"My Lords, most children who appear before the criminal courts display evidence of serious educational needs and an alarming number of those children show signs of florid psychiatric illness. In the sunshine of very welcome reform, can the Minister assure us that we will not lose sight of the great …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a privilege to speak in a debate with those who have such deep understanding of financial services and markets, including a Minister with transformational business experience, which we all respect. My own experience as a lawyer has been limited in this area largely to providing unwelcome …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"On the subject of proportionality so eloquently spoken of by the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, does the Minister agree that there have been only four reports of alleged criminal behaviour by trans people in lavatories since 2022? Does he not think that the obsession with lavatories does us no credit …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"My Lords, will the Minister tell the House what the Government propose to do to restore the legitimate expectation of those who obtain gender recognition certificates? Section 9 of the 2004 Act says that a person’s gender
"My Lords, can my noble kinswoman the Minister confirm that the Government reject the miserably pessimistic and defeatist view of the youth justice system expressed by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen? Will she confirm that a key aim of the plan with which she is dealing today must …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"Does the Minister agree that the Supreme Court judgment has not affected the intended role of Article 2 of the Windsor Framework as the lodestar of human rights considerations in Northern Ireland? Does she agree that its provisions will still be relevant to the exercise of discretion, for example in …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"My Lords, what a pleasure and what a privilege it is to speak after four brilliant maiden speeches. It is a special personal honour for me to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Dixon. In 2016, I became the chair of a large voluntary organisation, a drug and addiction …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"My Lords, I express my agreement with the concern of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, that the Committee stage of the Bill should have been completed. I wanted to be part of a process that amended the Bill so that we could reach Report and have some meaningful …..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"Does the Leader agree, in relation to Private Members’ Bills starting in the House of Commons, that we should move toward standard pre-legislative scrutiny of the workability of those Bills before their detail is debated in either House?..." Lord Carlile of Berriew - View Speech
"My Lords, I speak as a signatory of Amendment 189 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser. I am strongly in favour of it for reasons that I will explain briefly.