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3 Mar 2025, 3:43 p.m. - House of Lords "led by Jack Straw in 2006 and 2007. No draft bill as in 2011. No Joint Committee as in 2002, 2003 or 2011. " Lord True (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Wednesday 7th September 2022 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Role of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers At 10.15am: Oral evidence The Rt Hon Jack Straw - former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (2007-10) at Ministry of Justice View calendar |
Parliamentary Debates |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
150 speeches (29,999 words) Committee stage part one Monday 3rd March 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord True (Con - Life peer) There have been no cross-party discussions, as led by Jack Straw in 2006 and 2007; no draft Bill, as - Link to Speech |
Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
29 speeches (19,259 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 29th January 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Waldegrave of North Hill (Con - Life peer) co-operation, Star Academies, which emerged out of Blackburn with a great deal of help from Mr Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
Political Parties: Donations from Abroad
21 speeches (1,536 words) Wednesday 22nd January 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Maude of Horsham (Con - Life peer) his Government will follow the practice in the latter part of the last Labour Government, where Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
Oral Answers to Questions
120 speeches (9,921 words) Wednesday 8th January 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Kemi Badenoch (Con - North West Essex) was a racial or cultural motivation behind some of these crimes, where white girls were seen, as Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
Police Officers: Recruitment
31 speeches (2,399 words) Tuesday 10th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) Back then, Jack Straw very sensibly ring-fenced additional funding for our police service. - Link to Speech |
House of Lords Reform
180 speeches (59,124 words) Tuesday 12th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Whitty (Lab - Life peer) I supported Jack Straw and the Labour Government’s proposition that it be a partly elected House. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Strathclyde (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I sat on two Joint Committees, one chaired by Jack Straw and one successfully by Nick Clegg, building - Link to Speech |
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
242 speeches (37,780 words) Committee of the whole House Tuesday 12th November 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) He is right to say that consensus in these sorts of matters is nigh on impossible, as poor Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
Valedictory Debate
114 speeches (57,382 words) Friday 24th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Ben Wallace (Con - Wyre and Preston North) I could tell the House about my trip to Iran with Jeremy Corbyn and Jack Straw, which was like something - Link to Speech |
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
73 speeches (16,778 words) Committee stage Wednesday 17th April 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) looking back at some of the debates on the Human Rights Act 1998, during which then Home Secretary Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
49 speeches (8,342 words) Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message Wednesday 17th April 2024 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: William Cash (Con - Stone) The noble Lord Irvine, Tony Blair as Prime Minister and Jack Straw all agreed that the sovereignty of - Link to Speech |
James Bulger Murder: Public Inquiry
29 speeches (10,199 words) Monday 25th March 2024 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) minimum term.When Venables was recalled to custody in 2010, the then Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw - Link to Speech 2: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham, Yardley) However, as the Minister said, Jack Straw was the last person to ask for a review. - Link to Speech |
Prevention of Future Deaths Report: Terance Radford
16 speeches (5,935 words) Wednesday 20th March 2024 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) place for over two decades, having been created and introduced in 1999 by the then Home Secretary, Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
Prisons and Probation: Foreign National Offenders
25 speeches (5,561 words) Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) There was one in 1997 and another in 2007, when Jack Straw had a terrible argument with Lord Falconer - Link to Speech |
Justice
20 speeches (1,894 words) Friday 1st March 2024 - Ministerial Corrections Home Office Mentions: 1: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) It is well known that this is the Ben Kinsella amendment, which Jack Straw introduced in 2007 in response - Link to Speech |
UK Military Action in Iraq: Declassified Documents
20 speeches (8,753 words) Wednesday 13th December 2023 - Westminster Hall Attorney General Mentions: 1: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) view and from the charter point of view it was illegal.”Indeed, it was the then Foreign Secretary Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
HM Prison Bedford
6 speeches (4,746 words) Thursday 30th November 2023 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) By regrettable contrast, the plans under Jack Straw in the last Labour Government were to build 7,500 - Link to Speech |
King’s Speech
112 speeches (57,201 words) Wednesday 8th November 2023 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Farmer (Con - Life peer) Former Home Secretary Jack Straw said that the state removes the liberty of those convicted of crime - Link to Speech |
Prison Capacity
95 speeches (12,672 words) Monday 16th October 2023 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Alex Chalk (CON - Cheltenham) Jack Straw stood at this Dispatch Box and said, “We will build three titan prisons, each one of them - Link to Speech |
Victims and Prisoners Bill (Eleventh sitting)
52 speeches (12,532 words) Committee stage: 11th sitting Thursday 6th July 2023 - Public Bill Committees Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Maria Eagle (LAB - Garston and Halewood) When Jack Straw became Home Secretary in 1997, he was convinced that something needed to be done, in - Link to Speech 2: Edward Argar (CON - Charnwood) Member for Garston and Halewood mentioned Jack Straw in 1997. - Link to Speech |
National Security Bill
62 speeches (11,586 words) Consideration of Lords amendments Wednesday 3rd May 2023 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Alistair Carmichael (LDEM - Orkney and Shetland) This is not fanciful; we know what was done by Jack Straw and senior officials of the day in relation - Link to Speech |
Illegal Migration Bill
214 speeches (45,693 words) Report stage- Wednesday 26th April 2023 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: None As things have progressed, we need to bear in mind what, for example, Jack Straw said—I am speaking now - Link to Speech |
Illegal Migration Bill
243 speeches (46,587 words) Committee stage: Committee of the whole House (day 1) Monday 27th March 2023 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: David Davis (CON - Haltemprice and Howden) In fact, that was demonstrated when we had the case of prisoner votes and Jack Straw, who took through - Link to Speech 2: William Cash (CON - Stone) happened there.In the House of Commons during the passage of the Human Rights Act, the Home Secretary Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
Illegal Migration Bill
51 speeches (7,541 words) Wednesday 8th March 2023 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Murray of Blidworth (CON - Life peer) By way of a Statement, the then Minister in charge of the Bill, Jack Straw, provided that this test should - Link to Speech |
Business of the House
78 speeches (10,828 words) Thursday 26th January 2023 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) scurrilous and baseless attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi—and to quote the involvement of Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
122 speeches (30,766 words) Report stage Wednesday 7th December 2022 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (LAB - Life peer) I took part in one of the first university sit-ins at Leeds University in 1968, when—led by one Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
Public Sector Pay: Proposed Strike Action
60 speeches (13,465 words) Tuesday 1st November 2022 - Westminster Hall HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) In Scotland, it does have the right to strike; I was offered that dubious denial in Scotland by Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
101 speeches (39,098 words) Friday 9th September 2022 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Lord Blunkett (LAB - Life peer) brilliant at all other kinds of other things, but that is not one of them, so I left the dog with Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
Human Rights Act 1998
54 speeches (18,331 words) Thursday 14th July 2022 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Bellamy (CON - Life peer) In 2008, Jack Straw, the very Home Secretary who introduced the Act, commented that it did not seem to - Link to Speech |
Iran’s Nuclear Programme
51 speeches (17,710 words) Thursday 30th June 2022 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) the members of the delegation were Lord Lamont, a former Conservative Minister and Chancellor, Jack Straw - Link to Speech |
Bill of Rights
84 speeches (11,336 words) Wednesday 22nd June 2022 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) Jack Straw said back in 2007 that he wanted to rebalance the rights set out in the Act, adding explicitly - Link to Speech 2: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) Interestingly, he did that with Jack Straw, the architect of the Human Rights Act, but my right hon. - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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10 Feb 2015
Former Leaders of the House of Commons Procedure Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions
Wednesday 4 March 2015, Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster |
19 Oct 2010
Cost of motor insurance Transport Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions The Transport Committee held a short inquiry into the cost of motor insurance, focusing on:
Follow up inquiryIn light of further concerns about the rising cost of insurance, the Transport Committee agreed to re-open this inquiry and took further oral evidence on 11 October 2011. The Committee published its report on 12 January 2012. Oral Evidence11 October 2011 Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, John Spencer, Chairman, Motor Accident Solicitors Society, Andrew Dismore, Access to Justice Action Group, and Paul Evans, CEO, AXA UK; and Mike Penning MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport, and Jonathan Djanogly MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice 11 January 2011 Deputy Chief Constable David Ainsworth (lead on vehicle crime), and Chief Superintendant Geraint Anwyl (representing Roads Policing), Association of Chief Police Officers, and Viv Nicholas, Executive Director, European Secure Vehicle Alliance, and David Powell, Manager, Underwriting, Lloyd’s Market Association, and Mark Boleat; David Bott, Vice President, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, and Laurence Beck, Managing Director of Accident Advice Helpline, Claims Standards Council, and Tony Baker, Director General, and Steve Evans, CEO, Accident Exchange, The Credit Hire Organisation; and Mike Penning MP, Under-Secretary of State, and Pauline Morgan, Head of Driver Licensing and Insurance Team, Department for Transport 9 November 2010 Edmund King, President, AA, and Will Thomas, Head of Car Insurance, Confused.com, and Dr David Brown, Chair of the Actuarial Profession’s Third Party (Motor) Working Group, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, and Duncan Anderson, EMB Consultancy; and Nick Starling, Director of General Insurance and Health, Association of British Insurers, and Graeme Trudgill, Head of Corporate Affairs, British Insurance Brokers Association, and Ashton West, Chief Executive, Motors Insurers Bureau, and John Spencer, Chairman, Motor Accident Solicitors Society |
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Cammell Laird: Industrial Disputes
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West) Thursday 1st December 2022 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make available all documents related interactions between Jack Straw and stakeholders representing those involved in the Cammell Laird industrial dispute of 1984. Answered by Jeremy Quin I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to PQ 59415 on 20 October by the then Minister for the Cabinet Office, my Right Honourable friend, the member for Croydon South. |
Parliamentary Research |
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The office and role of Speaker - CBP-9974
Jul. 09 2024 Found: and replaced an earlier body set up under an Act of 1812.231 Following a report by Labour MP Jack Straw |
Military action: Parliament's role - CBP-10001
Apr. 19 2024 Found: for reform from several members of the Cabinet at the time, including former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw |
Members' pay and expenses 2023/24 - CBP-9995
Mar. 27 2024 Found: expenses regime, under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 . 160 In introducing the legislation, Jack Straw |
LGBT+ History Month - CDP-2024-0044
Feb. 26 2024 Found: defeated the provision to change the age of consent to 16 on two occasions and the then Home Secretary Jack Straw |
The royal prerogative and ministerial advice - CBP-9877
Oct. 24 2023 Found: In 1994 Jack Straw , also a Labour MP and future Lord Chancellor, wrote that the prerogative had “no |
Royal Assent - CBP-9466
Aug. 21 2023 Found: Now the Lord Chancellor may be an MP or a peer, and Jack Straw was the first non- peer to act as a |
Members' pay and expenses and ministerial salaries 2022/23 - CBP-9763
Mar. 30 2023 Found: expenses regime, under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2 009 . 1 64 In introducing the legislation, Jack Straw |
LGBT History Month - CDP-2023-0022
Jan. 26 2023 Found: the provision to change the age of consent to 16 on two occasions and the then Home Secretary Jack Straw |
The UK Supreme Court - CBP-9536
Jun. 22 2022 Found: being held by a someone with legal experience. 91 The absence of these requirements enabled Jack Straw |
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Apr. 16 2024
Promoter Evidence Part 2 [Pages 106 to 232] Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] 2022-23 Written evidence Found: Jack Straw One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State 99 208APPENDIX SCHEME FOR THE ALTERATION |
Apr. 16 2024
Petitioner Evidence Part 1 [Pages 1 to 113] Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] 2022-23 Written evidence Found: Home Office Jack Straw 26th March 2000 One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State (a) 1993 |
Jun. 29 2023
Written evidence submitted by Amnesty International UK (VPB35) Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 Written evidence Found: Parole Board [2020] EWHC 1457 (Admin) [13] R v McLoughlin [2014] 1 WLR 3964 [14] See eg Rt Hon Jack Straw |
Jul. 08 2022
Written evidence submitted by Reprieve (NSB01) National Security Act 2023 Written evidence Found: [14] Then-Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was himself accused of signing off on this activity. |
Tweets |
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Lord Pickles (Conservative - Life peer) - @EricPickles
2 Apr 2023, 6:31 p.m. I'm old enough to remember Jack Straw pedalling this in the 1990’s. It was not true then and it is not true now. There is no such thing as an average Council Tax. The only way to compare is band to band (A to A, B to B etc) On that basis Conservative Councils charge less https://t.co/NmhH49Xr5a Link to Original Tweet |
Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer) - @HowardDLeigh
26 Mar 2023, 9:02 a.m. @QuarryGareth Actually most are leaving Parliament so looking for a next job. You won't find much Labour criticism ass this kind of entrapment works cross Party lines. See Jack Straw and others Link to Original Tweet |
Rehman Chishti (Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham) - @Rehman_Chishti
8 Mar 2023, 8:09 a.m. On International women’s day #IWD2023 pay tribute to Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto🇵🇰who gave her life fighting for democracy.First female Head of Gov in Islamic world. It was a privilege to be part of her team 1999-20007 as adviser.Picture 2005 meeting🇬🇧Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. https://t.co/LsVsqtkEhm Link to Original Tweet |
Department Publications - Policy paper |
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Wednesday 6th December 2023
Home Office Source Page: Hillsborough disaster report: government response Document: A Hillsborough legacy: the government's response to Bishop James Jones' report (PDF) Found: • May 1997 : Then Home Secretary , Jack Straw , appoints Lord Justice Stuart -Smith to conduct |
Wednesday 6th December 2023
Home Office Source Page: Hillsborough disaster report: government response Document: A Hillsborough legacy: the government's response to Bishop James Jones' report (print-ready PDF) (PDF) Found: • May 1997 : Then Home Secretary , Jack Straw , appoints Lord Justice Stuart -Smith to conduct |
Non-Departmental Publications - Policy and Engagement |
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Mar. 01 2016
Independent Commission on Freedom of Information Source Page: Independent Commission on Freedom of Information: call for evidence Document: Independent Commission on Freedom of Information: call for evidence (PDF) Policy and Engagement Found: The Commission is chaired by Lord Burns; its other members are the Rt Hon Jack Straw, the Rt Hon Lord |
Mar. 01 2016
Independent Commission on Freedom of Information Source Page: Independent Commission on Freedom of Information: call for evidence Document: Independent Commission on Freedom of Information: call for evidence (Welsh) (PDF) Policy and Engagement Found: Jack Straw, y Gwir Anrh. |
Deposited Papers |
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Wednesday 28th February 2024
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Letter dated 23/02/2024 from Laura Farris MP to Graham Brady MP, Hanna Bardell MP, Angela Eagle MP and Pauline Latham MP regarding clarification to responses given during the Committee stage (fifth to tenth sittings) of the Crimiinal Justice Bill. 5p. Document: CJB.pdf (PDF) Found: new clauses 27 to 29 I said: “It is well known that this is the Ben Kinsella amendment, which Jack Straw |