"My Lords, I hope the Minister will agree that it is indeed inappropriate to focus on a state where there is a stringent judicial process—we do not want discrimination. On the international front, things are even worse. In a few days’ time, the United Nations Durban conference will be marking …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, the Bill is concerned with fair voting and its extension. Why, then, are Peers—us—still not included in a system that is almost universal? The exclusion of Peers from participating in general elections is an outdated democratic anomaly that has no place in a modern society. Sitting Members of …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, this Bill would impose a far-reaching legal regime on millions of adults who have expressly chosen not to marry or enter a civil partnership. The fact that some may think they have rights is no justification for taking away the liberty of others. Some may not know the …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, this Bill is not the right mechanism that I would wish for the prevention and punishment of genocide.
First, it asks the courts of the UK to do something they are not equipped to do. The most fundamental problem is evidential. Genocide determinations have to be carried out …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, is the Minister aware of the report by Freedom in the Arts which has exposed a toxic culture of boycotts and hatred in the arts, especially against Jewish-themed performances and artists, including, for example, harassment of the wholly admirable Dame Maureen Lipman, who now needs security? What can …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, has the Minister considered the global legal implications of this Question? What about British citizens who holiday or buy a property in illegally occupied north Cyprus? Or is the aim simply to target Jews? If this were implemented, which I am sure it will not be, in what …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, this debate has sounded the alarm to the Minister and the department about what is going on in our universities. In fact, ever since Prime Minister Tony Blair, the attitude of successive Governments has been somewhat “light the blue touchpaper” in relation to numbers and “stand back and …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest as a former Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education and principal of St Anne’s. Let me say at the outset that our universities are a brilliant global asset and, in order to carry out the innovation and research that they do, they must be free …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest as a former chair of the HFEA. Does the Minister agree with me that we really must get on with modernising the Act, as more and more gaps are revealed? In the meantime, does she agree with me that the HFEA should collect data …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech