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HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillHe is in opposition.21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillThe noble and learned Lord does not mischaracterise the conclusions we reached at all. Quite rightly, we emphasised the respect of the various parts of the constitution to each…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I do not want to repeat what I said at Second Reading. Suffice it to say that I referred to what Lord Carnwath said in a lecture, essentially that the decision in Cart…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillI am grateful for that clarification, but I am afraid to say that I still fail to follow how bringing forward a fairly balanced Bill is somehow the Government reflecting an…21 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I am happy to join the noble Lords, Lord Green and Lord Wallace, and others who have brought this amendment. I may not agree with all that the noble Lord, Lord Wallace,…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord in the middle of his flow, but I think his point was that the law has moved on greatly since Lord Roskill. So does not citing a decision…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Butler, is right to pursue his amendment because it seems quite possible that the House of Commons will decline the invitation to accept the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, as the House has heard, I was chair of the Independent Review of Administrative Law, a panel made up of a number of academics and practitioners. We spent six months…07 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am very grateful to the noble and learned Lord for giving way, and I agree with his analysis entirely. I just wanted to ask him this question, which the Committee might want to…01 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, the Committee has shown in the debate on this Bill so far that there is common ground that this Bill should provide clarity. The use of “purported” in Clause 3 seems to…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThe noble Lord is masked.25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThe noble Lord says that the clause does not restore the status quo. Does it follow that, in his view, the power to dissolve would have been justiciable at common law by virtue of…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillThis may be an observation intended to help the Minister. Since the Bill was drafted, the Judicial Review and Courts Bill has been introduced. It contains an ouster clause, but…25 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillBefore we hear from the Minister and the noble Lord for the Opposition, I shall simply add that of course the aims identified in this amendment are probably shared by everybody in…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I believe this is in order, because I did not suggest for a moment that it was for the Government to send people to prison or to make up their mind. Ultimately, the…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have visited a number of prisons, both women’s prisons and male prisons. I have also sat where the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, sits and answered a number of difficult…10 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI have had the opportunity on a number of occasions, sitting as a recorder, to pass sentence in cases where, in one case after another, advocates have suggested that I take an…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, identifies the need for consistency, and he is right. I wonder whether this amendment was not provoked by the appalling case of Phillip Leece, who…15 Dec 2021HANSARDFreedom of SpeechMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the extremely woke noble and learned Lord, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood. Free speech is extremely important to all of us. I declare…10 Dec 2021HANSARDDavid Fuller CaseMy Lords, I welcome the Statement and welcome the inquiry that is to be set up. I hope that lessons will be learned from it. The Minister mentioned the question of compensation…09 Nov 2021