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HANSARDUK Journalism (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I join with others in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Gilbert, and his committee on this excellent report. As well as the report, I also had the pleasure of reading…13 Oct 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, as a number of noble Lords have said, the gracious Speech referred to the possibility of restoring balance in the constitution. It is well known that the constitution is…18 May 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, Amendments 7 and 8 are, in effect, wrecking amendments, while Amendment 13 seeks to distinguish the position of service personnel and other potential claimants. I…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I have thought carefully about this amendment since Committee, when it was moved by the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt. I also reread the debate that took place on that…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, the then Human Rights Bill came to Parliament without a Green Paper or a White Paper or any consultation paper preceding it. It did so shortly after the Labour…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I have considerable sympathy with what lies behind the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt, and supported by the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup. I…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, not least because he has helpfully set out the provisions in the Limitation Act to which I would have made…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, once again, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hendy. In considering all these amendments, we should bear in mind that not all the claims that this…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I make it clear that I do not take the view, as the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, seemed to suggest, that we should not worry too much about limitation periods…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, the scheme of this part of the legislation creates a long stop of six years, subject to date of knowledge provisions which provide for an additional one year. It also…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup. Part 1 of the Bill creates a presumption against prosecution after five years, and factors are…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, these amendments seek to make the Attorney-General and the Advocate-General for Northern Ireland more accountable in relation to what we might call “late prosecutions”,…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I will be brief. I am conscious that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, does not have much regard to what lawyers say on this Bill, so I will bear that in mind…09 Mar 2021HANSARDUber: Supreme Court RulingMy Lords, I too welcome the decision of the Supreme Court. Those who have read the judgment of Lord Justice Leggatt will realise the detail which the court went into in deciding…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, has given your Lordships a very clear and succinct history of control orders and TPIMs—as one would expect, given his experience. He…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I regard this group and the next as essentially probing the Government on the use of polygraphs in relation to those convicted of serious terrorism offences. Like the…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I join other noble Lords in welcoming my noble friend Lord Wolfson to his position. I can say from experience that it is a challenging but rewarding post. It is well…26 Jan 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, the Bill has been broadly welcomed, in light of the Fishmongers’ Hall and Streatham attacks, by noble Lords across the House. One could add to that sad litany of attacks…26 Jan 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, the reason for the Bill is clear and was foreshadowed by the Conservative Party manifesto. For some time, there has been a need to do something about vexatious claims…20 Jan 2021HANSARDClinical NegligenceMy Lords, further to what the noble Lord, Lord Storey, said, in fact the amount that NHS Resolution has reserved for claims is £83 billion. May I suggest to the Minister that, as…03 Mar 2020