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Written Question
Home Office: Bullying
Monday 28th September 2020

Asked by: Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the results of the inquiry into allegations of bullying of officials by the Home Secretary.

Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords

To protect the interests of all involved the Government does not comment on the specifics of ongoing process.

The Prime Minister will make any decision on the matter public once the process has concluded.

Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 08 Sep 2020
Parliamentary Constituencies Bill

"My Lords, I am tempted to say: “Follow that!” The noble Lord has given us something that is not just elegant and eloquent but very firmly researched. To avoid the risk of being accused of being repetitive or even repetitious, I propose to adopt the contribution not only of the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 27 Jul 2020
Parliamentary Constituencies Bill

"My Lords, I begin by adopting the observations made by my noble friends Lord Rennard and Lord Tyler. I will take up the issue on which the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, commented, in which he was dismissive of those of us who argue for proportional representation. I wonder whether he …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 22 Jul 2020
Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia Report

"My Lords, as a result of the report, is it not the case that the Minister and the Government are compelled to accept that the Government have been negligent of their responsibility to guard the democratic values of this country, that they delayed the publication of the report with fake …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2020
Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia Report

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to facilitate the publication of the report of the Intelligence and Security Committee entitled Russia and sent to the Prime Minister on 17 October 2019...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2020
Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia Report

"My Lords, despite that Panglossian reply, is it not abundantly clear that the Government deliberately and improperly suppressed the publication of the report to avoid embarrassment in last year’s general election? Why, six months after that election, have the Government irresponsibly failed to appoint a new intelligence committee which could …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 May 2020
Beyond Brexit (European Union Committee Report)

"My Lords, the unwillingness of the Government—indeed, their refusal —to countenance any extension beyond 31 December is irresponsible, not least because it leaves open the possible catastrophic outcome of no deal whatever. I ask myself: what is the Prime Minister afraid of? He now has a majority of 80 in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 May 2020
House of Lords: Membership

"It cannot really rest, of course, because this is only one of a series of unattributed weekend briefings from No. 10. Although the finger cannot be pointed definitely at someone, most of us have a pretty good idea where the briefings are coming from. Frankly, it is not acceptable; it …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 16 Jul 2019
Detainee Mistreatment and Rendition

"My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee between 2008 and 2015. With the benefit of hindsight, does the noble Lord consider that it was appropriate to prevent that committee from continuing with its investigations, and that it would have been entirely proper …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 02 May 2019
National Security Council Leak

"My Lords, I too thank the Minister for repeating the Answer to the Urgent Question in the other place. I also fully accept his analysis of the role and responsibilities of the National Security Council but he may be over-optimistic in thinking that this matter is closed, not least because …..."
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