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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 30 Oct 2018
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill

"I do not know whether the noble Lord was present earlier to hear the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, challenge the poll to which he referred. I draw his attention to the ComRes poll that was carried out only last week in Northern Ireland. It found that 64% of the general …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Jul 2018
Prisons: Women

"My Lords, will the Minister reflect for a moment on why the number of community sentences given to women has fallen by half over the last decade? Will he reflect also on the level of mental health issues among women? They are said to be five times more likely among …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 21 Dec 2017
HMP Liverpool

"My Lords, is not one of the most disturbing aspects of this troubling report the failure to respond to the mental health needs of inmates? Given the reported suicides or deaths of perhaps as many as three prisoners in recent weeks, and the absence of secondary screening, is not this …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Dec 2017
Brexit: Human Rights

"My Lords, the United Kingdom has a strong and proud record in upholding human rights. This is in large part due to our common law tradition and parliamentary democracy. Fundamental human rights, which so many Members of your Lordships’ House champion tirelessly—in season and out, at home and abroad—arise from …..."
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Written Question
Sovereignty: Scotland
Monday 3rd April 2017

Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have held with the Scottish Government concerning the inclusion of a third option, offering further devolution of powers to Scotland, in any future Scottish independence referendum; what assessment they have made of the benefits of including such an option; and whether they have ruled out its inclusion.

Answered by Lord Dunlop

The Government is focused on our negotiations with the European Union and getting the right deal for Scotland and the whole of the United Kingdom. We have already committed that no decisions currently taken by the devolved administrations will be removed from them and we will use the opportunity of bringing decision making back to the UK to ensure that more decisions are devolved.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 06 Mar 2017
Assisted Dying

"My Lords, the noble Baroness’s Question asks whether legislation in North America on what is called “assisted dying” forms an appropriate basis for such legislation here. I will answer that question in just one word: no.

Quite apart from any issues of principle, just look at what is now happening …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2017
Northern Ireland Assembly Election

"My Lords, the Minister was right to remind us in the Statement that the situation in Northern Ireland now is unrecognisable compared with the past and that we have come a long way. I was reflecting on the fact that in 1979, the day after I was elected to another …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Nov 2016
Prisons: Self-inflicted Deaths

"My Lords, can the Minister tell the House how many self-inflicted deaths there have been in Her Majesty’s prisons over the past 12 months? Has he had a chance to look at the Howard League’s recent report on this and can he tell the House the estimated cost—beyond the human …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Feb 2016
Immigration Bill

"My Lords, I will briefly intervene to support the speeches that have been made thus far in favour of these amendments. In doing so, I will return to something my noble friend Lord Ramsbotham said earlier on about the inappropriateness of our procedures. It seems that the cart and the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Feb 2016
Immigration Bill

"My Lords, given that my noble friend has placed a great deal of reliance on public opinion and how he thinks public policy should be shaped, and given that he has cited figures from 2014, has he had a chance to reflect on the figures produced by the House of …..."
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