Results 1-20 of 48 for hunting speaker:Lord Bach

Coroners and Justice Bill: Third Reading (5 Nov 2009)

Lord Bach: My Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, all with a great degree of expertise, perhaps none more so than the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, whose chairmanship I served under when we looked at the draft Legal Services Bill. I know that his recent report for the Law Society has been very widely welcomed, both by the society and others interested in that field. It is...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Third Reading (5 Nov 2009)

Lord Bach: ..., as the House will recall, I withdrew those amendments in light of the concerns raised by some noble Lords, including the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, and of course the noble Lords, Lord Hunt of Wirral and Lord Thomas of Gresford, about the wide scope of those amendments. I undertook to bring back at Third Reading revised amendments, which would be narrower in scope and limited to...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Report (4th Day) (29 Oct 2009)

Lord Bach: My Lords, I thank both noble Lords who have spoken. I say straight away to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, that we need to legislate urgently on this and will bring back amendments at Third Reading, which I hope to share with noble Lords in good time. We will see where we go from there. The suitable course now is for me to beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 96 withdrawn. Clause 144 :...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Report (3rd Day) (Continued) (28 Oct 2009)

Lord Bach: My Lords, we agree almost entirely with what the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said on this issue. Amendment 89A changes the requirement on the council to promote awareness of sentencing issues. It does this first by adding a new duty on the council to, "inform, consult and engage with the public on penal issues", and secondly by requiring that the council "must" promote sentencing rather than the...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Report (3rd Day) (28 Oct 2009)

Lord Bach: ...that conclusion. The provisions in Clause 115 build on the current system, creating a more robust test. It may not be a radical departure, but it remains a change worth making. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, accused me of having no friends—he called me "Johnny No Mates"—when I argued the case in Committee in July. I almost felt sorry for myself. However, I am not without...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Report (2nd Day) (26 Oct 2009)

Lord Bach: ...in relation to when they lost their self-control and not if they acted in a considered desire for revenge, even if they feared serious violence. Amendment 60, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, would add the words "gross provocation" to Clause 48(1)(b). It would have the effect of adding a new element to the test not just for one limb but for both limbs of the new partial...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Report (2nd Day) (26 Oct 2009)

Lord Bach: My Lords, Amendments 57, 58 and 59 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, deal with the important question of developmental immaturity in the context of the diminished responsibility partial defence to murder. We remain unpersuaded of the need for the amendments, and I will do my best to explain why. The current reform of the partial defence to murder of diminished responsibility...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Report (2nd Day) (26 Oct 2009)

Lord Bach: My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, for moving the amendment. I also thank all those who have spoken in what, as the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said, has been a good debate on a very important topic. Widespread support for the amendment has been expressed around the House and one can understand why it appears attractive. However, this is not an amendment that the...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Report (1st Day) (21 Oct 2009)

Lord Bach: ...his or her views on such matters in any report to prevent future deaths. We place great store on these reports, which are currently made under Rule 43 of the Coroners Rules. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt, asked me where this is to be found; it is under paragraph 6 of Schedule 5, as strengthened by the Government's amendments. We understand the reasons why these amendments were tabled but, in...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Report (1st Day) (21 Oct 2009)

Lord Bach: ...remain. The purpose of the investigation is to establish facts and responsibility, where appropriate; it is not to attribute blame or to decide matters of legal liability. As the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said a minute ago, that is and must remain a matter for the civil and criminal courts. I remind noble Lords of a perhaps somewhat painful memory. Noble Lords who have spoken to this...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Report (1st Day) (21 Oct 2009)

Lord Bach: I start by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, on his promotion to vice-chairman of JUSTICE, if that is the appropriate title. It is an honoured organisation and he deserves the accolade. I know it is particularly important to him because he is succeeding Lord Kingsland, whose wise words we have missed already today. At present fewer than 500 inquests a year across the whole of England...

Written Answers — House of Lords: British Coal Compensation (19 May 2009)

Lord Bach: ..., Peter Richard Watson, Vivienne Jane Latimer, Adrian Charles Fawden, Howard Robert Arthur Ford Davies.Stripes of ManchesterRichard Andrew Stripe.Wake Smith Solicitors, SheffieldJonathan Charles Vivian Hunt, Michael John Tunbridge, David William Barclay Ware, Paul Robert Thorn, John Baddeley, Neil Salter, Richard Patrick Lees and Mark Robert Durno Serby.Marrons of Newcastle upon Tyne David...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Legal Aid (12 Feb 2009)

Lord Bach: ...for family legal aid work, could be reduced in order to live within budget and to protect services to vulnerable clients. Our consultation was announced in a Statement made by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 18 June (Official Report, col. WS81). Expenditure on legal aid barrister family advocacy has risen unsustainably from £74 million to nearly £100 million in the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Human Rights (15 Jan 2009)

Lord Bach: ...to these Questions. Each Question is referred to by means of the House of Lords number. As my noble friend and predecessor as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, said in his Written Statement of 29 September1 responding to earlier Questions for Written Answer asked by the noble Lord, Lord Laird in this area, the Government keep many...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Legal Aid Reform (17 Dec 2008)

Lord Bach: ...graduated fee scheme, which governs payments to barristers for family legal aid work, between 18 June and 10 September 2008. Our consultation was announced in a Statement made by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 18 June ( Official Report, col. WS 81). I will inform Parliament of my decision on this matter before the February Recess. The consultation document Family Legal Aid...

Written Answers — House of Lords: House of Lords: Law Lords (24 Nov 2008)

Lord Bach: Ministers have received two letters and one Parliamentary Question from the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, answered by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 29 September 2008 (Official Report, col. WA416) specifically about the presence of Law Lords in the House of Lords since the passing of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.

European Union (Amendment) Bill (19 May 2008)

Lord Bach: ...neither the delegation nor the level of scrutiny was inappropriate. That is good enough for me in this case; good enough for the Government; and it should be good enough for the noble Lord, Lord Hunt.

Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (30 Apr 2008)

Lord Bach: My Lords, the noble Lord's point should be called the "Hunt rule", as it was clearly expressed by my noble friend: no Government ever accept an amendment, however perfectly drafted, by the Opposition.

Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (21 Apr 2008)

Lord Bach: ...person for the purposes of this power. As the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, told the House, following the withdrawal of this amendment in Committee on 3 March my noble friend Lord Hunt and I had a useful meeting with the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. I believed that we reached agreement on the extent of the current powers to deal with the withdrawal of distress warrants. That meeting was...

Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [HL] (18 Mar 2008)

Lord Bach: My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. As your Lordships will be aware, one of the statutory functions of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission is to promote the repeal of obsolete and unnecessary enactments. In fulfilment of this function, the Law Commissions have over the past 40 years presented...