Information between 14th March 2022 - 8th December 2024
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Parliamentary Debates |
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House of Lords Reform
180 speeches (59,124 words) Tuesday 12th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con - Life peer) following a “solemn and binding” promise by the then Lord Chancellor, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg - Link to Speech 2: Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) further reform that should be included in the Bill.In March 1999, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg - Link to Speech 3: Lord Strathclyde (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I clearly remember the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg, happily agreeing to the by-elections - Link to Speech |
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
242 speeches (37,780 words) Committee of the whole House Tuesday 12th November 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: None At the time, Lord Irvine of Lairg explained that the hereditary peers remained as a guarantee from the - Link to Speech |
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
57 speeches (31,378 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 8th October 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Lab - Life peer) appointment was in the Lord Chancellor’s department, headed by my noble and learned friend Lord Irvine of Lairg - Link to Speech |
Higher Education Funding
47 speeches (19,204 words) Thursday 12th September 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) The noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg, brought in an excellent programme for teaching judges - Link to Speech |
King’s Speech
65 speeches (26,371 words) Tuesday 23rd July 2024 - Lords Chamber Attorney General Mentions: 1: Lord Strathclyde (Con - Excepted Hereditary) and worthy agreement, negotiated by the then Lord Chancellor, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Jay of Paddington (Lab - Life peer) To quote the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg, Lord Chancellor at the time, from Hansard - Link to Speech |
King’s Speech
78 speeches (31,079 words) Tuesday 23rd July 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Earl of Erroll (XB - Excepted Hereditary) That is why the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg, when he was Lord Chancellor, gave a Privy - Link to Speech 2: Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) life Peer.On 30 March 1999, in front of a packed House of Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg - Link to Speech |
Illegal Migration Bill
115 speeches (24,213 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Wednesday 24th May 2023 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (CON - Life peer) The noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg, made this absolutely clear when the Bill was going - Link to Speech |
Illegal Migration Bill
243 speeches (46,587 words) Committee stage: Committee of the whole House (day 1) Monday 27th March 2023 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: William Cash (CON - Stone) hope those on the Labour Front Bench will take on board, made by the then Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg - Link to Speech |
Seafarers’ Wages Bill [HL]
36 speeches (14,917 words) Wednesday 20th July 2022 - Lords Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lord Mackay of Clashfern (CON - Life peer) I handed over to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg, who I regret to say is now on leave - Link to Speech |
Human Rights Act 1998
54 speeches (18,331 words) Thursday 14th July 2022 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Baroness Donaghy (LAB - Life peer) I continue, I echo the tributes that were made at the time to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg - Link to Speech 2: Lord Cashman (LAB - Life peer) great promise made in this House by the then Lord Chancellor, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg - Link to Speech 3: Lord Bellamy (CON - Life peer) I associate myself with the tributes paid earlier to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Friday 9th February 2024
Report - 3rd Report - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Constitution Committee Found: When introducing the Human Rights Bill to the House of Lords, Lord Irvine of Lairg, then Lord Chancellor |
Thursday 13th May 2021
Written Evidence - Law Society of Scotland HRA0081 - The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review - Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: The then Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg, stated at col 514:fiWe believe that Clause 2 gets it right |
Wednesday 24th February 2021
Written Evidence - Durham Law School, Durham University, and Durham Law School, Durham University HRA0007 - The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review The Government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review - Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: weak obligation on domestic courts determining issues relating to the Convention rights; as Lord Irvine of Lairg |
Thursday 4th February 2021
Written Evidence - University of Bristol FTP0019 - Fixed-Term Parliaments Act Fixed-Term Parliaments Act - Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act Found: concession of the principle that prorogation was justiciable in general terms. 44.In 1995, Lord Irvine of Lairg |
Friday 10th July 2020
Inquiry Publications - 18th Report - 2 Statutory Instruments reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: during the House of Lords passage of the Civil Procedure Bill by the Opposition spokesman, Lord Irvine of Lairg |
Parliamentary Research |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-25 - CBP-10107
Oct. 10 2024 Found: Research Briefing, 10 October 2024 At second reading of the bill in the House of Lords, Lord Irvine of Lairg |
The UK Supreme Court - CBP-9536
Jun. 22 2022 Found: The then Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg and the then Chief Justice of Hong Kong announced that |
Role of British and overseas judges in Hong Kong - CDP-2022-0068
Mar. 22 2022 Found: The then Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg and the then Chief Justice of Ho ng Kong announced that |
Bill Documents |
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Oct. 10 2024
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-25 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: Research Briefing, 10 October 2024 At second reading of the bill in the House of Lords, Lord Irvine of Lairg |
Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications |
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Aug. 20 2024
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) Source Page: MAINPAY LIMITED v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS [2024] UKUT 00233 (TCC) Document: MAINPAY LIMITED and THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS (PDF) News and Communications Found: Greenwich LBC [2007] ICR 577 at [16] and Carmichael v National Power Plc [1999] 1 WLR 2042 per Lord Irvine of Lairg |
Jan. 25 2024
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) Source Page: EXCHEQUER SOLUTIONS LTD v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS [2024] UKUT 00025 (TCC) Document: Exchequer Solutions Limited v HMRC_ (PDF) News and Communications Found: Gardiner [1984] ICR 612, Carmichael v National Power plc [1999] 1 WLR 2042 at 2047A -B per Lord Irvine of Lairg |