"My Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer to the Question asked by the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, but he did not actually answer the part about procurement of facial recognition technology and so on. For the most part, the many accountability organisations that he listed do not actually …..." Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
"My Lords, I live in Ballymena, and it is awful to see what happened there. It must have taken enormous courage for officers to face the petrol bombs and other missiles that were hurled at them. I salute that courage and I condemn absolutely what happened on the streets of …..." Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
"My Lords, I have listened with great respect to the Minister, but she has stated repeatedly that we are going to deprive the country of all the other measures in the Bill that are accepted. That is not the case. It is not necessary for the Bill to collapse at …..." Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
"My Lords, I have not spoken previously on this issue, and I do not have the creative abilities of so many noble Members of this House, but I have listened repeatedly to these debates. It is right now to speak briefly in support of protecting our creative industries so that …..." Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bull, for bringing this debate before your Lordships tonight. It is profoundly important. As we have heard, dyscalculia is a profoundly difficult condition that has many different consequences for the child who suffers from it. In many cases, dyscalculia is accompanied by …..." Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
"My Lords, given that the Minister is quite correct in saying that the ICRIR cannot deal with cases post-1998, and given that the PSNI budget has been so seriously reduced that it is now operating with 75% of the officers it should have, can she commit to the development of …..." Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
"My Lords, in answer to the noble Lord, Lord Rogan, the Minister said that there was an extra £1 billion coming into policing this year. However, not one penny of that £1 billion will go to Northern Ireland because policing is a devolved matter. Given that the Northern Ireland policing …..." Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
"My Lords, as we face this problem, the two most important things are prevention and mitigation. Will the Minister tell his department to review the current policy that prevents landowners creating firebreaks, as it currently does more damage to the climate rather than save it?..." Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
"My Lords, the Government’s strategy is welcome, particularly in so far as it affects women in the country who have linguistic and cultural difficulties in trying to articulate what is happening to them and trying to seek help. Given that one-third of complaints about domestic violence are made by men …..." Baroness O'Loan - View Speech
"My Lords, is the Minister aware that, in 2021, following a very lengthy process, which was exacerbated by prevarication, obfuscation and failure to deliver materials to the panel, the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel, which I chaired, recommended the creation of a statutory duty of candour, to be owed by all …..." Baroness O'Loan - View Speech