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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 22 Oct 2021
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]

"My Lords, “Whose Life Is It Anyway?”—so asked the title of the 1970s play which examined the issue of voluntary euthanasia. The implication is clear: it is my life, and so my right to decide.

Similarly, today, many noble Lords have relied on the principle that the right to choose …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Nov 2016
Prison Safety and Reform

"I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and the continuation of a progressive agenda to ensure that prisons are places that not only keep offenders secure but rehabilitate them. Does she agree that it will be important to ensure that staff are empowered and held accountable for that objective …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Oct 2016
Sexual Offences (Pardons Etc) Bill

"I understand that an urgent question has been tabled for 11 o’clock so I will endeavour to be brief so my remarks do not become truncated.

First, I want to congratulate the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (John Nicolson) on introducing this measure and on his excellent speech in support …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Oct 2016
Sexual Offences (Pardons Etc) Bill

"The hon. Lady anticipates what I am about to say. I was explaining that I believe it is important that this House sends the right signal with a general pardon because of the effect on the living, because of those to whom an injustice has been done, because of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Oct 2016
Sexual Offences (Pardons Etc) Bill

"I had said I hoped to complete my remarks by 11 o’clock, but I can now see that that is not going to be possible, because what I want to say about the position of the Government and my hon. Friend the Minister is important, and it is important that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Oct 2016
Sexual Offences (Pardons Etc) Bill

"As I was saying, it seems to me that there is no difference between the Government and the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire with respect to the intention of the Bill: those who are living to whom an injustice has been done should be pardoned, but the intention is not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 21 Oct 2016
Sexual Offences (Pardons Etc) Bill

"I am sure that the Government will have heard that.

It would be a pity if hon. Members who do not share the majority view here today—that the Bill’s general provisions should proceed and that in general it is right that people should be pardoned—and who do not accept the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Nov 2015
Police Funding Formula

"I welcome the Minister’s statement that the process will be delayed, and I thank him and the Home Secretary for their willingness to engage colleagues on the issue. While there may indeed be problems with the existing formula, it is always going to be difficult to adjust between different forces …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 11 Sep 2015
Assisted Dying (No. 2) Bill

"In 1933, just hours before the death of King George V, Lord Dawson, the king’s doctor, issued his famous bulletin from Buckingham Palace. He said that the king’s life was drawing peacefully to a close. Dawson had good cause to know that, because he had just administered a lethal dose …..."
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Written Question
European Court of Human Rights
Tuesday 30th June 2015

Asked by: Lord Herbert of South Downs (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unimplemented judgements of the European Court of Human Rights there have been in each member state of the Council of Europe in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Dominic Raab

Under Article 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe is responsible for supervising the execution (or implementation) of a final judgment of the European Court of Human Rights.

The information requested is not available for years before 2007, but since then the Committee of Ministers has published an annual report on its supervision of execution of judgments, which provides figures for the number of judgments against each state party to the Convention that remain unimplemented at the end of the year. The annual reports can be found at:

http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution/Documents/Publications_en.asp

In view of the amount of information requested I will write to the honourable Member and arrange for copies to be placed in the libraries of both Houses.