• Labour Peer
• Changed party from Crossbench on 8 Oct 2006
• Became a Lord on 3 July 2006
• Positions held: Lord Advocate, Scottish Executive. (from Number 10 press release)
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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Terrorism: Rendition (21 Feb 2008)

“My Lords, the Minister is to be congratulated on coming to the House so quickly and on the candour of his answers. In one of his replies he mentioned Prestwick. He may know that, when I was Lord Advocate, I was asked to use my powers to direct the police to conduct a criminal investigation into the alleged use of Prestwick and other airports in Scotland for extraordinary rendition. I declined...”

Serious Crime Bill [HL] (24 Oct 2007)

“My Lords, does the Minister agree that one issue that we have to face is teasing out intercept for intelligence purposes from intercept for criminal purposes, and that one of the strengths of the British system has been the close co-operation between intelligence and criminal investigation agencies? In answer to the noble Lord, Lord Elystan-Morgan, perhaps that marks us out from some of the...”

UK Borders Bill (23 Oct 2007)

“My Lords, can the Minister clarify a matter regarding Clause 2? Am I right in thinking that the purpose of the clause is to extend the powers of immigration officers as such not to immigration but to criminal justice? That would be clear from subsection (1), which gives the circumstances in which the immigration officer may exercise the powers conferred by Clause 2. That is a criminal justice...”

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• Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 75% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 comments on this Lord's speeches — average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 12 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)