Lord Woolf Alert Sample


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Information between 29th January 2023 - 11th August 2024

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Division Votes
7 Feb 2023 - Public Order Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 46 Crossbench Aye votes vs 2 Crossbench No votes
Tally: Ayes - 247 Noes - 192
7 Feb 2023 - Public Order Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 51 Crossbench Aye votes vs 2 Crossbench No votes
Tally: Ayes - 259 Noes - 200
7 Feb 2023 - Public Order Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 61 Crossbench Aye votes vs 4 Crossbench No votes
Tally: Ayes - 283 Noes - 192
7 Feb 2023 - Public Order Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted No and in line with the House
One of 32 Crossbench No votes vs 28 Crossbench Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 239 Noes - 248
7 Feb 2023 - Public Order Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 65 Crossbench Aye votes vs 4 Crossbench No votes
Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 209
7 Feb 2023 - Public Order Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted Aye and against the House
One of 30 Crossbench Aye votes vs 36 Crossbench No votes
Tally: Ayes - 240 Noes - 254
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted No and against the House
One of 11 Crossbench No votes vs 66 Crossbench Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 226
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted No and against the House
One of 16 Crossbench No votes vs 52 Crossbench Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 263 Noes - 233
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 71 Crossbench Aye votes vs 10 Crossbench No votes
Tally: Ayes - 285 Noes - 230
8 Jun 2023 - Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 16 Crossbench Aye votes vs 3 Crossbench No votes
Tally: Ayes - 179 Noes - 148
8 Jun 2023 - Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 16 Crossbench Aye votes vs 2 Crossbench No votes
Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 150
20 Jun 2023 - Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 47 Crossbench Aye votes vs 6 Crossbench No votes
Tally: Ayes - 232 Noes - 187
20 Jun 2023 - Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 50 Crossbench Aye votes vs 4 Crossbench No votes
Tally: Ayes - 241 Noes - 181
21 Jun 2023 - National Security Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 44 Crossbench Aye votes vs 6 Crossbench No votes
Tally: Ayes - 219 Noes - 172
18 Jul 2023 - Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Woolf voted No and in line with the House
One of 15 Crossbench No votes vs 15 Crossbench Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 195 Noes - 216



Lord Woolf mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Victims and Prisoners Bill
62 speeches (17,473 words)
Committee stage
Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: None almost no noticeable reform of our prison system since the proposals made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord - Link to Speech

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
173 speeches (27,128 words)
Report stage
Wednesday 6th March 2024 - Lords Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) point enunciated previously by, among others, the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, the noble and learned Lord, Lord - Link to Speech

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
234 speeches (47,822 words)
Committee of the whole House day 2
Wednesday 17th January 2024 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: None into their lordships’ mouths—was made by the noble Lord Sandhurst, the noble Lord Faulks and the noble Lord - Link to Speech
2: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) He cites Lord Sumption and Lord Woolf, but he might also have cited the constitutionalist A. V. - Link to Speech

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
175 speeches (35,589 words)
Committee of the whole House Day 1
Tuesday 16th January 2024 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) He will know that constitutionalists from Dicey to Denning, and from Lord Woolf to Lord Sumption, agree - Link to Speech

Immigration Detention: Brook House Inquiry
27 speeches (1,815 words)
Thursday 11th January 2024 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con - Life peer) should always be regulated by the Hardial Singh principles, enunciated by the noble and learned Lord, Lord - Link to Speech

Alcohol Licensing (Coronavirus) (Regulatory Easements) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
15 speeches (5,590 words)
Tuesday 24th October 2023 - Grand Committee
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Hayward (Con - Life peer) I, with others, led the application before the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, to change the interpretation - Link to Speech

Illegal Migration Bill
147 speeches (17,425 words)
Report stage: Part 1
Monday 3rd July 2023 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Carlile of Berriew (CB - Life peer) and uncontradicted.The four limbs of Hardial Singh, which were created by my noble and learned friend Lord - Link to Speech

Illegal Migration Bill
141 speeches (34,258 words)
Committee stage: Part 2
Monday 12th June 2023 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (CON - Life peer) Committee and whoever authored that part of the report, that is what—before the noble and learned Lord, Lord - Link to Speech

Prison Officers: Retirement
11 speeches (5,958 words)
Thursday 30th March 2023 - Grand Committee
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Earl Attlee (CON - Excepted Hereditary) One of my first actions was to read the 1991 report of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, about - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Thursday 29th February 2024
Written Evidence - Spotlight on Corruption
ARB0038 - Arbitration Bill [HL]

Arbitration Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee

Found: of Uzbekistan , for example, the arbitrators set out the list of “Key Red Flags” identified by Lord

Friday 9th February 2024
Written Evidence - Peter Ashford Ltd
ARB0015 - Arbitration Bill [HL]

Arbitration Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee

Found: special sitting of the Court of Appeal comprising Lord Bingham CJ, Sir Richard Scott V-C and Lord

Monday 4th December 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022-23

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Commissioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022–2023 (to 19 September 2023)

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Commissioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Wednesday 19th July 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022–2023 (to 18 July 2023)

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Commissioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Tuesday 11th July 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022–2023 (to 10 July 2023)

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Commissioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Tuesday 4th July 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022–2023 (to 03 July 2023)

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Commissioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Monday 3rd July 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022–2023 (to 26 June 2023)

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Commissioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Tuesday 27th June 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022–2023 (to 26 June 2023)

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Commissioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Wednesday 14th June 2023
Oral Evidence - Judiciary of England and Wales

Constitution Committee

Found: Lord Falconer of Thoroton: The successful relationship that Lord Woolf and I envisaged was one where

Wednesday 7th June 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022–2023 (to 06 June 2023)

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Commissioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022–2023 (to 16 May 2023)

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Comm issioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Monday 15th May 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022–2023 (to 09 May 2023)

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Comm issioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022–2023 (to 26 April 2023)

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Comm issioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Friday 28th April 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022–2023 (to 21 March 2023)

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Comm issioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Friday 28th April 2023
Written Evidence - University of Leicester, and University of Derby
ECA0011 - The UK’s engagement in Central Asia

The UK’s engagement in Central Asia - Foreign Affairs Committee

Found: For example, Lord Woolf was the founding Head of the Judiciary of the AIFC Court.

Friday 21st April 2023
Written Evidence - Nottingham Trent University
IMB0027 - Legislative Scrutiny: Illegal Migration Bill

Legislative Scrutiny: Illegal Migration Bill - Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: WLR 247 3 Clause 10 Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2003 and the criticism of Lord

Tuesday 14th March 2023
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2022–2023 (to 7 March 2023)

Justice Committee

Found: and Crime Commissioners [VIC0045] The Bell Foundation [VIC0047] Ian Smith [VIC0048] The Rt Hon Lord

Tuesday 16th March 2021
Scrutiny evidence - Submission from MASS on Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021 and Ministry of Justice response

Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Found: Lord Woolf, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, described the tariff during the Report Stage

Wednesday 17th June 2020
Agendas and papers - Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2020–21

Liaison Committee (Lords)

Found: . • Lord Woolf, as former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and as a member of the Privy Council



Parliamentary Research
The European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 - CBP-9958
Feb. 06 2024

Found: Preamble. 68 Lord Woolf, Review of the Working Methods of the European Court of Human Rights (December



Bill Documents
Jul. 20 2023
Mr Peter Careless Evidence [1/2]
Bishop’s Stortford Cemetery Act 2024
Written evidence

Found: (Gillan) v Metropolitan Police Commissioner 2004, Lord Woolf CJ said “ We would give the word expedient

Mar. 31 2023
Representations on behalf of the Secretary of State
Holocaust Memorial Bill 2022-23
Other documents

Found: In HJ Banks & Co Ltd v Secretary of State [1997] 2 PLR 50 , Lord Woolf was prepared to accept that:



Department Publications - Policy paper
Wednesday 25th October 2023
Home Office
Source Page: Government response to the Law Commission’s review of confiscation
Document: final review (PDF)

Found: aim of sentencing, namely the reduction of crime through deterrence.107 In the case of R v Sekhon , Lord



Department Publications - Guidance
Friday 17th March 2023
Ministry of Justice
Source Page: Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review
Document: Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review (large print version) (PDF)

Found: manslaughter, includes…. ”34 The advice of the Panel was accepted by the then Lord Chief Justice, Lord

Friday 17th March 2023
Ministry of Justice
Source Page: Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review
Document: Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review (PDF)

Found: manslaughter, includes…. ”34 The advice of the Panel was accepted by the then Lord Chief Justice, Lord



Non-Departmental Publications - Open consultation
Jul. 30 2024
Tribunal Procedure Committee
Source Page: Changes to the procedure rules on the provision of written reasons for decisions
Document: (PDF)
Open consultation

Found: Victims Support Groups Forum ) [2019] UKSC 38 at paragraph 22, Lady Hale PSC endorsed the judgment of Lord



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Jul. 22 2024
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: AEL v Flight Centre (UK) Ltd: [2024] EAT 116
Document: AEL v Flight Centre (UK) Ltd: [2024] EAT 116 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Legal Aid Board, ex p Kaim Todner (a firm) [1998] 3 All ER 541, [1999] QB 966 (at paras 6 and 8) (Lord

Dec. 15 2023
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
Source Page: AMMANFORD RECYCLING LIMITED and THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS [2023] UKUT 00302 (TCC)
Document: Ammanford Recycling Limited v The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: being advanced by each party ” (McPhilemy v Times Newspapers Ltd [1999] 3 All ER 775 at 792 to 793 per Lord

Nov. 06 2023
Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
Source Page: David Bryan Price & Toni Fox-Bryant v The Financial Conduct Authority [2023] UKUT 00259 (TCC)
Document: David Bryan Price and Toni Fox-Bryant v The Financial Conduct Authority (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: Lord Hope also endors ed the following dicta from Lord Woolf MR’s judgment in McPhilemy v Times

Mar. 31 2023
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: Mrs Kristie Higgs v (1) Farmor's School (2) The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England: [2023] EAT 45
Document: Mrs Kristie Higgs v (1) Farmor’s School (2) The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England [2023] EAT 45 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: moreover, clear that this can extend to unconscious bias, see Locabail at paragraph 89 , and per Lord

Mar. 07 2023
Employment Appeal Tribunal
Source Page: (1) Ministry of Justice (2) Lord Chancellor -v- Mr R Dodds and Others [2023] EAT 31
Document: (1) Ministry of Justice (2) Lord Chancellor -v- Mr R Dodds and Others [2023] EAT 31 (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: now relies very heavily, on section 9 judges to do a very substantial part of High Court sittings …Lord



Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation
Nov. 15 2023
Disclosure and Barring Service
Source Page: Quality assurance framework, version 9 (QAF v9)
Document: GD4 v9 Representations Guidance (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: In R (X) v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police Lord Woolf CJ rejected Wall J‟s suggestion t