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HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Brown, has just said, there are ways of having a discourse about legal judgments even by our Supreme Court. One should conduct…08 Jan 2020HANSARDHong Kong: Emergency PowersMy Lords, I am the director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. It has just had its annual conference, in South Korea. Many lawyers from around the…07 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe noble Lord accused noble Lords on these Benches of hypocrisy. In reply, I want to say that the greatest act of guillotine to take place was the introduction of a Prorogation…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI have listened to repeated references to hypocrisy, but the greatest hypocrisy of all is taking place before our eyes. I have listened to the noble Lord all afternoon: you have…04 Sept 2019HANSARDJamal Khashoggi: United Nations ReportMy Lords, I was the legal adviser to the rapporteur and travelled with her to Turkey with a forensic pathologist and a very senior retired police officer. We met senior…27 Jun 2019HANSARDJamal Khashoggi: United Nations ReportTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions…27 Jun 2019HANSARDBrexit: Consumer Protection (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I too thank everyone who took part in this debate. I assure the House that I have not paid handsomely for the tributes that have been paid to me. It is fair to say that…16 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Consumer Protection (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, this report was prepared by the Justice Sub-Committee, which I chair, of the European Union Committee. I thank the members and staff of the committee for their support…16 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Consumer Protection (European Union Committee Report)To move that this House takes note of the Report from the European Union Committee Brexit: will consumers be protected? (9th Report, HL Paper 51).16 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationMy Lords, I do not support this withdrawal agreement and I will be supporting the idea of a second referendum. My first and preferred choice would be that we acted in our…09 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationNothing was said about two previous speakers, who spoke for far longer than I did from the Conservative Benches.09 Jan 2019