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HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportMy Lords, I am sure that we are all incredibly grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, for this work, as in her previous independent inquiries on behalf of Governments of all…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillYes, I would.18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy apologies to the Committee. It has of course been 75 years since the European Convention on Human Rights and 50 years since equal pay legislation—forgive that rather glaring…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill18 Jun 2025HANSARDFree School MealsMy Lords, I join the congratulations to my noble friend and the Government. This is very good news at a time when good news is particularly welcome. I also welcome the welcome…10 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Order Act 1986: Section 5My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister, as always, for putting equal treatment at the heart of human rights. However, regardless of individual cases that we get…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGulf States: Trade and Human RightsMy Lords, I take my noble friend the Minister back to her answer to the noble Lord, Lord Purvis. I think I heard her say that, while the breadth of human rights is considerable,…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human Rights: Protocol 12My Lords, the Government have a duty not just to protect people’s rights and freedoms but to promote public understanding of those rights and freedoms. So can my noble friend the…02 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, from this side, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Harper. Whether or not he always agrees with the indefatigable noble Baroness, Lady Jones of…02 Jun 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all Members of the Committee who made their very forensic and clear points about the Bill and the manifold problems with it. I am also grateful to my…19 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness; I will be brief. I want just to respond to her point, because she referred to what I said earlier. I am not trying to suggest that there are…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThere will.19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThere we go. We have had the adjudication. It was a very good speech. I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Jones of Whitchurch. She demonstrated the patience of a saint in…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I would suggest that the so-called “free speech caveat” is Section 6 of the Human Rights Act, which requires all public…19 May 2025HANSARDRecalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsMy Lords, may I risk a thunderbolt by paying tribute to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen of Elie, and—at the risk of a second thunderbolt—suggest that there is not such a big…19 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillI apologise to the Committee that I was not able to speak at Second Reading because I was unable to stay for the whole debate, but I attended a significant portion of it and I…19 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak primarily to pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Owen of Alderley Edge. We need to be crystal clear that we would not be here and we would not have come…12 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesMy Lords, a slogan from the early days of computing is, “Rubbish in, rubbish out”. Biased historic training data can bake discrimination and historic bias into the system, whether…06 May 2025HANSARD“Hillsborough Law”To ask His Majesty’s Government when they intend to introduce the ‘Hillsborough Law’ as set out in the Labour Party Manifesto 2024; and what steps they are taking to ensure any…22 Apr 2025