw Clauses 123 to 125 and Schedule 25 in order to facilitate the speedy passage of the Bill, to ensure that the Bill is in good order and because everyone recognises that we need to work to a timetable if we are to ensure good order in the prison estate. The removal of these clauses...

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill (5 Feb 2007)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: My Lords, I shall see whether my arguments lack traction. I will try to deal with the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. Before I do perhaps I should set the amendment in context. The amendment to the clause requires us to do that. The purpose of the clause is to make it clear that a narrow range of organisations will not be liable to prosecution for corporate manslaughter regarding...

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill (5 Feb 2007)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...this carefully, we took the view that they were right and followed that in framing the exemption in the Bill. The exemption in subsection (3), which the amendment tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Henley, would remove, excludes policing and law enforcement activities generally, but does not exclude duties owed as employer and occupier in those circumstances. The civil courts...

Violent Crime Reduction Bill (16 Oct 2006)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...police are most likely to use them in those situations. For example, earlier this year the police issued warnings under Section 60AA for the removal of face coverings during a confrontation between hunt stewards and anti-hunt protestors. The new clause is limited to situations involving large gatherings of people, so it would be of little use where, for example, individuals wearing...

Violent Crime Reduction Bill (22 May 2006)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...firearms. Does this mean an expertise in firearms technology perhaps, or in buying and selling guns, or perhaps in enforcing the firearms legislation or in their actual use for target shooting or hunting? What sort of expertise would that mean? I have given a few examples of the difficulty that such phrasing might create. As was made clear in another place, we will look again at how a new...

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (11 Oct 2005)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...to publish draft guidance before we get too far into the detail of the debate in Committee. The issue of publication of the Keeling schedule was raised by the noble Lords, Lord Wedderburn and Lord Hunt. We have produced a consolidated version of what the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill would look like in its connection with the Public Order Act 1986. That is available and was placed today...

Charities Bill [HL] (20 Jan 2005)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...is. The noble Lord, Lord Dahrendorf, having given us a very interesting discourse about the importance of civic involvement and civic investment, gave the Bill a warm welcome. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said that he thought that we had got the architecture of the Bill about right. I welcomed particularly the endorsement we received from the noble Lord, Lord Best, who said the Bill...

Housing Bill (19 Oct 2004)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...continue to work with the National House-Building Council and other interested parties to discuss issues relating to new homes. For instance, it is our intention—I wish the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, was in his place—to look at the question of the energy efficiency certificate that would normally be included in the home condition report—an issue raised by the noble Baroness,...

Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) Order 2004 (22 Apr 2004)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...manufactured simply to evade detection and provide those so minded with a convenient means of carrying a deadly weapon. We now intend to do the same with stealth knives. Stealth knives are non-metallic hunting or stiletto knives, made of a range of materials, such as nylon zytel or high impact plastic. Although they look like conventional knives, they are difficult to detect because they...

Courts Bill [HL] (19 May 2003)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: My Lords, the speaking notes say that I have, "listened with considerable interest as to the reasons why the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, considers Amendment No. 18 to be necessary". That line is rather more accurate than I had thought when I first read it. The aim of the amendment is to ensure that the annual report submitted by the chief inspector should include highlighting best practice and the...

Courts Bill [HL] (12 May 2003)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...before the passing of this Bill. These government amendments have been grouped with Amendment No. 164. That amendment, brought forward by the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, and the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, is the same as Amendment No. 145, tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Kingsland and Lord Hunt, and moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, on 27th March. This amendment would make the first...

Courts Bill [HL] (8 May 2003)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: My Lords, we have been over much of the ground discussed by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, in previous exchanges. We are grateful to the noble Lord for returning to the matter as it enables the Government to make plain the thorough approach which we intend to be adopted by court security services. The noble Lord's amendment would require that arrangements should be made for "more thorough" and...

Courts Bill [HL] (8 May 2003)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...officer should begin to equalise the security provisions across all courts and combat the rise in incidents involving violence or threatened violence. The proposition moved by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, is to add to the Bill that anyone appointed or designated by the Lord Chancellor as a court security officer must first have been subject to and passed a "police check". I presume that this...

Courts Bill [HL] (8 May 2003)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...business of the magistrates' courts. I am sure that all noble Lords present today will recall that in Committee, on Amendment No. 73, which was tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Kingsland and Lord Hunt, I confirmed, as the Minister speaking for the Government, that I would table an amendment to Clause 25. Amendment No. 73 would have amended Clause 41 to require a magistrates' court to hear...

Courts Bill [HL] (8 May 2003)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: ...said, that point was first raised by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mayhew. He queried the need for subsection (7) and my noble friend Lady Scotland responded in a letter to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, following up points raised in Committee on 10th and 11th February. That correspondence was copied to noble Lords who took part in the debate. As was explained at the time, Clause 23(7) is...

Courts Bill [HL] (18 Feb 2003)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: I think what the noble Lord, Lord Carlisle, described is currently the situation. I want to go on to clarify the point the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, raised and persuade him to withdraw his amendment. Clause 81 amends some of the provisions of Section 76 of the Supreme Court Act 1981. That measure deals with alterations to the place of trial in the Crown Court. It currently requires...

Courts Bill [HL] (11 Feb 2003)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: On the face of it Amendment No. 85 is a reasonable amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt, is seeking to find out what the annual report will contain. Your Lordships' House likes annual reports so it is probably fair that we say what it will contain. The chief inspector will want to highlight best practice and look at inefficiencies. We share the aim of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, in that...

Courts Bill [HL] (11 Feb 2003)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: The noble Lord, Lord Hunt, raises a useful point about technology and the levels of sophistication that some people will use in order to enter a court or court buildings and cause mayhem. We are aware of that. It would be negligent if we were not aware of changes and improvements that we might require occasionally. We have sufficient cover for that. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the...