Profile

Former Judge Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 13 January 2004

Left the House of Lords on 19 June 2023

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Conduct Committee ( 9 May 2019 to 19 Jan 2022)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee ( 8 Jun 2015 to 1 Jul 2019)
• Member, Extradition Law Committee (12 Jun 2014 to 25 Feb 2015)
• Member, Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords) (11 Jul 2013 to 9 May 2019)
• Chair, Sub-Committee on Lords' Conduct (11 Jul 2013 to 9 May 2019)
• Chair, Sub-Committee on Lords' Conduct (11 Jul 2013 to 9 May 2019)
• Member, European Union Committee (24 May 2005 to 30 Oct 2007)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee E - Justice and Institutions (24 May 2005 to 30 Nov 2007)

Recent appearances

• Illegal Migration Bill - Second Reading: Amendment to the Motion 10 May 2023

  My Lords, few situations are so bad that they cannot get worse, and certainly the current world migration crisis will inevitably get worse. Whether the UNHCR figure for those currently needing resettlement is 100 million or just tens of millions, future floods, fires, famines and human conflicts will inevitably drive it up. Obviously, it is insoluble by any single country, so—and this is...

• Prisoners: Imprisonment for Public Protection - Question 1 Mar 2023

  Recognising the need for public protection, my question relates to the IPP prisoners who are now detained for 10, 12 or 14 years beyond their tariff terms—that is, beyond the punishment they deserve for their offending—because they cannot prove to the Parole Board that they can be released without any risk of reoffending. It is a proof which the noble Lord, Lord Clarke of Nottingham, when...

• Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill - Second Reading 8 Feb 2023

  My Lords, I acknowledge that I am no expert in the main areas of law central to this Bill—company law and banking law, for example. I am speaking to indicate my wholehearted support for all the measures designed to strengthen powers to combat corruption and rid this country of the dirty money and—as the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, just said—the dirty people who have been allowed for...

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