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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 May 2025
Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill

"My Lords, this rather sombre debate has been enhanced by the delightful and endearing maiden speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Nichols of Selby. I am so glad I was here to hear it.

I endorse the comments made in respect of the death of my learned friend and erstwhile …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Apr 2025
Sentencing Council Guidelines

"My Lords, I used to chair the Sentencing Guidelines Council, which was the predecessor to the present Sentencing Council. As the House has heard, a primary role of the Sentencing Council is to promote consistency in sentencing. At present, there is an apparent inconsistency, in that ethnic minority defendants appear, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Mar 2025
Sentencing Council Guidelines

"My Lords, in my relative youth I used to chair the Sentencing Guidelines Council, the predecessor of the Sentencing Council. From the Library this morning I obtained a publication that I believe emanates from the Sentencing Council, which includes the guidelines. There then follows the comment:

“Courts should refer to …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Mar 2025
North Sea Vessel Collision

"My Lords, would the Minister comment on the role of professional salvors in a situation such as this?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2025
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]

"I simply want to endorse, but not repeat, the propositions of law advanced by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Dec 2024
Respect Orders and Anti-social Behaviour

"My Lords, in order to qualify for a respect order, will behaviour have to be criminal? If not, what criteria will it have to satisfy?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Sep 2024
Prison Capacities

"My Lords, the crisis in prison capacity results from the fact that the prison population of England and Wales has more than doubled over the last 30 years, and this trend is expected to continue. Why? A large part of the answer is that the length of prison sentences has …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Oct 2019
Offender Management and Treatment

"My Lords, the delay to this debate in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, for which I join in thanking him, has made it all the more timely, because the Government have recently announced a programme of major reform of the treatment of offenders.

The dominant theme of …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 19 Dec 2017
House of Lords: Lord Speaker’s Committee Report

"My Lords, I put down my name to speak in this debate for one reason only: to put on record my enthusiastic support for this report. It is, if I may say so, a masterpiece of skill, wisdom and tact.

The desirability of a reduction in our numbers is, I …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 Dec 2017
Bach Commission: The Right to Justice

"My Lords, the impressive report of the noble Lord, Lord Bach, to which Sir Henry Brooke so notably contributed, accurately depicts the lamentable effect that the withdrawal of legal aid by LASPO has had on access to justice in so many areas. It raises a fundamental question, which I propose …..."
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