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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 19 Sep 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

"My Lords, I have been shocked at the inaccuracy of the parliamentary process applied to the Bill. It has lacked the detailed scrutiny that such a major piece of legislation requires, as confirmed in recent devastating reports by committees of this House. Despite all the hype in the Commons, it …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"My Lords, not being a lawyer, I feel more qualified to speak on this than anybody else.

The reality is that legal aid across society is, in effect, a rationed resource; it cannot be universally applied. The noble Lord, Lord Pannick, made a point about obligations, and Parliament has been …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"I had answers from the Government last year saying that they were not talking to allies and friends. Surely that must be the first sensible thing to do...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"I may not be the Minister’s parliamentary friend but I am not his parliamentary enemy either. Seeing as he is in an emollient mood, might I prevail upon him further? He says that a government-wide approach is being taken to the ECHR. His colleague in the Foreign Office has told …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"My Lords, when responding to questions about immigration in general, the Minister frequently repeated the phrase that the United Kingdom will honour its international obligations, and I fully understand that. Following the raising of the issue of the 1951 convention, I asked the Government in a Written Question in July …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 22 Jul 2025
Illegal Migration: Pull Factors

"I thank the Minister for his response. The Minister is currently introducing some minor measures to make it more difficult for the traffickers facilitating small boat crossings, and I support those measures, but does he believe that it is sustainable for us as a nation to admit between 10,000 and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 22 Jul 2025
Illegal Migration: Pull Factors

"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the “pull factors” attracting migrants to enter the United Kingdom illegally...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 18 Jul 2025
Strategic Defence Review 2025

"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord McCabe, on his maiden speech. If a Glaswegian can become a Brummie, everything is possible. I also put on record my thanks to the Minister for his efforts in ensuring that the armaments business throughout the United Kingdom is regionally recognised. He …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 17 Jul 2025
UK-France Migration: Co-operation

"My Lords, the Minister referred to a number of his international engagements, but one thing the Government are stubbornly refusing to look at is discussing with our allies a revision of the 1951 European refugee convention. I have asked Parliamentary Questions twice and both have come back with a negative …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2025
UK Weapons Systems

"My Lords, I expected the Minister to say that he had operational control over all weapons systems, but all weapons systems require maintenance, and require to be renewed. It is my understanding that not all of that process takes place in the United Kingdom. Therefore, third parties or other Governments …..."
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