"My Lords, I sympathise with a very great deal of what my noble friend said. I speak with a certain family background, and I too regret the diminution of the role and status of the Lord Chancellor. That said, we are where we are and we cannot sensibly address this …..." Viscount Hailsham - View Speech
"My Lords, I wish to make two brief points. First, with regard to what has just been said by the noble Baroness, I strongly support the idea of time-limited persons in this House, whether they are Ministers, appointed for a particular short term or—my own favoured proposal—for fixed terms of, …..." Viscount Hailsham - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister agree that, in general, a community sentence should be imposed rather than a custodial one? In that context, would he agree that, in general, and not confined to the cohorts referred to in the guidelines, there should be a pre-sentence report to assist the court …..." Viscount Hailsham - View Speech
"My Lords, in our negotiations with the United States, the Minister should be very cautious on relying on expressions of good will from President Trump—it seems that they are not to be relied upon...." Viscount Hailsham - View Speech
"I rise very briefly to speak to the four amendments in my name, Amendments 22 to 25. The first three would amend the lead amendment, Amendment 19, moved by my noble friend. For reasons that I shall come to shortly, I very strongly disagree with it.
"My Lords, my amendment is very technical. It provides simply that the sanction should not apply if the Member has good reason for not participating...." Viscount Hailsham - View Speech
"My Lords, I think the Committee would agree that disqualification from membership of this House should follow only a serious conviction. My suggestion is that a better indicator of the gravity of the conviction lies in the sentence rather than simply in the fact of conviction. That is why I …..." Viscount Hailsham - View Speech