Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill
That the Bill do now pass.
I beg to move that the Bill do now pass.
My Lords, at the risk of my complete and utter humiliation,
I rise in these difficult and fractious times to celebrate
a moment of genuine positivity, collaboration and
leadership in this place and beyond it. I pay tribute to
the campaigner Gina Martin, whose original indignity was
converted into a powerful campaign to do something
important that we can all agree on. I also pay tribute to
her lawyer, Ryan Whelan, for that campaigning partnership
and to parliamentarians on all sides of both Houses who
made it possible—even at the expense of rivalries and
through self-censoring—to allow a speedy and successful
passage of this Bill. I particularly thank the government
Bill team, the Minister and his colleague, the noble
Baroness, Lady Vere. This was good work and very well done.
I am obliged to the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, for
her observations. I, too, extend my thanks to all who were
engaged in bringing this Bill to fruition. I thank in
particular the Bill team, which did so much work to ensure
that the passage of this Bill was as simple and swift as we
would all wish.
