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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, when I became a practitioner at the Bar as a young woman in the late 1970s, freedom of expression was regularly used as the excuse to justify sometimes horrific porn.…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillBefore my noble friend rises to reply, I want to emphasise, as someone who has practised at the Bar over many decades, like the noble Baroness, Lady Cash, the importance of our…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I was stimulated to rise by something that the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, said. She was speaking to the reply that had been given by the Minister, and it made me think…27 Nov 2025HANSARDOfficial Secret Act Case: Witness StatementsMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the charges were brought under the Official Secrets Act, which dates from the beginning of the 20th century, which is one of the reasons it…20 Oct 2025HANSARDOfficial Secret Act Case: Witness StatementsNot the independence of the CPS.20 Oct 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, this Bill presents a unique opportunity to close long-standing accountability gaps in the UK’s universal jurisdiction laws and will ensure, if the amendments are…16 Oct 2025HANSARDDaesh Crimes: Accountability (JCHR Report)My Lords, it is my honour to introduce the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ report, Accountability for Daesh Crimes ; it is the JCHR’s second report of the 2024-25 Session, which…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDaesh Crimes: Accountability (JCHR Report)That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights Accountability for Daesh Crimes (2nd Report, HL Paper 121).09 Sept 2025HANSARDDaesh Crimes: Accountability (JCHR Report)The noble Lord has the sympathy of all of us who are barristers, because we have all had the experience of being handed a brief at the last minute and having to struggle with…09 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, if I may, I first thank the new Minister for his response to the amendments that I placed before the Committee. All I can say is that one man’s flexibility is another…08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 203B and 203C in this grouping, which I have signed, but I am largely speaking on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Alton, who, as noble Lords…08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I want to reiterate what has just been said on Amendment 153. Like the previous speaker, I too have had experience of dealing with domestic servitude. I chaired an…08 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMay I just add to that? My concern is that my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti is right that, in law, one should not use contractual agreements to avoid criminal processes. However,…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 101 in my name, in which I am joined, as we have heard, by the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, but also by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grady, who,…19 May 2025HANSARDNHS: Single-sex Spaces for StaffColleagues, I apologise that I was a minute or two late. Unfortunately, I am disabled at the moment, and everything takes so much longer for me. As soon as I saw that it was a few…01 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I, too, welcome the new colleagues into this House and wish them well in their work as Members. I also congratulate the Minister on her introduction of this important…27 Mar 2025HANSARDG7I co-chair the taskforce for the return of the children who have been taken into Russia. The evidence is really shocking and quite scandalous. It is interesting that no one from…20 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human Rights: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, I declare that I am a practitioner at the English Bar and the president of the council of Justice, a leading British law organisation. I am the director of the…20 Mar 2025HANSARDChurch of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) BillMy Lords, it is really heartwarming to hear such unanimity in support of the Bill, and I, like others, welcome it with all my heart. I too am a Catholic Scot of Irish descent. I…19 Mar 2025HANSARDMedia Freedom CoalitionMy Lords, I chair the high-level legal panel which advises the international coalition of nations referred to by the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad. I thank the Minister for his…17 Mar 2025