Written Question
Wednesday 17th November 2021
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which candidate, if any, they intend to support at the election for the new President of the General Assembly of INTERPOL on 21 November.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford
- Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The UK delegation to the General Assembly of INTERPOL, which will be held in Turkey from 23-25 November, will be led by Stephen Rodhouse, Director General of Operations in the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Proportionate due diligence is undertaken into individuals seeking election to the role of INTERPOL President. The decision on who to support will be based on a thorough assessment of the merits of each candidate.
Written Question
Wednesday 17th November 2021
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government who is the head of the UK delegation to the General Assembly of INTERPOL.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford
- Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The UK delegation to the General Assembly of INTERPOL, which will be held in Turkey from 23-25 November, will be led by Stephen Rodhouse, Director General of Operations in the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Proportionate due diligence is undertaken into individuals seeking election to the role of INTERPOL President. The decision on who to support will be based on a thorough assessment of the merits of each candidate.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
"My Lords, the Bill will take a while in your Lordships’ House, and I will raise three short points. I apologise to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, because two of them are not actually in the Bill. One is another Home Office IT failure, the second is women …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 28th June 2021
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people who (1) pay a bribe, or (2) use a personal connection, in order to access public services in the UK; and what assessment they have made of comparative numbers in the UK’s main trading partner countries.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford
- Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The UK regularly assesses the threat from bribery and corruption, including through intelligence assessments and research.
The most recent published update on implementation of the UK Anti-Corruption Strategy includes comparative global indicators of national data on bribery and corruption threats. The UK also actively participates in reviews of its adherence to international standards, including: the UN Convention against Corruption; the OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions; the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption.These processes allow the UK to compare its performance and systems with that of other countries.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 May 2021
Net Migration
"My Lords, in my 20 years of membership of the House, which comes about next month, the population has increased by 6.1 million people, all unplanned. Has the Minister read the Civitas pamphlet Overcrowded Islands? by our colleague, the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, calling for a demographic …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 May 2021
Daniel Morgan: Independent Panel Report
"My Lords, during yesterday’s exchanges in the House of Commons the Minister was specifically asked twice, by Chris Bryant at col. 52 and Stuart McDonald at col. 54, to set out details of meetings of the Home Secretary or advisers with News UK, Rupert Murdoch or Rebekah Brooks regarding the …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 15 Mar 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill
"My Lords, I will speak briefly to give maximum support to my noble friend Lady Royall, but in effect to all speakers, since I have not heard anything that I disagree with.
I have four short points to make. First, I was very struck that buried in the short but …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Mar 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill
"My Lords, I was going to pass a short comment on each of the amendments because I agree with them all, but I will confine myself to Amendment 10.
I hope the Minister has taken on board the central point that my noble friend Lady Lister made: the social security …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Feb 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill
"My Lords, I begin by congratulating both my noble friend Lord Hunt and the noble Baroness, Lady Bertin, on the way that they introduced this group of amendments. The examples that they gave to illustrate their points were horrendous by any stretch of the imagination.
My noble friend Lord Hunt’s …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Feb 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill
"My Lords, I too pay many congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross. I mean this in the most polite way possible: during our time in opposition in the 1980s and 1990s, when I spoke on social services from the Front Bench—in other words, a long time ago—Sally was always …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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