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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Jun 2023
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

"My Lords, I will not detain the House much on this issue and Amendment 63, to which my name is attached, because I am really here to talk about Amendment 31, the Kenova amendment, which we will come to later on. I just want to remind noble Lords of the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Jun 2023
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

"I shall stop there on that point.

I support Amendment 31 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hain, and the other signatories to it. It concerns Operation Kenova—the multiple investigations being carried out by ex-Chief Constable Jon Boutcher into some 200 murders on both sides of the conflict …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Jun 2023
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

"My Lords, it is unusual for me to start by saying that I could not disagree more with what I have just heard from the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. I was Metropolitan Police Commissioner at the time of the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, and it was a tragedy. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Jan 2023
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

"My Lords, I need to apologise for not attending Second Reading, but I want to support the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, and the noble Lord, Lord Hain. We need to understand what Kenova is, and it is worth going back to understanding that it is an investigation …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Metropolitan Police: Crime and Misconduct

"My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, and listened carefully to the issues he raised. I agree with every word he said. I declare that I have lectured extensively, especially in India, on anti-corruption measures.

I served for four years as the Met commissioner, from …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Nov 2022
Public Order Bill

"My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. However, my personal interest in the policing of public order long predates my need to be in the register. The first demonstration I helped to police was a march protesting against the Shah of Iran, which shows both the circularity …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 22 Oct 2021
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I remind the House that I was a member of the Commission on Assisted Dying chaired by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer. The word we should hold in front of us is “choice”. This is a choice for a patient facing fear of a very bad …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 05 Mar 2020
Crown Prosecution Service: Rape Cases

"My Lords, 35 years ago I published a book called Investigating Rape: A New Approach for Police. That book was based around the theory of rape trauma syndrome, which leads victims to give accounts which are initially contradictory. It appears that the fall in rape prosecutions is because the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 27 Feb 2020
Offender Management: Checkpoint Programme

"My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Bates, for this debate. Because of the short time limit, my speech will mostly be a set of questions to the Minister.

I am not sure whether the Minister is aware of a new strand of police research called …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 24 Feb 2020
Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill

"My Lords, I begin my assessment of the present legal position on this area of policy with a quotation that will be familiar to noble Lords:

“‘the law is a ass’, said Mr Bumble.”

The release of Sudesh Amman was lawful and his further detention would have been illegal, but …..."

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