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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Jan 2021
Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill

"The law has always distinguished between the adult and the young offender in many ways. Policy has always been to make every effort to rehabilitate the young before they become hardened criminals. It is even more important not to turn them into hardened terrorists.

“What works?” asked the noble and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Jan 2021
Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill

"My Lords, by coincidence I am once again following the noble Lord, Lord Naseby. I would remind him that there have been high-risk periods before. His words reminded me of the Brighton bomb case, in which I took a part. The person I represented had been involved in a bombing …..."
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Written Question
Judiciary
Wednesday 29th January 2020

Asked by: Lord Thomas of Gresford (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned Kantar Group to survey public attitudes towards the independence of the judiciary; and if so, whether they intend to publish the findings of any such survey.

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

The Government has not commissioned Kantar Group to survey public attitudes towards the independence of the judiciary and the justice system.

I can say with confidence that our judges are renowned around the world for their excellence and impartiality.

Written Question
Sir Edward Heath
Thursday 1st November 2018

Asked by: Lord Thomas of Gresford (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any of the 40 complainants whose complaints were investigated by Operation Conifer applied for an award under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 with particular regard to paragraph 17 relating to criminal injury sustained on or after 1 August 1964; and if so, whether an award was granted to any of those complainants.

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

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

A manual check of all applications, received since the introduction of the Scheme, would be required to identify claims where a complaint was investigated by Operation Conifer.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 Jul 2016
Courts: Resourcing and Staffing

"My Lords, I regret that the balance and good humour shown by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Saville of Newdigate, in his excellent maiden speech was not available to us during the testing times when we were discussing the legality of the war in Iraq and all the legislation …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2016
Sexual Offences: False Accusations

"My Lords, there are sound public policy reasons for keeping the anonymity of a complainant throughout the trial and beyond, but are there not also sound public policy reasons for giving the trial judge the discretion, after an acquittal, to consider whether the identity of the complainant should be released …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Mar 2016
Insurance Industry: Whiplash

"My Lords, the Minister referred to the court costs. Have the coalition’s policies of banning referral fees produced any results? Has the number of frauds gone down? Are there any statistics on that as yet, following the Insurance Act 2015?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 04 Jun 2015
FIFA

"My Lords, soliciting a bribe is a crime. Will the SFO make inquiries of the members of the England bid team for the 2018 World Cup, which achieved only two votes out of 22 from the committee, about whether they were approached by anybody for a sweetener in relation to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Jun 2015
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, in a debate in the other place shortly after the European convention was signed in October 1950, the Conservative spokesman, Duncan Sandys, son-in-law to Winston Churchill, welcomed the convention as a binding treaty, fashioned as it had been, as other speakers have noted, by Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 15 Jan 2015
Criminal Bar: Funding

"My Lords, I, too, thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon, for introducing this debate. My interests are declared. I started off as a salaried partner in a small country solicitors’ office in north Wales in 1961 on a salary of £1,000 a year. Despite our limitations, …..."
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