Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 21 Jan 2021
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
"My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, is absolutely right to bring forward her amendment to the Motion. I might want to criticise the details, which I do not intend to do, but she is right to do so. In fact, it would have been inconsistent with her rigid approach …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 11 Jan 2021
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
"My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Naseby.
I see that the clear intention behind Amendments 1 and 2 is to abandon the concept on which the Bill is based and maintain the current legal status. I have read the briefing from Justice. I am …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 11 Jan 2021
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
"My Lords, it is an absolute pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord West of Spithead.
There are some amendments in this group that I object to, and I shall vote against them if they are pushed to a vote. I want to restrict my remarks to two amendments—Amendment 16 …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Dec 2020
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
"My Lords, I too regret the split in this debate and certainly hope that it does not happen again. Members were left high and dry with no knowledge of what was happening on the evening concerned. However, that is in the past.
One minor caveat is that I served briefly …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Nov 2020
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
"My Lords, I welcome the three maiden speeches. In particular, as a fellow member of the club of those who made their maiden speech at the Dispatch Box, I can imagine what the Minister was feeling when he made his maiden speech. I wish him well. The noble Lord, Lord …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 10 Nov 2020
UK Terrorism Threat Level
"My thoughts too are with those who have suffered in France and Austria. I have two brief questions. The Minister did not answer the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, about police officers. He asked what was the net increase. Is the Minister saying that the 6,000 figure …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2020
Covid-19: Christmas Breaches of Restrictions
"My Lords, David Jamieson is a star among the police and crime commissioners. The Government make the rules; the job of the police is to enforce them. Is the Minister aware that the cuts to West Midlands Police mean that it can focus on only very large gatherings? Can the …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 5th November 2019
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been subject to an Unexplained Wealth Order since their inception, broken down by nationality; and what are the names of those people.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford
- Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
15 unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) have been made on 4 cases. There are 3 orders in one case which relates to an Azerbaijan national, Zamira Hajiyeva. The other 3 cases concern a non EEA national,an Englishman and a Northern Irish woman.
Written Question
Tuesday 5th November 2019
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been subject to proceedings under the (1) Criminal Finances Act 2017, and (2) Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, on the grounds of gross human rights abuse or violations, up to the latest date for which figures are available.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford
- Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
There have been no proceedings under the provisions in the Criminal Finances Act 2017 relating to gross human rights abuses.
The Sanctions Act gives the UK powers to impose autonomous sanctions, however secondary legislation is required to establish individual sanctions regimes. Officials are currently working to design secondary legislation for a global human rights sanctions regime, which we have announced an intention to establish once we leave the EU. It is only once the secondary legislation is in force that we can impose sanctions on designated persons and announce those designations.
Written Question
Tuesday 5th November 2019
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Rooker on 27 June 2017 (HL Deb, cols 399–401), what current investigations, if any, are taking place in relation to the deaths of (1) Scot Young, (2) Boris Berezovsky, (3) Stephen Moss, (4) Badri Patarkatsishvili, (5) Stephen Curtis, (6) Yuri Golubev, (7) Paul Castle, (8) Robert Curtis, (9) Johnny Elichaoff, (10) Alexander Litvinenko, (11) Matthew Puncher, (12) Igor Ponomarev, (13) Daniel McGrory, (14) Gareth Williams, and (15) Alexander Perepilichnyy.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford
- Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Dissolution. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.