Deputy Chairman of Committees
Conservative Peer
My Lords, this House has often said, and Ministers agree, that justice delayed is justice denied. Has it occurred to the Minister or her colleagues in government that the more rules they make and the more laws they pass, the more pressure they put on the judicial system, which is already overloaded? Ministers have expressed concern about delays at all levels of our judicial system. Perhaps...
My Lords, it is good to hear that the Minister has a personal connection with Gibraltar and experience of working there, because there is so much misunderstanding about what Gibraltar is and who the people of Gibraltar are. Will he confirm that his Government recognise that Gibraltarians are not and never have been Spanish, that they are Gibraltarian, that they want to remain British, and...
My Lords, the House appreciates that the noble Baroness has had to answer a lot of questions in a short time, but she has not as yet answered the final question asked of her a few moments ago by the noble Baroness, Lady Finn, about whether the Government will commit to publishing a comprehensive list of the categories of documents within scope, identifying which have been disclosed, which...
My Lords, the whole House will undoubtedly agree with what the Leader of the House has just said and will welcome her commitment to transparency and candour. When we discussed these matters in the Chamber last Thursday, I had the opportunity to ask the noble Baroness about the letter that had been written to the Prime Minister by his predecessor, Gordon Brown, one year ago, when he was asking...
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My Lords, it is now a matter of public record that, in February 2025, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown wrote to the Cabinet Secretary asking for an investigation into “the veracity of information contained in the Epstein papers regarding the sale of assets arising from the banking collapse and communications about them between Lord Mandelson and Mr Epstein”. Did the Prime Minister know...
To ask His Majesty’s Government how they propose to fund any increase in the numbers of children attending state-funded schools as a result of the decrease in the numbers of children attending private schools.
I thank the Minister for responding to my Question, but I am not quite sure about the Answer because, sadly, the facts do not support the Government’s rather spiteful ideology in this matter. The imposition of VAT on school fees means that thousands of hard-working parents who previously invested money in their children’s education, and therefore in the education system as a whole, now...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the estimated cost of the Salvation Army's Trafficking Support Scheme will be in 2013-14; and what the cost of this scheme was in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2013, Official Report, column 370W, on Salvation Army, of the actual funding allocated to the Salvation Army in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13 how much was (i) spent by the Salvation Army on running the 24 hour helpline and other administration connected with the contract and (ii) paid to shelters caring for victims...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding is made available by the Government for non-governmental organisations other than the Salvation Army for fighting modern day slavery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding was (a) made available and (b) paid to the Salvation Army Victim Support Scheme in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13; and whether the funding commitment is open-ended.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Identity and Passport Office has received any complaints regarding the certification of copy birth, marriage, civil partnership or death certificates by Post Office Ltd through its Document Certification service in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether Post Office Ltd holds a licence to copy or to certify copy certificates of birth, marriage, civil partnership or death.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the policy of the General Register Office is on the copying of certificates of birth, marriage, civil partnership or death; (2) what contact the Identity and Passport Office has had with Post Office Ltd concerning the Document Certification Service; and if she will publish any such correspondence.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of excise duty revenue likely to be foregone over a parliament were a minimum unit price for alcohol introduced.
