"I hope the noble Baroness is content with what I have now said.
Lord Hodgson, with whom I have had a helpful correspondence, talked about the direction of travel moving towards the noble Viscount’s possibility. He also mentioned the tension between facing two ways. That is absolutely recognised, as I …..." Baroness Manningham-Buller - View Speech
"I would certainly be happy to confirm that. Of course, if people appeal, and many do, the committee engages fully in the angles of that appeal and whether in fact they wish fully to endorse the commissioner’s findings. Again, it is a bit different in the Commons, but if the …..." Baroness Manningham-Buller - View Speech
"That this House approves the appointment of Margaret Obi as a House of Lords Commissioner for Standards for a period of five years...." Baroness Manningham-Buller - View Speech
"My Lords, the Motion invites the House to approve the appointment of Margaret Obi as a Commissioner for Standards for a non-renewable term of five years. Ms Obi will work alongside the existing commissioner, Martin Jelley, whose term will end in July 2026.
"My Lords, I apologise in advance. The Minister will tick me off for this being a Second Reading intervention, and I should have been here on Monday to say it, but I would like briefly to give a small plug for an organisation that has not been mentioned at all …..." Baroness Manningham-Buller - View Speech
"My Lords, I much regret the characterisation of the works of the Conduct Committee—set up by your Lordships’ House, obeying the Code of Conduct agreed by your Lordships’ House and focusing on a Standing Order agreed by your Lordships’ House—as a total miscarriage of justice.
"That, in accordance with Standing Order 11, Baroness Meyer be suspended from the service of the House for a period of three weeks; and that, in accordance with section 1 of the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015, in the opinion of this House, the conduct giving rise …..." Baroness Manningham-Buller - View Speech
"That, in accordance with Standing Order 11, Lord Stone of Blackheath be suspended from the service of the House for a period of six months; and that, in accordance with section 1 of the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015, in the opinion of this House, the conduct …..." Baroness Manningham-Buller - View Speech
"That the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of Lord Stone of Blackheath (3rd Report, HL Paper 59) be agreed to...." Baroness Manningham-Buller - View Speech