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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, we are playing a bit of Jack-in-the-box. When I was being taught law by a wonderful person from Gray’s Inn, who was responsible for drafting the constitution of Uganda’s…21 Jan 2025HANSARDCourts: BacklogsMy Lords, sitting with two assessors, I tried a brutal rape and GBH case. The perpetrator was found guilty. Had we had trial by jury, it would have added weight to the conviction…15 Jan 2025HANSARDProvisional Local Government Finance SettlementI declare my interest as chair of the Living Wage Commission, which recommended, along with the Resolution Foundation, what a living wage should be in London and the rest of the…19 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I have spoken only once—about my little club, York City—but I have attended all the Committee debates. First, I think that York City will find it puzzling if, for the…16 Dec 2024HANSARDSyriaMy Lords, I am very glad that His Majesty’s Government have already given £11 million towards humanitarian aid. That is such good news. Secondly, our watchword surely should be…12 Dec 2024HANSARDUK Leadership on SudanMy Lords, in the late 1970s, I was administering law in northern Uganda, and there were many refugees from south Sudan. Archbishop Luwum did a fantastic job in persuading the…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, if we do not get up to Amendment 36, we have a big job ahead of us, so I am going to be very brief. Take the BBC. The director-general, the chair and the board really…27 Nov 2024HANSARDG20 and COP 29 SummitsMy Lords, I would like to follow the injunction of the Chief Whip by asking a question but, before I do so, perhaps I may join in the wonderful words that have been said about…25 Nov 2024HANSARDHospices: FundingMy Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for securing this debate. I have experienced the amazing work and care offered to many people at the end of their…24 Oct 2024HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]My Lords, I associate myself with the wonderful words of the three noble and learned Lords and I share the concern of the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, but when I was reading…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceMy Lords, I declare an interest. My title is Lord Sentamu, of Lindisfarne, which is in Northumberland. In Berwick, where I live, a hospital is being built. Will the building…30 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dholakia. I begin my contribution to this debate on justice by calling Lord Bingham, a noble and learned Lord, as my…24 Jul 2024HANSARDSouth AfricaMy Lords, the noble Lord was right when he said that we are living in a contested world. In Africa—I come from Uganda—Russia and China are the greatest investors; they build…21 May 2024HANSARDRussia: SanctionsMy Lords, last week, in a debate on Ukraine, the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, and I asked the Minister about the greatest idea produced by the Foreign Secretary, which we felt was…21 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillIn a debate on public bodies, protests and funding, we wanted to use the word “reasonableness”, and the Government still stuck to proportionality—in government circles, on that…21 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI want to ask a simple question. At the moment, all pensions are in many ways looked at by the Pensions Regulator. Does that regulator distinguish between the local authority…14 May 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillMy Lords, I was not intending to speak, but the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, and other noble Lords here, have posed for me a conundrum. By the way, I live in a village…13 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, third time of asking. First, I stand here as somebody who still mourns the death, the assassination, of Yitzhak Rabin, a great statesperson who was on the cusp of…07 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, I was not at Second Reading because, as some of you know, I have been away for six months for reasons I will not explain. The argument goes on from side to side, but the…07 May 2024HANSARDUkraine: Small BoatsMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, asked about seizing Russian assets to use them to support the war effort by Ukraine. That idea came from the Foreign Secretary. He said it…01 May 2024