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Lord Lester of Herne Hill

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Lord Lester of Herne Hill

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  • Data Protection Bill [HL] - Commons Amendments 21 May 2018

    I have voted against a three-line whip on earlier amendments of this kind, and will do so again today on this amendment, or any others like it. I entirely agree with the Minister in all respects. The Bill is now fit for purpose and represents a fair compromise. Without making a meal of it, I regard the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord McNally, and similar ones, as unnecessary...

  • Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL] - Report (1st Day) (Continued) 15 Jan 2018

    My Lords, it is a great pleasure on this occasion to speak after my noble friend Lord McNally and to agree with him. I am very glad to do so. Although he does not think much of lawyers, he would make a wonderful lawyer—and I mean that as a compliment. So far as this amendment is concerned, although the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, went back to the proclamations in explaining its...

  • Data Protection Bill [HL] - Report (3rd Day) 10 Jan 2018

    I wonder whether I will win the sympathy of the House by saying that I am not going to make a speech. All I want to say is that I have given notice to my Chief Whip, as a cuckoo in the nest, that I cannot support these amendments and that if there is a Division I shall vote against them. The only other point I wish to make was made by the noble Lord, Lord Black, in passing, at the conclusion...

  • Data Protection Bill [HL] - Report (3rd Day) 10 Jan 2018

    I just to make something quite clear. I hope that the noble and learned Lord is not suggesting that I am saying that everything is fine.

  • Data Protection Bill [HL] - Report (3rd Day) 10 Jan 2018

    Is the noble Earl aware that there are some, including myself, who believe that Section 40 is unlawful and contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights, since it imposes a burden on a newspaper to pay the costs of proceedings even if it is successful, and is discriminatory and arbitrary?

  • Data Protection Bill [HL] - Report (2nd Day) 13 Dec 2017

    I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Low, for giving way. I rise to answer the question that he put to the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, on what he thought of the amendment. Speaking for myself, I cannot think of any objection to including the Impress code as well as the IPSO code. In my speech, I did not say anything about the IPSO code because I thought it was inappropriate in this debate. I...

  • Data Protection Bill [HL] - Report (2nd Day) 13 Dec 2017

    My Lords, we had rather strong debates in Committee and I am not going to repeat any part of those. I have thought about how I could best help the House at this stage, and I think it is by stating what I believe the law to be and why Amendment 50A, if carried, would put the Bill in breach of the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights. When the Bill was first introduced,...

  • EU Exit Negotiations - Statement 13 Nov 2017

    My Lords, at present, European citizens resident in this country have their basic rights protected by the European Court of Justice. The Government intend to take that basic right away and, as I understand it, substitute our own courts, with a rather vague and difficult to understand obligation relating to the Luxembourg court. Will the Government accept that in doing all that, they are...

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