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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025

"My Lords, I declare my interest: I was the lead non-executive director of His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service from 2018 to 2025. I support the proposal that the Minister has put before us. I note the noble Lord’s family motto, but am nevertheless compelled to observe that many of …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025

"I do not want to be difficult, but why should we not pursue the suggestion, even in advance of the Gauke review, of not recalling? Is it completely impossible not to recall people for minor breaches of a sentence for a minor offence? Why can we not get on with …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Jun 2025
Spending Review 2025

"My Lords, I declare my interest: from 2018 to 2025 I was the lead non-executive director of His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. Can my noble friend the Minister tell us how much the Government are having to spend to rectify the appalling failure of the last Government to address …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 12 Jun 2025
Craft Industry: Support

"My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of English Heritage. As well as looking after 400 of the nation’s most important heritage sites, we are one of the biggest investors in building conservation and heritage management in the UK, so English Heritage is well placed to observe and comment …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 09 May 2025
80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan

"My Lords, I congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Peterborough on her maiden speech. I share many of her interests and concerns, so I look forward to working with her. I am honoured to be the chair of English Heritage, in which I obviously declare my interest. English …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 01 May 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I declare my interest: from 2018 to 2025 I was the lead non-executive director of His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, which includes the Youth Custody Service.

I welcome the Bill for its important ambitions on children’s social care, in particular to improve the supply and quality of …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Apr 2025
Self-harm: Young People

"I thank the Minister for her helpful response, but is she aware of recent research for the WHO? More than a third of 15 year-olds said that they had deliberately self-harmed—one in two girls and one in five boys—but the gender gap is closing. Almost one in four of both …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Apr 2025
Self-harm: Young People

"To ask His Majesty’s Government what up-to-date information they have on the level of self-harm among young people under the age of 18; and what plans they have to address the problem...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Apr 2025
Sentencing Council Guidelines

"My Lords, I should declare my interest, as I was the lead non-executive director of His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service from 2018 to 2025. Will my noble friend reassure the House that resources will be made available for the Probation Service, which, as he rightly said, suffered terribly under …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 31 Mar 2025
Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority

"My Lords, the creation of a new auditing authority was first mooted in 2018 under the last Government. Despite numerous statements that this is a priority, firm after firm has collapsed, raising new concerns about the adequacy of the UK’s auditing arrangements. While it is of course important that we …..."
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