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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog

"My Lords, I warmly congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Longfield, on an outstanding maiden speech and welcome her again to this House. Indeed, I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, for leading this debate. In response to his invitation, I briefly say that in my view we have two …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Dec 2024
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

"My Lords, in his devastating book How Westminster Works and Why It Doesnt, the noted commentator Ian Dunt describes this House as,

“one of the only aspects of our constitutional arrangements that actually works”.

The words that he, as a neutral observer, uses to describe this …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Nov 2024
Rule of Law

"My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble and learned Baroness the Advocate-General for Scotland and to my noble friend Lady Laing on outstanding maiden speeches.

I will address something that has not been directly touched on so far, which is the importance of the role and the integrity …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 06 Nov 2024
Arbitration Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I simply associate myself, on behalf of these Benches and as the previous sponsor of this Bill in the previous Government, with the thanks that have been given to the entire team, not only to the special committee and its chair but to the civil servants who have …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Sep 2024
Arbitration Bill [HL]

"My Lords, in relation to the intervention of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, your Lordships will recall that on 27 March this year, when I was then the Minister in charge of the Bill, I said that I had written to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the ICC, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 30 Jul 2024
Arbitration Bill [HL]

"My Lords, again I take this opportunity to welcome and congratulate the Minister on his appointment, since this is the first time that we have faced each other across the Chamber at the Dispatch Box, and our roles are now reversed. I thank him particularly for his courtesy and common …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 24 Jul 2024
King’s Speech

"My Lords, I warmly welcome the Minister and congratulate him on a most outstanding maiden speech. I will briefly deal with two topics not mentioned in His Majesty’s gracious Speech: family justice and the efficiency of our courts.

Such is the pressure on the prisons and on our court system …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 May 2024
Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (2019 Hague Convention etc.) Regulations 2024

"My Lords, these regulations form part of the implementing framework for the Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters 2019. The purpose of the convention is to establish a set of rules about whether a civil or commercial judgment made in a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 May 2024
Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (2019 Hague Convention etc.) Regulations 2024

"That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 29 April be approved...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 May 2024
Coroners (Suspension of Requirement for Jury at Inquest: Coronavirus) Regulations 2024

"My Lords, this instrument is an important part of the Government’s ongoing support for coroners’ services in their continuing recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. It extends for a further two years the disapplication of the statutory requirement for any inquest into a death involving Covid-19 to be …..."
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