Part of Crime and Policing Bill - Committee (2nd Day) – in the House of Lords at 6:45 pm on 17 November 2025.
Lord Katz
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
6:45,
17 November 2025
Hooray indeed. I will not commit any more strongly than that. I will let noble Lords come to their own conclusions about the ability to take on those considerations ahead of Report.
In the light of the action that we are taking already to tackle waste crime, and without pre-empting the response from my Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State Emma Reynolds to the Environment Committee’s report, I hope the noble Earl, Lord Russell, will be content to withdraw his Amendment.
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Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
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