Recent contributions (22)
HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for what he has said. It is a probing amendment and has afforded me an opportunity to make an important point about speaking up for the…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hunt, on her excellent maiden speech and welcome her to our Cross Benches. I shall concentrate on two issues: first, the…05 Feb 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I welcome the Government’s commitment to introduce its online harms Bill “to improve internet safety for all”, but, equally, stress that I remain deeply concerned by…09 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord McNally, I too have found myself having to change what I had intended to say today, following an announcement by the Secretary of State for the…22 Oct 2019HANSARDJustice: Private SectorMy Lords, recent research by the Guardian shows that private prisons are disproportionately more violent than public ones, with almost 50% more assaults. Official figures show…18 Jun 2019 Bills sponsored (7)