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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 10 Jun 2025
Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill

"My Lords, I first associate myself with the words of those who spoke in tribute to Lord Justice William Davis. News of his death on Saturday morning reached his fellow judges, and former judges, like a thunderclap. He really was tremendously admired and liked. He would take on any additional …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 19 May 2025
Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill

"My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for that suggestion. I hope not to detain the Committee for long. I declare some interests at the outset. When I was Lord Chief Justice, I was president of the Sentencing Council and thus responsible for appointing all …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 19 May 2025
Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill

"My Lords, I shall make one or two observations on this group. I echo what the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, said, but, before anyone considers this additional process, it is important to have in mind what already exists. All guidelines that the Sentencing Council eventually issues are subject to extensive …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog

"My Lords, I join others in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Longfield, on her instructive maiden speech.

The outstanding case load in the Crown Court has reached a level that is irretrievable without a radical change to the way in which many Crown Court trials are conducted. I will repeat …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 Jan 2025
Courts: Backlogs

"My Lords, the current outstanding backlog in the Crown Court is a little over 73,000; it was only 40,000 when Covid struck. The Minister has already indicated that the volume of cases coming into the Crown Court continues to increase. Has any solution occurred to him or his colleagues other …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Dec 2024
Post Office: Capture System

"My Lords, as my name has been mentioned on two occasions already, it is perhaps apt that I should say something. I yield to no one in my admiration for the work that the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, has done in this field. He was good enough to pay an …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Nov 2024
Legal Aid: Social Welfare and Family Law

"The noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and the noble Lord, Lord Bach, have referred to the cost that falls on the courts as a result of the removal of legal aid for parents in dispute over their children. That is robbing Peter to pay Paul. I wonder whether the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Sep 2024
Prison Capacities

"My Lords, I add two points to those already made. First, there is much talk of prison capacity, but it is important to appreciate the difference between capacity in the sense of how many can be crammed in and the real capacity of our prisons. The Ministry of Justice has …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 24 Jul 2024
King’s Speech

"My Lords, I add my welcome to the noble Lords now occupying the Government Front Bench, and in particular congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Timpson, on his maiden speech. We last met, as he may remember, when he was chairman of the Prison Reform Trust. We discussed much, including the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 May 2024
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill

"My Lords, the wrongful conviction of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses as a result of prosecutorial misbehaviour has caused personal harm—indeed, tragedy—and a national scandal. Wrongful convictions must be quashed, and a bespoke process is necessary to accelerate justice. But the legislative solution His Majesty’s Government have chosen was described in a …..."
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