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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2025
Sentencing Bill

"My Lords, I am grateful for the explanation given by the Minister, but the issues at stake here are not theoretical; they are practical questions about how these conditions will actually work. Will they be real, meaningful and enforceable? The Government have repeatedly asserted confidence in suspended sentences and the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2025
Sentencing Bill

"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath, for moving his amendment. Providing care for individuals with addictions, gambling in particular, should be a fundamental role of a national health service, and we support his aims.

As the noble Lord explained, gambling addiction is a chronic issue …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Sentencing Bill

"My Lords, His Majesty’s Opposition have made no secret of our profound reservations about the sweeping presumption in favour of suspended sentences. We fear that it risks sending entirely the wrong signal about the seriousness of offending and will undermine public confidence and place additional strain on already overstretched probation …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Sentencing Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Sentencing Bill

"My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate, and many of them have supported the sentiment underlying this amendment. It has clearly shown our shared recognition that, if suspended sentences are to become more prevalent, as the Government intend, they must be made …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Sentencing Bill

"My Lords, I will speak briefly to these amendments, tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Hamwee and Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb.

Amendment 15, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, seeks to insert an explicit reference to Section 77 of the Sentencing Act 2020 to make it plain that courts …..."
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Written Question
European Convention on Human Rights
Wednesday 30th July 2025

Asked by: Lord Sandhurst (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to join the nine EU member states in calling for reform of the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights by the European Court of Human Rights; and if so, when.

Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

This Government is fully committed to the protection of human rights both domestically and internationally and remains unequivocally committed to international human rights frameworks.

However, as the Lord Chancellor set out in her speech to the Council of Europe, we are encouraging a constructive dialogue between Contracting Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights on how the Convention can respond to developments in our societies and restore public confidence in the rule of law.

Written Question
European Convention on Human Rights
Wednesday 30th July 2025

Asked by: Lord Sandhurst (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to call for the reform of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court's approach to the application of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

This Government is fully committed to the protection of human rights both domestically and internationally and remains unequivocally committed to international human rights frameworks.

However, as the Lord Chancellor set out in her speech to the Council of Europe, we are encouraging a constructive dialogue between Contracting Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights on how the Convention can respond to developments in our societies and restore public confidence in the rule of law.

Written Question
European Court of Human Rights: Reform
Wednesday 30th July 2025

Asked by: Lord Sandhurst (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to reform the European Court of Human Rights in order to restore public trust in the rule of law.

Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

This Government is fully committed to the protection of human rights both domestically and internationally and remains unequivocally committed to international human rights frameworks.

However, as the Lord Chancellor set out in her speech to the Council of Europe, we are encouraging a constructive dialogue between Contracting Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights on how the Convention can respond to developments in our societies and restore public confidence in the rule of law.

Written Question
European Convention on Human Rights
Wednesday 30th July 2025

Asked by: Lord Sandhurst (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current state of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

This Government is fully committed to the protection of human rights both domestically and internationally and remains unequivocally committed to international human rights frameworks.

However, as the Lord Chancellor set out in her speech to the Council of Europe, we are encouraging a constructive dialogue between Contracting Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights on how the Convention can respond to developments in our societies and restore public confidence in the rule of law.