Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Nov 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
"My Lords, I will speak to the amendments to which I put my name in this group, which are in the names also of the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, and the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, but before I do so I will make a few remarks about two amendments that …..."Lord Moylan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Nov 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
"Perhaps I may just add that it seems so widely drawn that the first condition, in proposed new subsection (1), is that there has to be an offence. It does not say that there has to be an offence involving violence. So, first there has to be an offence. Then …..."Lord Moylan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Immigration Rules: Au Pairs
"My Lords, I have no view as to whether the Government should take action to address the shortage of au pairs. However, I ask my noble friend to agree that, if any action is taken by the Government as a result of this shortage, there will be no undue discrimination …..."Lord Moylan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 25 Oct 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
"My Lords, I lend my support to Amendments 34, 60 and 65 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, to which I have added my name. I do so particularly in regard to the Bill’s effects on local authorities, having 28 years’ experience of having served on one.
…..."Lord Moylan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
"My Lords, like other noble Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Sandhurst on his maiden speech and welcome him to the House, where I am sure he will make a wonderful contribution.
I welcome much that is in this very large Bill. While I realise that the provisions on …..."Lord Moylan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Apr 2021
Undercover Policing Inquiry
"My Lords, the inquiry was set up in 2015; over five years passed before opening statements were delivered. Some 90 staff are directly engaged, and, as my noble friend has said, the cost, so far, exceeds £36 million, but that excludes very considerable expenditure by police forces responding to the …..."Lord Moylan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 25 Jan 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill
"My Lords, I rise with some trepidation—and, I hope, an appropriate degree of sensitivity—to make some brief comments on a subject on which I have no great expertise. I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Wolfson of Tredegar, the Minister, for the time he gave me to discuss this …..."Lord Moylan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 Jan 2021
Extradition Arrangements: European Union Member States
"My Lords, many people felt that the European arrest warrant offered insufficient safeguards for the rights of those accused of crimes overseas. Can the Minister assure us that the replacement arrangements for the European arrest warrant offer solid and reciprocal protection, as far as possible, for the rights of the …..."Lord Moylan - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Jan 2021
Domestic Abuse Bill
"My Lords, the intention behind this Bill is wholly welcome. As my noble friend the Minister said in her opening remarks, domestic abuse is the most awful of crimes. It is right that the Government should bring forward measures that will not only curb it but, one hopes, eliminate it …..."Lord Moylan - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 17th December 2020
Asked by:
Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the Undercover Policing Inquiry to make its final report; what has been the cost of that inquiry to date; and what the final cost of that inquiry is expected to be.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford
- Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Undercover Policing Inquiry was established in 2015, to investigate undercover deployments conducted by police forces in England and Wales since 1968 and was expected to report within three years.
In May 2018, the Undercover Policing Inquiry published a Strategic Review which anticipated that the Inquiry would begin evidence hearings in June 2019 and that it would report to the Home Secretary before the end of 2023. In January 2019 the Inquiry published an update which explained that several issues, such as the significant complexity of documents and the difficulties presented by issues such as privacy and data protection, had led to a fresh look at the timelines. Evidence hearings subsequently began in November 2020 and will continue in 2021.
The Terms of Reference state the Inquiry will report to the Home Secretary as soon as practicable. It is important that the Inquiry gets to the truth and makes meaningful recommendations for the future. The Inquiry remains independent of the Home Office, which is crucial to its effectiveness and so, decisions and conduct in relation to the investigations are for the Inquiry to make.
The Inquiry cost, to the end of September 2020, is £32,286,400; this information is published by the Inquiry every quarter on its website. The Government is committed to giving the Inquiry the resources it needs to fulfil its important function of getting to the truth, exposing what has gone wrong in the past, and learning lessons for the future.
It is difficult to provide an expected final cost of the Inquiry at this stage, but this will be published in full, at the close of the Inquiry.