"To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the review of Operation Midland by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary to be completed...." Lord Lexden - View Speech
"Is it not shocking that not a single police officer has been called to account for the catalogue of errors laid bare in Sir Richard Henriques’s report on Operation Midland, while some of those involved have been promoted to high rank? Why do the Government persist in rejecting the Wiltshire …..." Lord Lexden - View Speech
"My Lords, I have listened to important comments from the noble Lords, Lord Collins, Lord Cashman and Lord Scriven, with whom I agree so much on matters relating to civil partnerships and same-sex marriage. However, I would like to return briefly to a deep injustice which the extension of civil …..." Lord Lexden - View Speech
"In view of the immense public concern created by Operation Midland, with the delay in producing the full report, the further report published today, is it not important that the chief inspector’s work proceeds thoroughly but as swiftly as possible? Should he not extend his inquiry to include grave police …..." Lord Lexden - View Speech
"Does the new guidance mean that never again will a police officer pronounce, having talked to a complainant, that his evidence was credible and true?..." Lord Lexden - View Speech
"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the petition calling for anonymity for those accused of sexual offences until charged...." Lord Lexden - View Speech
"My Lords, does not this petition bring home to us all the misery and distress endured not just by well-known figures but by scores of innocent men and women up and down our country, whose lives have been ruined because police officers decided that allegations of child sex abuse should …..." Lord Lexden - View Speech
"Have the Government not committed to publishing annual data on the number of asylum claims based on sexual orientation? If they have, when will annual publication begin?..." Lord Lexden - View Speech