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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 22 Jul 2025
Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025

"On that point of the use of statutory instruments, does my noble friend agree that many of the problems he has identified arise from the fact that statutory instruments cannot be amended? Is it not bizarre that in the autumn we are going to have a remedial statutory instrument, the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Afghanistan

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Afghanistan

"My Lords, yesterday, the Secretary of State for Defence described the super-injunction as

“unprecedented, uncomfortable and, in many ways, unconscionable”. —[Official Report, Commons, 15/7/25; col. 160.]

Given that, does the Minister agree that if, in the future, super-injunctions are sought, or their renewal is sought, the application …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Jul 2025
Prisons: Early Release

"Is the Minister satisfied that the Probation Service is properly resourced to manage and supervise prisoners on discharge?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Jul 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

"Statutory instruments are not amendable; that is to say that this House would not be able to change whatever was in the statutory instrument...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 08 Jul 2025
Government Performance against Fiscal Rules

"My Lords, on the fiscal rules, may I suggest the following? First, the welfare budget is far too high and must be substantially reduced. Secondly, economic growth is the only way out of our present mess. Thirdly, heaping taxes on primary wealth producers is highly counterproductive. Fourthly, if additional taxes …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 08 Jul 2025
Actions of Iranian Regime: UK Response

"My Lords, in assessing malign actions, may I suggest that the ordinary criminal law should be used whenever possible and that proscription should be the instrument of last resort, because otherwise we are in danger of trivialising the concept of terrorism?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

"My Lords, in view of the lateness of the hour, I will be very brief. I will say out of an abundance of caution that I will not test the opinion of the House. However, I think there is a very strong case for introducing peerages for a limited period …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

"My Lords, I very much welcome the suggestion that there should be a Select Committee addressing some of the issues covered by Amendment 7. With your Lordships’ consent, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment...."
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