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26 Feb 2025, 5:20 p.m. - House of Lords
"have was counted on moments like this. And we still miss hugely, Lord Judge. He taught me so much about "
Lord Hunt of Wirral (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
25 Mar 2025, 5:53 p.m. - House of Lords
"learned Lord judge who we all miss rightly commented with that twinkle "
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Mar 2025, 11:07 a.m. - House of Lords
"debate we had in November 2022, our noble and nearly departed Lord Judge "
Viscount Stansgate (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
3 Apr 2025, 12:38 p.m. - House of Lords
"Lord Judge, and Mr Straw who together, and I was there when it happened, crafted this legislation. "
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
1 May 2025, 1:02 p.m. - House of Lords
"education and there was an unusual reliance, Lord Storey, Lord Judge who headed the crossbenches and they "
Lord Baker of Dorking (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
24 Jun 2025, 6:29 p.m. - House of Lords
"Lord Judge who spoke strongly against such clauses when he was Lord Chief Justice of England and "
Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Jul 2025, 2:37 p.m. - House of Lords
"previous, particularly Lord Judge, who taught me, whatever the "
Lord Hunt of Wirral (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
2 Jun 2025, 4:41 p.m. - House of Lords
"frustrating the mandated chamber, but as Lord Judge once said to me, there are sometimes issues where you "
Lord Berkeley of Knighton (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
1 Dec 2025, 9:09 p.m. - House of Lords
"then Lord Chief Justice, Lord judge, working no doubt about this hour of "
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
1 Dec 2025, 9:12 p.m. - House of Lords
"out by the late Lord judge and by "
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
1 Dec 2025, 9:13 p.m. - House of Lords
"out by the late Lord judge and by "
Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
6 Jan 2026, 9:31 p.m. - House of Lords
"learned Simon Brown of Eaton, under Heywood and the noble and learned Lord judge Igor Judge. They both "
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript
6 Jan 2026, 9:31 p.m. - House of Lords
"Lord judge Igor Judge. They both took me through this, and they were absolutely certain in what they were saying. You heard Simon "
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Sep 2026, 4:50 p.m. - House of Lords
"great Chief Justice, Lord judge, Lord judge would have been especially proud and delighted to "
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Sep 2026, 4:51 p.m. - House of Lords
"inevitability. Like Lord judge, Lord Leveson had enormous "
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Sep 2026, 4:41 p.m. - House of Lords
"Lord Woolf, the late and very much lamented Lord Judge and Lord Thomas "
Lord Leveson of Liverpool (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Sep 2026, 4:54 p.m. - House of Lords
"use. And I and the late Lord judge have been bitterly critical of the "
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
27 Oct 2026, 6:08 p.m. - House of Lords
"learned noble Lord judge is always in the room. Let me first thank "
Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Courts and Tribunals Bill
77 speeches (38,153 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 27th October 2026 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) Lordships’ Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, where the spirit of the late and learned Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Prison and Probation Service
34 speeches (18,031 words)
Thursday 17th September 2026 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Leveson of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) whom I worked, along with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, the late and very much-lamented Lord Judge - Link to Speech
2: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) criminal justice was administered by the courts under the leadership of that great Chief Justice, Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Political Party Finance and the Electoral Commission
35 speeches (14,983 words)
Thursday 2nd July 2026 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Blunkett (Lab - Life peer) occasion, the 26th Bill, it was my pleasure to join with the noble Earl’s predecessor, the much-missed Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Courts and Tribunals Bill (Second sitting)
226 speeches (33,602 words)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting
Wednesday 25th March 2026 - Public Bill Committees
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: John Slinger (Lab - Rugby) I ask you to comment on the House of Lords Library note citing Anthony Arlidge and Lord Judge writing - Link to Speech

Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025
35 speeches (11,344 words)
Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, conjured up for many of us very fond memories of the noble Lord, Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Pension Schemes Bill
98 speeches (27,030 words)
Committee stage
Monday 12th January 2026 - Grand Committee
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Lord Sharkey (LD - Life peer) for using super-affirmatives from around the Chamber, including from the late and much-lamented Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Sentencing Bill
53 speeches (13,531 words)
Report stage: Part 2
Tuesday 6th January 2026 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Berkeley of Knighton (XB - Life peer) was schooled at all, by the late noble and learned Lords, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood and Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Sentencing Bill
32 speeches (9,644 words)
Committee stage: Part 2
Monday 1st December 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) must have been in 2009 that the then Lord Chancellor, Mr Straw, and the then Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
94 speeches (31,749 words)
Wednesday 10th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
17 speeches (3,477 words)
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons
Thursday 10th July 2025 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) I just wish that we still had some of our previous Members, particularly Lord Judge, who taught me that - Link to Speech

Imprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill [HL]
35 speeches (11,870 words)
Committee stage
Friday 4th July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) I am sure it is that which caused Members of your Lordships’ House, in particular the late Lord Judge - Link to Speech

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
118 speeches (25,726 words)
Report stage part two
Wednesday 2nd July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Earl of Kinnoull (XB - Excepted Hereditary) issue that has arisen and has been the source of considerable correspondence, which predates me—Lord Judge - Link to Speech
2: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) spoke, when I advanced the proposition that the Lord Chancellor should come back to this House, Lord Judge—whom - Link to Speech

Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025
16 speeches (4,403 words)
Tuesday 1st July 2025 - Grand Committee
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD - Life peer) I discussed this with the late Lord Judge, when he was Lord Chief Justice. - Link to Speech

Employment Rights Bill
72 speeches (18,742 words)
Committee stage part one
Tuesday 24th June 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Carter of Haslemere (XB - Life peer) that subsequently take place under the affirmative procedure.I give the last word to the great Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
44 speeches (11,285 words)
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons
Monday 2nd June 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Mentions:
1: Lord Berkeley of Knighton (XB - Life peer) ping-pong—especially when we seem to be frustrating the mandated Chamber—but, as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
160 speeches (59,176 words)
2nd reading
Thursday 1st May 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for International Development
Mentions:
1: Lord Baker of Dorking (Con - Life peer) alliance between the noble Lords, Lord Addington and Lord Storey, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Sentencing Council Guidelines
30 speeches (4,384 words)
Thursday 3rd April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) I hope that we can follow the example of the late Lord Judge and Mr Straw, who together crafted this - Link to Speech

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
140 speeches (33,397 words)
Committee stage part one
Tuesday 25th March 2025 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: None The last time I did so from the Government Benches, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, whom we all - Link to Speech

House of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL]
41 speeches (14,330 words)
2nd reading
Friday 14th March 2025 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Viscount Stansgate (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) that, in the previous debate we had on this in November 2022, our noble and dear departed friend Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
90 speeches (21,435 words)
Report stage part one
Wednesday 26th February 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) It reminds me of someone I always counted on in moments like this; we still hugely miss Lord Judge. - Link to Speech

Tributes
6 speeches (3,458 words)
Thursday 19th December 2024 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Earl of Kinnoull (XB - Excepted Hereditary) She particularly shone following the sudden illness of Lord Judge. - Link to Speech

Football Governance Bill [HL]
141 speeches (33,788 words)
Committee stage part one
Monday 16th December 2024 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Lord Hayward (Con - Life peer) I remember the debate clearly, because the late and great Lord Judge made a massive contribution to it - Link to Speech

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]
62 speeches (16,702 words)
Committee stage
Tuesday 26th November 2024 - Grand Committee
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) amendment, inspired by what might be described as the crusade of our much-missed former convener, Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Rule of Law
51 speeches (34,642 words)
Tuesday 26th November 2024 - Lords Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness O'Loan (XB - Life peer) exercise is ‘appropriate’, rather than it being objectively ‘necessary’”.In 2022, the much-missed Lord Judge - Link to Speech
2: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con - Life peer) the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, and assisted enormously by, sadly, the late Lord Judge - Link to Speech
3: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) In this House, we had the pleasure and the privilege of hearing frequently from the late Lord Judge on - Link to Speech

Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
105 speeches (26,985 words)
Committee stage
Wednesday 20th November 2024 - Grand Committee
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: Lord Anderson of Ipswich (XB - Life peer) This evening’s inaugural Lord Judge memorial lecture in legal history will address the early modern practice - Link to Speech
2: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) When the Schools Bill was in front of us, I was very happily lined up next to Lord Judge in saying that - Link to Speech

Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
57 speeches (31,378 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 8th October 2024 - Lords Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Bill with Henry VIII powers, I ruminated, as a Cross-Bencher, how much the late, much lamented, Lord Judge - Link to Speech

King’s Speech
65 speeches (26,371 words)
Tuesday 23rd July 2024 - Lords Chamber
Attorney General
Mentions:
1: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) This House, and in particular the much-missed noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, made it clear that - Link to Speech
2: Lord Hope of Craighead (XB - Life peer) contributions to the work of this House were made when he was well over 80.The same is true of the late Lord Judge - Link to Speech
3: Lord Anderson of Ipswich (XB - Life peer) Parliament should always need to consider and approve changes in the law, with only 4% disagreeing —Lord Judge - Link to Speech

King’s Speech
78 speeches (31,079 words)
Tuesday 23rd July 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Butler of Brockwell (XB - Life peer) I thought to myself how much Lord Judge would have welcomed that statement.I welcomed the recognition - Link to Speech

Arrangement of Business
7 speeches (1,255 words)
Thursday 18th July 2024 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab - Life peer) everyone I worked with during that period including our much-loved and much-missed dear friend Lord Judge - Link to Speech
2: Earl of Kinnoull (XB - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, Lord Judge used to say there is no such thing as a speech too short; I will keep to that. - Link to Speech

Diplomatic Missions: Congestion Charge
22 speeches (1,823 words)
Thursday 23rd May 2024 - Lords Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) I remember talking with the late Lord Judge about a particular Bill that I was taking through. - Link to Speech

Victims and Prisoners Bill
74 speeches (14,029 words)
Report stage part one
Tuesday 21st May 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) important to bear in mind what Lord Lloyd of Berwick, then Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, and then Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Victims and Prisoners Bill
62 speeches (17,473 words)
Committee stage
Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) to the Prison Reform Trust, to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, to the late Lord Brown and the late Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Media Bill
90 speeches (44,454 words)
2nd reading
Wednesday 28th February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Mentions:
1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I am broadly supportive, much to my surprise—I can feel the much-missed and lamented Lord Judge raising - Link to Speech

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
188 speeches (41,541 words)
Committee stage
Wednesday 14th February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) Anderson, who has put his case with the precision and succinctness that we remember of our late friend Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
257 speeches (49,705 words)
Committee stage
Monday 12th February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: Lord German (LD - Life peer) who find themselves as the latest scapegoats of the Government.I end with the words of the late Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Victims and Prisoners Bill
47 speeches (13,214 words)
Committee stage part two
Wednesday 7th February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) noble and learned Lord was president of the Queen’s Bench at the time when the late, much-lamented Lord Judge - Link to Speech

Electoral Commission Strategy and Policy Statement
21 speeches (6,881 words)
Tuesday 6th February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) I pay tribute to the much-missed Lord Judge for his work in this area during the passage of the Elections - Link to Speech
2: Lord Hayward (Con - Life peer) For those of us who participated in the debate on the Elections Bill, the contribution of Lord Judge - Link to Speech
3: None When I made my speech in relation to the clause with Lord Judge and others, I referred to the fear that - Link to Speech
4: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) the value of the contributions that we have had in these debates previously in this House by both Lord Judge - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 17th March 2026
Written Evidence - Free Speech Union
CTB0118 - Legislative scrutiny: Courts and Tribunals Bill

Legislative scrutiny: Courts and Tribunals Bill - Justice Committee

Found: The late lord chief justice, Lord Judge warned some years ago that were ever removed for reasons of

Tuesday 13th January 2026
Written Evidence - His Honour Geoffrey Rivlin KC
RCC0001 - Reform of the Criminal Court

Justice Committee

Found: In R v Thompson and others [2010] 2 Cr App R 27, Lord Judge said: ‘Jury service is not easy; it never

Wednesday 21st May 2025
Oral Evidence - Legal commentator, and The Times

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: I am thinking of the late Lord Judge, who was a member of this committee.

Tuesday 19th March 2024
Report - Restoration and Renewal Client Board: Strategic Case

House of Commons Commission Committee

Found: Mathew Duncan (House of Lords external member) [Member from 17/10/22 until 22/05/23] Rt Hon the Lord Judge

Tuesday 19th March 2024
Report - Restoration and Renewal Client Board: Strategic Case

Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee

Found: Mathew Duncan (House of Lords external member) [Member from 17/10/22 until 22/05/23] Rt Hon the Lord Judge

Tuesday 19th March 2024
Report - 1st Report - Restoration and Renewal Client Board: Strategic Case (published jointly with the House of Commons Commission)

House of Lords Commission Committee

Found: Mathew Duncan (House of Lords external member) [Member from 17/10/22 until 22/05/23] Rt Hon the Lord Judge

Thursday 15th February 2024
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2021-22 (Privileges)

Committee of Privileges

Found: Speaker, House of Lords, Christopher Johnson, Clerk of the Journals, House of Lords, and Rt Hon The Lord Judge

Thursday 15th February 2024
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2019-21 (Privileges)

Committee of Privileges

Found: reported to the House for publication: Michael Stern, former Counsel to the US Congress (SCC0024) Lord Judge

Tuesday 13th February 2024
Minutes and decisions - 14 November 2023 - Decisions document

Liaison Committee (Lords)

Found: (attended for item 2 only) The Chair noted the sad loss of Lord Judge , a former member of the Committee



Parliamentary Research
House of Lords: Maiden and valedictory speeches, 2022–2024 - LLN-2024-0052
Sep. 19 2024

Found: of other noble lords at the sad and shocking news of the death of the noble and learned lord, Lord Judge



Bill Documents
Mar. 06 2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill 2024-26
Courts and Tribunals Bill 2024-26
Briefing papers

Found: extraordinary statement is – he should have tried telling it to Lord Devlin, Lord Bingham and Lord Judge



APPG Publications

Miscarriages of Justice APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice - In the Interests of Justice

Found: And I think in the grey area, we ought to lean more towards referring.144 This was echoed by Lord Judge

Miscarriages of Justice APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: Transcript of Evidence Session 3 - Academics

Found: Lord Judge intervened – because this was about the issue of lurking doubt and ‘do you need fresh evidence



Department Publications - Statistics
Wednesday 9th July 2025
Ministry of Justice
Source Page: Independent Review of the Criminal Courts: Part 1
Document: (PDF)

Found: The Lord Judge, The Evidence of Child Victims: The Next Stage, in The Safest Shield: Lectures, Speeches



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Jul. 30 2026
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Miss AB v GH Ltd: [2026] EAT 115
Document: Miss AB v GH Ltd [2026] EAT 115 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: agrees by choice, and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice.”) and the judgment of Lord Judge

Feb. 12 2024
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Z v 1) Commerzbank AG 2) Mr Lars Vogelmann 3) Ms Hope Jackson 4) Mr Gary Booth 5) Ms Yogita Mehta 6) Q: [2024] EAT 11
Document: Z v 1) Commerzbank AG 2) Mr Lars Vogelmann 3) Ms Hope Jackson 4) Mr Gary Booth 5) Ms Yogita Mehta 6) Q: [2024] EAT 11 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Cambrid ge Crown Court [2013] 1 WLR 1979, per Lord Judge CJ giving the judgment of the court at [15



Deposited Papers
Thursday 10th July 2025

Source Page: Independent Review of the Criminal Courts Part 1. Incl. annexes. [Review by Sir Brian Leveson]. 388p.
Document: Independent_Review_of_the_Criminal_Courts_-_Part_1.pdf (PDF)

Found: The Lord Judge, The Evidence of Child Victims: The Next Stage, in The Safest Shield: Lectures, Speeches




Lord Judge mentioned in Welsh results


Welsh Senedd Debates
2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution

Wednesday 12th January 2022
Mentions:
1: Rhys ab Owen (Independent Member - South Wales Central) Lord Judge, the highly respected former lord chief justice, criticised the increase in secondary legislation - Link to Speech