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HANSARDParole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022I apologise for intervening. I forgot to refer to my interests in the register. I am a trustee of the Prison Reform Trust and am connected to a number of other prison welfare…18 Oct 2022HANSARDParole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Prashar. Because she set out the arguments so well and so fully, there is very little more that I need to say—save that, in standing,…18 Oct 2022HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SchemeMy Lords, in a short debate such as this, it is often not possible to say anything at all and certainly not anything original. However, the two previous speakers, the noble and…13 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, there is much to be learned from the speech of the noble Earl and I am grateful to be able to follow him. I want to refer to the report of the Delegated Powers and…11 Oct 2022HANSARDCrime, Reoffending and RehabilitationMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the right reverend Prelate. I tip my hat to the work of the Church of England—indeed, of all faith leaders—to do with prisons. I too draw…30 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsMy Lords, I join others in welcoming my noble and learned friend to this House and to his new responsibilities as a Minister. With all due respect, I ask him to persuade his…23 Jun 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I join the noble and learned Lord, Lord Brown, in all that he has said, and I say with greater confidence, albeit with some reticence, if that is not a contradiction,…27 Apr 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for her clear opening to this debate on this very important piece of legislation. It is also a pleasure to follow the right reverend…09 Mar 2022HANSARDPrisoners: Imprisonment for Public Protection SentencesMy Lords, I, too, refer to my trusteeship of the Prison Reform Trust. Some years ago, Dame Anne Owers, the former prisons inspector, said that there was a link between humanity…08 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022My Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness’s last remark. I was on the Joint Committee on the Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill, which sat in 2019. Clearly, 18 months is…03 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that kleptocrats, like drug dealers, do not like having their money—their ill-gotten gains—removed from them? We have sanctioned three…22 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, my public law experience as a member of the Bar is not as extensive as that of other noble and learned Lords or other noble Lords who are lawyers. However, alongside the…07 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I appreciate that Third Reading is not the time for long and ponderous speeches, but I wanted to place on record—as someone who tabled amendments on Report and in…25 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I entirely agree with the noble Lords, Lord Marks and Lord Pannick, and my noble friend Lord Hailsham.15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI hate to disagree with the Minister on this matter of policy, but of course Parliament can do what it likes. The question is whether that is wise.15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI think the last point made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, needs to be said often and loudly. The noble Lord, Lord Blunkett—I praised him in Committee—was brave enough…15 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, 15 noble Lords have spoken in this debate. Most of them have concentrated on amendments other than mine, which is hardly surprising. Three broad points have emerged from…13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am so glad to have the approbation of the noble Lords opposite, for whom I have the greatest respect—on their negotiated stopping site. That is what I invite the House and the…13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I begin by explaining that I will not be pressing my amendment to a Division. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, for prompting me—although she may not have…13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill13 Dec 2021