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HANSARDPrison Services: InsourcingMy Lords, is it not the Minister’s experience that prisons are unlike the outside world and, as I found when I was giving my report into prisons, it is very important to…05 Nov 2025HANSARDParole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022I am really rather surprised at what the Minister says. I have sat in courts for many years. To suggest that an expert cannot give an opinion as to what should be the outcome is…18 Oct 2022HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SchemeMy Lords, I look to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier, for a sign that the message has got home. This injustice should never have happened in the first place but, having…13 Oct 2022HANSARDCrime, Reoffending and RehabilitationMy Lords, it is with some hesitation that I rise to my feet to talk. There was a time—the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, has identified that time—when I knew a lot about prisons.…30 Jun 2022HANSARDProbation and Court Services: WorkloadDo the figures that the House has been given by the Minister reflect the view of the Lord Chancellor that the approach to probation should include responsibility for giving the…09 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I am the latest in what I will call the pack of former senior judges who have addressed this debate. I do not propose to do more than to indicate that I agree with…12 May 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble and learned friend Lord Etherton, in this debate, but it was of great concern to hear what the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, said in his…29 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI was not intending to contribute to this debate, but I think decency requires me to do so, because looking in the past, I was the person who perhaps failed the noble Lord, Lord…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices BillMy Lords, it gives me great pleasure to speak after the former Master of the Rolls, an office that I held at one time before becoming Lord Chief Justice, on this occasion for the…11 Oct 2021HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices BillI am sorry; could I just add one thing? The noble and learned Lord, Lord Brown, was sitting here wanting to address the Committee. I know without hesitation or doubt that he was…11 Oct 2021HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome the Government’s action in promoting this Bill, and I hope it will be enacted without delay. In that regard, I was rather concerned to hear the submissions of…07 Sept 2021HANSARDRoyal Commission on the Criminal Justice SystemMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble and learned friend Lord Garnier. I was going to congratulate the Government on deciding that there should be a royal commission, but…06 Jul 2021HANSARDYouth Justice StatisticsI refer to my interests in the register that are relevant to this Question. In particular, I refer to my presidency of the Prison Reform Trust. In view of what the Minister…10 Jun 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechOne of the proposals included in the gracious Speech is the statement that legislation will be introduced to “restore the balance of power between the executive, legislature and…18 May 2021HANSARDHong Kong Courts: British JudgesMy Lords, I refer to my entries in the register and my former position as a non-permanent judge of Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal, and my engagements to establish, and then…22 Mar 2021HANSARDIndependent Review of Administrative Law UpdateMy Lords, like others, I congratulate the Faulks committee on the work it has done and the circumstances in which it did it. I also indicate that there is at least merit in…22 Mar 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, it has been a privilege to listen to the speeches this afternoon. I have benefited very much from what has been said by all noble Lords and I make these submissions…09 Feb 2021HANSARDBribery Act 2010: Post-legislative Scrutiny (Select Committee Report)My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak on this matter. I do so from a different perspective to the earlier speakers from whom we have heard so far. I say first that, in my view, the…03 Feb 2021HANSARDSerious Criminal Cases BacklogMy Lords, any backlog in the criminal justice system is worrying because it results in delays, and delays breed delays and result in injustice. They must not be allowed to fester…26 Jan 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I adopt what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, said and will add a few words. Although it was not accepted, I suggest that, from a practical point of view, the…26 Jan 2021