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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Feb 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill

"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Helic. I will speak to Amendments 131, 132, 133, and 136. I shall not go back to my time in the Commons, when I dealt with some cases in a personal way.

I have had the benefit of …..."
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Written Question
Corruption
Tuesday 31st July 2018

Asked by: Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether closed courts are being used for settlements and penalties relating to financial corruption where a trial has not taken place; and if so, why.

Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)

Where a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) is reached for an economic crime, it must include a declaration in open court that the DPA is in the interests of justice and its terms are fair, reasonable and proportionate. The SFO has entered into 4 DPA’s to date: in each case the final hearing was held in public.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Dec 2015
European Union Referendum Bill

"I want to ask the noble Lord a practical question. We are discussing a Bill, not an order. The elected House will always have the last say under the Parliament Acts. I ask him to be more practical about this: given that the Commons has sent this back without an …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Oct 2015
Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Criminal Courts Charge) Regulations 2015

"My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate, but I have just received an email from a friend who is a magistrate. I shall not say where because these days one cannot do that. It is worth putting on the record. He writes:

“Courts are closing in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 09 Dec 2014
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill

"I am a complete outsider on this, but I am now confused. The examples that the noble Lord has given I can recall from my own experience, not of judicial review but of group activities—the community. The noble Lord, Lord Marks, however, said that he would buy 15% to 20%. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2013
Probation Services: Privatisation

"On the original Question to which the Minister just referred—and I have listened with care to his answers—the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, made it specifically clear that the starting gun was to be fired on 28 October. It is now 31 October. We are already three days late at the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Nov 2011
Coroner Service

"Does the Minister accept that the Question asked by the noble Baroness was a first-class use of Question Time in bringing a long-standing individual grievance to the Floor of Parliament? Without knowing anything about the circumstances, would it not have been appropriate for the Minister at least to have said …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Jan 2011
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

"My noble friend makes an interesting point and I am not gainsaying anything that he has said, but the other propensity among the groups that he has just listed is that of knowing how to apply for housing benefit. Therefore, they are on a list and the local authorities know, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 Dec 2010
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

"According to the Bill, the Electoral Commission is going to produce a leaflet explaining the AV system; it will go through every front door in the country. We would like to see a draft of that leaflet, because that is where the value judgments come in. How will it explain …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 Dec 2010
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

"My noble friend should turn over the page and see sub-paragraph (2) at the top of page 20. That is permissive, whereas the paragraph that my noble friend read out is compulsory. There is a real problem in paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 about the leaflet and the information. There …..."
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