"My Lords, we now know that the match decision was based on fake evidence, but it is not just a local matter. I have made a list of the number of times that this Prime Minister has said, “We will not tolerate antisemitism in our society and on our streets”. …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, around £450 million is owed to the Child Maintenance Service by absent fathers and some absent mothers. Some 160,000 children would be lifted out of poverty if the defaulting parents paid what they owed to the Child Maintenance Service. Does the Minister agree that is not right for …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, this is a Budget that punishes anyone who tries to do the right thing. I have driven electric cars for 10 years, only to find that there is no benefit. I would not blame anyone who now decided to buy a petrol car while they can.
"Has the Minister witnessed what I and some of my acquaintances have witnessed, which is a failure of social engineering because very rich parents and many foreign parents can still afford private schools but a larger number of the middle class and the less well-off will be going to state …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, will the Minister accept that either Palestine is a real state and should deal with its own people or it is not, and recognition was a falsity? Since the UK recognises Palestine as a state, its citizens living in their state cannot, in principle, be refugees. Indeed, all …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the status of Palestinian refugees following the recognition of the state of Palestine...." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government, following the Law Commission’s Financial Remedies Scoping Report published in December 2024, what consideration they are giving to the reform of the law relating to financial provision on divorce...." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, for nearly 50 years I have been calling for reform of the way assets are distributed on divorce, a law now contained in the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. In that time, divorce law itself has undergone profound changes and is now entirely no fault and administrative. In 1973, …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"Perhaps I might point out to the Minister that the consultation on cohabitation was carried out very thoroughly by the Law Commission. It did it some years ago and, as far as children go, you cannot protect them if the splitting couple—which is very often the case with cohabitants—have no …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech
"My Lords, I have consulted ChatGPT on this. It calls me “dear Ruth”, and it says that when people write to it about suicide, it responds with empathy and compassion. It does not encourage suicide, and it sends a guide to human support. I do not want to make light …..." Baroness Deech - View Speech