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Charles Clarke mentioned

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Tuesday 17th December 2024 10:30 a.m.
Justice and Home Affairs Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
The Rt Hon Charles Clarke
The Rt Hon Michael Gove
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Parliamentary Debates
Schools and Universities: Language Learning
51 speeches (19,286 words)
Thursday 8th January 2026 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Baroness Shephard of Northwold (Con - Life peer) Mr Lamb criticised a 2004 decision by Charles Clarke, the then Education Secretary, to drop compulsory - Link to Speech
2: Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury (Con - Life peer) As my noble friend Lady Shephard, said, it was not helped by the decision that Charles Clarke made in - Link to Speech

Daesh Crimes: Accountability (JCHR Report)
23 speeches (12,899 words)
Tuesday 9th September 2025 - Grand Committee

Mentions:
1: Lord Anderson of Ipswich (XB - Life peer) Crown Court, the prosecution of terrorists in this country has markedly improved since 2006, when Charles Clarke - Link to Speech

Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025
72 speeches (13,604 words)
Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) The then Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, clarified that if direct action groups“do not engage in serious - Link to Speech

Civil Service: Politicisation
60 speeches (22,913 words)
Thursday 28th November 2024 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hodge of Barking (Lab - Life peer) number of people working in a much more complex organisation.It is not just that people such as Charles Clarke - Link to Speech

Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
98 speeches (33,389 words)
Committee of the whole House
Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: None I was also lucky to work with Charles Clarke when he was Home Secretary in the aftermath of the terrible - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Thursday 16th October 2025
Written Evidence - Mr Seb Thirlway
HAR2109 - Harnessing the potential of new digital forms of identification

Harnessing the potential of new digital forms of identification - Home Affairs Committee

Found: Exactly the same assertion was made by Home Secretaries David Blunkett and Charles Clarke, overshadowing

Thursday 16th October 2025
Written Evidence - David Moss
HAR0005 - Harnessing the potential of new digital forms of identification

Harnessing the potential of new digital forms of identification - Home Affairs Committee

Found: years the Dematerialised ID proposal33 was sent to Tony Blair, David Blunkett, Gordon Brown, Charles Clarke

Tuesday 17th December 2024
Oral Evidence - The Rt Hon Charles Clarke, and The Rt Hon Michael Gove

Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: The Rt Hon Charles Clarke, and The Rt Hon Michael Gove Oral Evidence

Tuesday 17th December 2024
Oral Evidence - The Rt Hon Charles Clarke, and The Rt Hon Michael Gove

Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing - Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: The Rt Hon Charles Clarke, and The Rt Hon Michael Gove Oral Evidence

Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, to Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister for Skills on skills for the future: apprenticeships and training, dated 23 October 2024

Industry and Regulators Committee

Found: Cumbria ( SFF0006 ), Purple Beard ( SFF0009 ) and UK Hospitality ( SFF0021 ), and Q 14 (Rt Hon Charles Clarke

Tuesday 7th May 2024
Oral Evidence - Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: I mentioned David Blunkett earlier; Charles Clarke would be another example.

Tuesday 7th May 2024
Oral Evidence - Lady Elish Angiolini

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: I mentioned David Blunkett earlier; Charles Clarke would be another example.

Tuesday 7th May 2024
Oral Evidence - Mr Henry McLeish

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: I mentioned David Blunkett earlier; Charles Clarke would be another example.

Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Education, Department for Education, and Centre for Economic Performance

Skills for the future: apprenticeships and training - Industry and Regulators Committee

Found: Charles Clarke: I do not think that they are stand-alone.

Tuesday 5th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Institute for Government, Institute for Government, and Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield

Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government - Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government

Found: It is about the “too difficult” box— Charles Clarke wrote a book about this.

Tuesday 12th December 2023
Written Evidence - Independent
OWS0171 - Ofsted’s work with schools

Ofsted’s work with schools - Education Committee

Found: Soon after the short inspection was introduced, Charles Clarke, Secretary of State, told a meeting

Tuesday 21st November 2023
Oral Evidence - Public Accounts Committee

UK Regulators - Industry and Regulators Committee

Found: There had been a promise made on the Floor of the House by Charles Clarke, as the then Home Secretary

Monday 13th November 2023
Oral Evidence - Professor Jim Gallagher, and Professor Ciaran Martin

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: Minister, I had relationships, particularly in relation to higher education and education, with Charles Clarke

Monday 13th November 2023
Oral Evidence - Lord Dunlop, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, and Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: Minister, I had relationships, particularly in relation to higher education and education, with Charles Clarke

Friday 20th October 2023
Report - 17th Report - Permanent secretaries: their appointment and removal

Constitution Committee

Found: During that time, he served the following Labour Home Secretaries: Charles Clarke, John Reid (now Lord

Wednesday 13th September 2023
Report - 2nd Report - Must do better: the Office for Students and the looming crisis facing higher education

Industry and Regulators Committee

Found: Giving examples of the OfS’ expanding responsibilities, Rt Hon Charles Clarke, a former Secretary of

Thursday 25th May 2023
Written Evidence - Professor G R Evans
WOS0006 - The work of the Office for Students

The work of the Office for Students - Industry and Regulators Committee

Found: In his Evidence to the Lords Committee on 14 March Charles Clarke was critical of this expansion.

Thursday 11th May 2023
Written Evidence - Secondary schools 1977-2021
EDU0028 - Education for 11-16 year olds

Education for 11 to 16 year olds - Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee

Found: would require DfE to reform Ofsted and Performance Tables and these are most certainly in what Charles Clarke



APPG Publications

University APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: APPUG Delegate Guide- 2 December 2020

Found: Sector reviews 2004 Schwartz admissions review In 2003, Charles Clarke MP, then Secretary of State

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: Report from a cross-party study tour to Bangladesh (2019)

Found: He served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Charles Clarke in his capacity as Secretary of



Department Publications - News and Communications
Friday 25th April 2025
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Minister for European Union Relations' Lecture at the Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe
Document: Minister for European Union Relations' Lecture at the Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe (webpage)

Found: I would also like to thank my friend Charles Clarke, not only for the invitation to speak here today.



Department Publications - Statistics
Tuesday 23rd July 2024
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Infected Blood Inquiry reports
Document: (PDF)

Found: been destroyed.142 Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health, responded to a letter from Charles Clarke



Department Publications - Transparency
Friday 16th June 2023
Cabinet Office
Source Page: The King's Birthday Honours List 2023
Document: Download CSV 293 KB (webpage)

Found: Medallists of the Order of the British Empire Medal of the Order of the British Empire Graham Charles CLARKE



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Dec. 20 2024
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
Source Page: Political Peerages December 2024 - Citations
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: He has served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Charles Clarke.



Deposited Papers
Thursday 22nd August 2024

Source Page: Infected Blood Inquiry. The Report. 7 volumes.
Document: Volume_7_-_Response_of_Government.pdf (PDF)

Found: been destroyed.142 Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health, responded to a letter from Charles Clarke




Charles Clarke mentioned in Welsh results


Welsh Senedd Research
Better Governance for Wales key materials - Research paper
Wednesday 11th June 2014
Better Governance for Wales – key material: Statements and Debates, September 2005 – November 2005 Abstract This paper draws together the key statements and debates relating to the White Paper ‘Better Governance for Wales’ from September to Novem...

Found: On the day that it was published, Charles Clarke spoke to Edwina Hart to lay out what was coming.