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Justice and Security Bill [HL]: Commons Amendments (26 March 2013)

Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood: My Lords, in rising to support this Bill I confess to a particular interest in the legislation. Many years ago-although not quite as long ago as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf-as Treasury Counsel I was required to advise and act for the Government in national security, public interest immunity cases. For six years after the passage of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, I...

Succession to the Crown Bill: Report (13 March 2013)

Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood: My Lords, I, too, support this amendment. Twelve seems to me an eminently sensible and, indeed, a hallowed number. There were 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles, 12 members of the jury and there used to be 12 pence in the shilling. Perhaps more importantly, one asks: what is the downside of 12? If those who are ranked seven to 12 do not rate their chances of succession, or if perhaps they do...

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Report (3rd Day) (6 March 2013)

Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood: My Lords, I, too, support these amendments. For a number of years before the passing of the 1974 Act, I enjoyed a reasonably successful practice at the Bar, often instructed on behalf of employers' insurers defending negligence claims by injured workmen. Mostly these claims were settled, quite often for substantially less than their true value, because of course the insurers, for whom I...

Crime and Courts Bill [HL]: Third Reading (18 December 2012)

Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood: My Lords, I, too, feel compelled to say just a word in support of this amendment. I support it for the reasons already eloquently given by my noble and learned friend Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers and other noble Lords and have no intention of repeating those. I echo, too, his tribute to the present chief executive of the court, Jenny Rowe, who has worked tirelessly in setting up the court...

Fundamental Rights Agency (EUC Report) (8 June 2006)

Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood: My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Norton, observed, the central task of the EU Committee and its sub-committees is to scrutinise and where appropriate criticise proposed European legislation. Our reports aim to focus the discussion and on occasion perhaps influence the outcome of these proposals. Often our views and criticisms coincide with those of the Government, but sometimes they do not....

Fundamental Rights Agency (EUC Report) (8 June 2006)

Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood: rose to move, That this House takes note of the Report of the European Union Committee on Human Rights Protection in Europe: The Fundamental Rights Agency (29th Report, HL Paper 155).

Fundamental Rights Agency (EUC Report) (8 June 2006)

Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood: My Lords, it would not be altogether surprising if this proposal for a new EU fundamental rights agency were to be received with some scepticism. At the moment, human rights generally are getting a poor press. Undeservedly so in my opinion, but it is so. Fundamental rights, which, in the absence of a constitutional treaty, lack the force of law, are treated warily by many, and the idea of yet...