Amendment 120A

Part of Victims and Prisoners Bill - Report (4th Day) – in the House of Lords am 6:00 pm ar 21 Mai 2024.

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Photo of Lord Sentamu Lord Sentamu Crossbench 6:00, 21 Mai 2024

In a debate on public bodies, protests and funding, we wanted to use the word “reasonableness”, and the Government still stuck to proportionality—in government circles, on that particular Bill, they knew what proportionality meant. Moreover, I was in the debates on the Human Rights Act; it was very clear that part of the human right is whether the decisions that have been taken are really proportionate. The Act spells this out, so I do not understand why, in this particular case, the Minister is relying on case law, particularly on the Human Rights Act. I do not see why that cannot be applied in this particular instance.