"My Lords, I will move my Amendment 29 and address the question of whether Schedule 1 should stand part of the Bill. Amendment 29 seeks to remove the Henry VIII power to amend the list of offences considered complex and lengthy by only secondary legislation. To change the cases for …..." Lord Keen of Elie - View Speech
"My Lords, it occurs to me that the Minister may have missed his vocation: he is able to advance an unstatable case with at least a scintilla of conviction. We cannot accept the explanation advanced. I note the support across the Committee for removing Part 2 of Schedule 1. The …..." Lord Keen of Elie - View Speech
"My Lords, the Clause 5 stand part notice is in my name. We have a number of diverse amendments in this group, but they all direct attention at the same issues, they are all sounding the same warnings, and they come from across the Committee.
"My Lords, I acknowledge the Minister’s willingness to engage with Members across the House to explain the Government’s intentions with regard to this legislation. I express the hope that he will exhibit an equal willingness in answering the very particular questions that noble Lords have now posed with respect to …..." Lord Keen of Elie - View Speech
"Before the noble and learned Baroness sits down, might I raise one point with her? Alluding to the right to elect for jury trial, she described it as the means to “secure lengthy delays”. Are the Government seriously contending that the right to jury trial should be removed because they …..." Lord Keen of Elie - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, for raising this issue in Amendment 4. As is the case with a number of his amendments, I note he has the support of other noble and learned Lords—the noble and learned Lords, Lord Burnett of Maldon …..." Lord Keen of Elie - View Speech
"My Lords, these amendments address what has been universally acknowledged in this Committee to be a critical issue for the magistrates’ court and the implementation and possible success of these proposed changes to the law. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, has therefore put forward an amendment …..." Lord Keen of Elie - View Speech
"My Lords, I have lent my name to Amendment 10, but I recognise that my noble friend Lord Hailsham has provided what he describes as a raft of amendments which are intended together to establish a bulwark that will give a stronger safeguard against the removal of jury trial. In …..." Lord Keen of Elie - View Speech
"My Lords, the temptation to leave the country is there, but I shall seek to resist it.
The amendments in this group—in particular, Amendments 12, 13 and 22—appear to us to be intended to try to find a halfway house that would give some protection to the right of jury …..." Lord Keen of Elie - View Speech