"The noble Lord has enormous experience in these areas and will be particularly aware of the legal difficulties in enforcing rights. Given what he said, with which I entirely agree—indeed, I agree with all the speakers in supporting these amendments—and given the extraordinary expense of litigating to enforce rights, how …..." Lord Faulks - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome the prospect of a returns agreement with Iraq, but some of those who come across from Iraq on boats may not be anxious to return, for one reason or another. They may, of course, get rid of their passports and conceal where they came from. Do …..." Lord Faulks - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Smith, on her excellent maiden speech. I also greatly look forward to the maiden speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Laing.
The noble and learned Baroness, Lady Smith, rightly identified many of the core ingredients of the rule of law. …..." Lord Faulks - View Speech
"The Minister said that the jury was wholly unaware of the recent evidence that we have now been given in relation to the victim and various activities that he had been involved in. But, of course, the police will have been aware of all those matters; equally, the prosecution authorities …..." Lord Faulks - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister described very well the process which he undertook when sentencing somebody, giving them a sentence of imprisonment only when other avenues had been properly explored. I was a recorder for some considerable time and that very much echoes my approach and, I suspect, the approach of …..." Lord Faulks - View Speech
"My Lords, in other areas of the law of limitation of actions, courts do not necessarily have a hard and fast line: the court is given a discretion to disapply the limitation period depending on the particular circumstances. Does the Minister think that that would be a helpful way of …..." Lord Faulks - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord on his appointment. He is of course doubly there—he is not only elected but appointed, which gives him particular status on the Front Bench. I sympathise greatly with his position in the Ministry of Justice, which he will much enjoy. He will remember …..." Lord Faulks - View Speech
"My Lords, I will not talk about House of Lords reform—I think there will be plenty of time to discuss that. I want to talk about the question of constitutional reform more generally.
The gracious Speech is quite modest in its aspirations, but a new Government, particularly one with a …..." Lord Faulks - View Speech
"I am not precisely sure of the figures. Certainly, the ownership of the press is a matter of record. I am not in a position to respond to that. It is perfectly true that it is a relatively minor group of people. I am not sure quite what that has …..." Lord Faulks - View Speech
"My Lords, I think my interests have already been well and truly declared in this debate but, for the avoidance of doubt, I have been the chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation since 2020. I am not sure how appropriate it is for a regulator to extol its own …..." Lord Faulks - View Speech