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HANSARDArmed Forces (Court Martial) (Amendment) Rules 2024My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness’s speech. I hope that she has my success in dealing with the Navy. Many years ago, I put down a Question to the noble…20 May 2024HANSARDPermanent Secretaries: Appointment and Removal (Constitution Committee Report)My Lords, I have the privilege of serving on the Constitution Committee under the excellent and careful chairmanship of the noble Baroness, Lady Drake, and I commend her on what…09 May 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Missing from Registered AddressMy Lords, the Irish Justice Minister claims that 80% of asylum seekers arriving recently in Ireland have crossed the Northern Irish border through the common travel area. What…02 May 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Missing from Registered AddressTo ask His Majesty’s Government how many asylum seekers whose applications are pending are currently missing from their registered address.02 May 2024HANSARDHuman Rights: SportswashingMy Lords, what a privilege it is to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thomson, and I pay tribute to her for everything she has done to open up the world of sport to disabled…21 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Clarke, since he sets the foundations of what I am about to say. I agreed with everything that he said except his…29 Jan 2024HANSARDUniversal Declaration of Human RightsMy Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the passion of the noble and right reverend Lord, and to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, on securing this debate. It is a…11 Dec 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement 2023My Lords, I also welcome the noble Baroness to the Treasury Bench. I think she will find it interesting to be shaping the state in the future. The noble Lord, Lord Clarke of…29 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I must express my sorrow at the loss of Igor Judge. We became friends 50 years ago, when I was trespassing from the Welsh circuit on to the Midlands circuit, in…08 Nov 2023HANSARDState Pensions: Canada Free Trade AgreementTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they intend to take steps to index United Kingdom state pensions to inflation for those entitled to them living in Canada, as requested by…18 Oct 2023HANSARDState Pensions: Canada Free Trade AgreementMy Lords, the Canadian Government say that, over the past 30 years, they have made repeated efforts to persuade the UK Government to do what they do for their own citizens: to…18 Oct 2023HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Follow-up Report (European Affairs Committee)My Lords, I, too, am privileged to sit on the sub-committee, under the wise chairmanship of the noble Lord, Lord Jay, and with the assistance of a brilliant team under Stuart…11 Sept 2023HANSARDLord Chancellor and Law Officers (Constitution Committee Report)My Lords, what a delight it is to see the noble Lord, Lord Hennessy, in his place. I have followed his wise counsel on many occasions, and it is great to see him back—not least…20 Jul 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I remind your Lordships that, at Second Reading of this Bill, on 8 February, I referred to a legal action brought by Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group, who…27 Jun 2023HANSARDSentencing Act 2020 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am sorry to hear that the magistrates were upset by the introduction of this change. I was articled as a solicitor in the office of the clerk to the magistrates of the…16 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, the Minister said that the amendment which I have put forward criminalises access to justice. It does not do that; it criminalises a threat of litigation that is…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt is unprecedented.25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill25 Apr 2023HANSARDNuptial AgreementsThe Minister refers to a small cohort. Has he any idea how many nuptial agreements exist as a percentage of those people who get married these days?25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillSo, according to the Minister, it is not criminal for a person to threaten litigation, with all the expense and worry that that involves and the way that it crimps the…25 Apr 2023