Speech in Lords Chamber - Sat 10 Sep 2022
Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Sat 10 Sep 2022
Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
"My Lords, I am sorry for that slightly unseemly moment.
There have been many fine tributes and I am sure that there will be many more from all corners of the House. That reflects the way in which we have all been touched by the life of Her Majesty the …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Mar 2022
Prisons: Death Statistics
"My Lords, it is almost seven years to the day since I submitted to the Minister’s department a report on the self-inflicted deaths of young people in the prison estate. Since then, all the figures seem to have got worse. An increasing number of people are self-harming. What has been …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
"My Lords, I want to make the very simple point that even if the Government were not going to accept the amendment, the clause would be pretty nonsensical due to the very strange way in which it defines “national infrastructure”. It has a unique set of definitions that includes some …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 22 Mar 2021
Covid-19: Impact on the Prison System
"This month, the director of public health for Derbyshire confirmed that high rates of Covid infection in the dales are entirely attributable to the significant outbreak at HMP Sudbury. Indeed, nine of the country’s 10 worst surges in Covid are occurring in areas around prisons with outbreaks. The Minister did …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 15 Mar 2021
Prisons: Self-harm Among Women Prisoners
"My Lords, the levels of reported self-harm are extremely concerning. Five and half years ago my review, Changing Prisons, Saving Lives, found that the despair that led to self-harm and suicide was exacerbated by prisoners being isolated without access to purposeful activity and …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Asked by:
Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the average quantity of personal protective equipment required on a daily basis by the prison service, broken down by type of equipment; and if they have not made such an assessment, why not.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
- Shadow Minister (Justice)
The supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required by the prison service is kept under regular review by the department. These requirements will fluctuate according to the changing situation in individual prisons and we will continue to monitor the situation closely.
Typical PPE items for tasks involving a confirmed or suspected case of Covid-19 include fluid resistant surgical masks; aprons; gloves; hand sanitisers; and eye protection.
Written Question
Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Asked by:
Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Leader of the House who is responsible for ensuring that ministers adhere to paragraph 6.14 of the Companion to the Standing Orders and Guide to the Proceedings in the House of Lords which specifies that they should give accurate and truthful information to Parliament, and be as open as possible in answering questions.
Answered by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Individual Ministers are responsible to the House for the answers they provide. As Leader of the House I regularly remind Ministers of the importance of their obligations to the House and will continue to do so.
Written Question
Thursday 18th October 2018
Asked by:
Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many responses they have received to their consultation Transforming the response to domestic abuse; and when they will publish their response.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
- Shadow Minister (Justice)
The joint Home Office and Ministry of Justice consultation Transforming the Response to Domestic Abuse was launched on 8 March and ran for 12 weeks until 31 May. During this period, we received over 3,000 responses. We expect to publish a formal Government response later this year.
Written Question
Friday 18th May 2018
Asked by:
Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Ministry of Justice are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
- Shadow Minister (Justice)
Only a small number of services were previously hosted with a British cloud service provider (UK Cloud, formerly SkyScape, £241,000, 1 year, 3 services) and have now been moved onto a wider multinational public cloud service provider (Amazon Web Services, £2.5million, 2 years, ~50 services).