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Entered the House of Lords on 30 October 2019

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• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (since 22 May 2025)

Recent appearances

• Employment Rights Bill - Committee (9th Day) (Continued): Amendment 263ZA 16 Jun 2025

  I am very grateful for what the Minister said in response to my amendments. I think she said that the framework document will state that enforcement officers will have complete operational independence from Ministers, which is reassuring to know. Presumably, therefore, it would be possible for the terms of appointment of enforcement officers under Clause 87(6) to state the same thing. Clause...

• Employment Rights Bill - Committee (9th Day) (Continued): Amendment 263ZA 16 Jun 2025

  My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 263A and 279ZZA, which in content are quite closely connected with the amendments that the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, has been discussing. It was gracious of the Minister to meet me to discuss my amendments. This is how the legislative process should ideally work, with give and take on both sides, and I am looking forward to the “give” bit of that from...

• Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill - Report: Amendment 1 4 Jun 2025

  My Lords, I have not previously spoken on the substance of the Bill before, either, but I am very attracted by the noble Viscount’s amendment, for the reasons that he and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier, have set out. I think the Government have accepted that their Bill is not intended to prevent sentencers inviting pre-sentence reports in the case of personal characteristics. They...

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