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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"Perhaps the noble Lord could explain how it is envisaged that the Secretary of State will know that such a worker has a claim and should win...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, first, I declare an interest as a barrister who occasionally practices in employment law. Secondly, in Committee on 18 June, Hansard recalls that I described the Bill as

“a complete Horlicks … truly bizarre”

and

“absolutely beyond belief”.—[Official Report, 18/6/25; col. 2048.]

I am amazed …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"How does the noble Lord envisage the Secretary of State knowing which cases to bring?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Jul 2025
Prisons: Early Release

"I thank the Minister for that Answer. Rather than ending automatic early release of prisoners, many of whom now serve only 40% of their sentence in prison, would it not make more sense to shift to a system of earned early release, whereby prisoners can earn the opportunity to be …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Jul 2025
Prisons: Early Release

"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the long-term impact of schemes for early release from prison on public confidence in the justice system...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago

"But the reality is that even if this Motion is passed, it will not, sadly, kill this dreadful treaty.

Finally, can the Minister confirm whether it is correct that, as set out in the Explanatory Notes, in accordance with convention, given that this is a treaty to cede territory and …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago

"Does the noble Lord agree that our claim to sovereignty stems from the treaty that we agreed in 1814?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago

"It is an interesting point as to whether my noble friend Lord Minto was correct—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago

"My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Mancroft. The issue of the need for and legal underpinning of the Chagos treaty has been the subject of numerous excellent monographs written by a team of authors led by Professor Ekins, professor of law and constitutional …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill

"I declare my interest as a practising barrister and mediator in a set of chambers that specialises in public and planning law.

The specific issue I want to discuss is, perhaps counterintuitively, the reduction of statutory appeals and contentious litigation in the planning sphere. I suggest that we do this …..."

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