Member of Parliament
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
Member since
27 Oct 1997
Bills sponsored
3
Speeches (30d)
1
Speeches (all)
239
Written questions
0
Last spoke
27 Apr 2026
Recent contributions (239)
HANSARDIran: ProtestsMy Lords, I should declare that I am the director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, which has been monitoring human rights abuses in Iran for many…12 Jan 2026HANSARDJimmy Lai ConvictionMy Lords—17 Dec 2025HANSARDJimmy Lai ConvictionMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Alton, I have been involved with the arrest and subsequent trial of Jimmy Lai. I too am a patron of Hong Kong Watch. I am also on the Joint…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime 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 2025
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