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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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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill

"My Lords, it is always a joy to follow the noble Lord, Lord Thurlow. It is perhaps slightly less of a joy to be speaker number 59 on the speakers’ list and honorary tail-end Charlie. I can reassure the House of two things. First, I have only one point. Secondly, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I support the amendments in this group in the name of my noble friend Lord Sharpe of Epsom. Looking at Clause 113, I am put in mind of the pre-exploration exhortation of Colonel Kurtz: “The horror! The horror!”. As an employment lawyer looking at this clause, I can …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"I am grateful to the Minister for reaching the end of that paragraph. She agrees that the power for the EHRC to intervene in proceedings is not a power to take over and institute proceedings if people do not want to. Instead, it is a power to intervene and carry …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 19 May 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, before my noble friend speaks from the Front Bench, I wonder whether I might contribute. I apologise to the Committee that I did not leap to my feet prior—..."
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