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Resources to expedite the progression of Imprisonment for Public Protection prisoners towards release.
MP: Lord Carlile of Berriew
Division Vote (Lords)
9 Jun 2026 - Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Household Tumble Dryers) Regulations 2026 - View Vote Context
Lord Carlile of Berriew (XB) voted No and in line with the House
One of 5 Crossbench No votes vs 0 Crossbench Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 13 Noes - 66
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Jun 2026
Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships Strategy

"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 …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Jun 2026
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]

"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 …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Jun 2026
Equality Act 2010: Code of Practice

"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 …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Jun 2026
For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers

"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

“becomes for all purposes the acquired gender”

in law, an expectation which has …..."
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Written Question
Undocumented Workers: Delivery Services
Thursday 21st May 2026

Asked by: Lord Carlile of Berriew (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many random checks have been made in each month of 2025-6 of the immigration status of food and grocery deliver riders; and what steps are they taking to ensure that traders using the services of delivery riders employ only those with correct immigration status.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

Immigration enforcement activity is intelligence led and targeted, focusing on known risk, harm, and noncompliance rather than randomised inspections.

Clamping down on illegal working continues to be a critical part of this Government’s work to restore fairness, order and control within the immigration and asylum system. As such, through the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025, the Government has introduced tough new laws to clamp down on illegal working. This means that for the very first time, the Right to Work Scheme and associated civil penalties for non-compliance, will be extended to cover companies who contract workers to provide services under their company name; such as online delivery platforms in the gig economy, to conduct checks on a person’s right to work, and be liable for sanctions where illegal working is identified.

Alongside legislative change, the Home Office continues to engage with a range of businesses, including delivery companies operating in the gig economy, to promote compliance with illegal working legislation. This includes raising awareness of right to work requirements, supporting the use of compliant right to work checks, encouraging the use of robust identity and verification checks and taking enforcement action where employers or facilitators are found to be exploiting migrants or failing to meet their legal responsibilities.

The Home Office and the Department for Business and Trade have been working closely with major food delivery platforms. In 2025, Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat committed to increasing the use of facial verification checks and fraud detection technology to ensure only account holders and their registered substitutes can work off their platforms. This strengthened industry standard has resulted in the firms increasing the quantity and sophistication of checks they already conduct, with checks taking place daily.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 20 May 2026
Youth Justice

"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 …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 19 May 2026
Supreme Court Dillon Judgment

"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 …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 19 May 2026
King’s 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 …..."
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