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HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillMy Lords, I assure noble Lords that the shortness of my remarks now does not reflect the importance of the Bill: this is an important, focused Bill and a valuable contribution to…18 Sept 2023HANSARDDigital Economy AgreementsMy Lords, in addition to the work on the international stage that my noble friend mentioned, does he also recognise the opportunity here for English law to become the system of…24 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I do not know whether I should declare an interest as a pseudo-lawyer, or perhaps as Mickey Mouse. I am not entirely convinced that framing the debate in that way is…12 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I have the misfortune to differ from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton. I know that he will not think that this is any personal discourtesy. Let me take a few…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillNoble Lords say “No”; I think there are important points of constitutional principle here, and if that means we take another two and half minutes over it, so be it. The starting…28 Jun 2023HANSARDPowers of Attorney BillMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, who introduced the Second Reading of the Bill comprehensively, fairly and persuasively. As he said, the…16 Jun 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillMy Lords, for those watching, whether live or a recorded transmission at some future date, perhaps I should make two points at the outset. I am conscious that a man—that is, me—is…16 Jun 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.16 Jun 2023HANSARDProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to all who have taken part in this debate. As the noble Baroness, Lady Hussein-Ece, said from personal experience in a very moving speech, it is the…16 Jun 2023HANSARDFootball Matches: ViolenceMy Lords, I declare my interest as the chair of the Football Regulatory Authority. The noble Lord, Lord Bassam, is right: throughout the season, commentators and pundits rightly…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, threw down a verbal gauntlet, so let me try to pick it up and answer the central question that she posed. That was this: why should…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillBefore I give way, may I make one other short point? I respectfully suggest that state practice cannot give a court jurisdiction when it does not have it. All state practice can…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI think that goes back to the point I was making a moment ago. With the greatest respect—I do not know whether the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, is going to intervene; I will…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy point is that I am supporting Clause 53. It is not inconsistent to say that we will have Clause 53 and will engage with the court.12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful for that short intervention. I am now not sure whether I am intervening on the noble Baroness’s speech or she is intervening on mine but she made a couple of points.…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillIn which case, I will give one final statement before I finish. On this we all agree—the answer to this issue, I suggest, lies ultimately in Reykjavik. The answer lies in the…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillOn that, I entirely agree: the clause is very carefully drafted. The Government’s position—as I understand it and I will stop in a moment so we can actually hear from the person…12 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI may have misheard, but I thought I heard “interpret”. I think that other noble Lords did as well. The Official Report will make it clear, no doubt. With great respect to the…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I am afraid I rise again to make a point that really should not have to be made. I made the point on a previous group that we are a dualist state where international law…07 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am sorry, but this is not an Oxford Union intervention. There is a clear distinction between an obligation to co-operate with a body in the implementation of the convention and…07 Jun 2023