Results 261–280 of 453 for speaker:Lord Archer of Sandwell

International Criminal Court Bill [H.L.] ( 8 Mar 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: My Lords, I believe that we all appreciate the concerns which underlie the noble Lord's amendment, which he raised very properly at Second Reading and again in Committee. It was on an issue to which he brings his own experience arising from a distinguished record of service. The problem is that whatever may have been wrong with the text of the statute, that is not something which we can...

Health and Social Care Bill (26 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: My Lords, before my noble friend concludes his remarks, and at the risk of being tiresome, does he accept that there is not only a distinction between nursing care and personal care but that other forms of treatment could be involved? Although such forms of treatment are not administered by registered nurses they are nevertheless as much treatment as nursing care.

Health and Social Care Bill (26 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend. I hope that he appreciates that many of us who intervened in this debate were quite specifically not arguing that all personal care should be free. I argued that certain forms of treatment for specified conditions should be made free, even though they may not be administered by a registered nurse.

Health and Social Care Bill (26 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: My Lords, one important contribution that your Lordships' House brings to the constitution is the expertise that it can assemble on any specific question which falls to be debated. For that reason we tend to arrange ourselves virtually in colleges. It is possible to predict fairly accurately which noble Lords will participate in a particular debate. By that test, I am an intruder. The noble...

Sudan: Slavery (26 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: My Lords, if, as they insist, the Government of Sudan are not themselves encouraging slavery as an instrument of policy, is there any valid reason why they should not open up the whole of the country to aid workers and to human rights monitors? Will Her Majesty's Government urge them to do that? Until they do, can my noble friend assure the House that the Government will not encourage British...

Parliamentary Ombudsman on Access to Official Information: Report (19 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: My Lords, has my noble friend noticed that in case after case, even where the outcome has been satisfactory, the ombudsman criticised the way in which the request for information was initially dealt with and, in his introduction, pointed out that some departments appear even now not to recognise that requests for information have to be dealt with under the code? When may we expect to see a...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Sudan: Cathedral Bombing (13 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: asked Her Majesty's Government: What recent reports they have received concerning the aerial bombing of the Episcopal Church Cathedral in Lui, Equatorial Province of Sudan; and what representations they have made or are intending to make to the Sudanese authorities concerning the bombing of civilian centres such as the cathedral.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Sudan: Abduction (13 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations have been made to encourage the "Committee for the Eradication of Abduction of Women and Children" set up by the Sudanese Government, in particular: (a) aiding it to examine the underlying causes of slavery; and (b) providing the means for independent investigators and human rights experts to work alongside the committee.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Sudan: Abduction (13 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: asked Her Majesty's Government: In view of the overwhelming evidence of the existence of slavery in Sudan, what recent representations they have made to the Government of Sudan concerning the issue.

International Criminal Court Bill [H.L.] (12 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: I am grateful to all noble Lords who have participated in the debate, particularly those who supported the amendment. The sole exception was the noble Lord, Lord Lamont. I was a little surprised to hear my noble friend Lady Scotland using precisely the argument which underlay all that the noble Lord said. I see him nod with satisfaction. I think that they are both wrong. What the noble Lord...

International Criminal Court Bill [H.L.] (12 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. This could give rise to a most interesting debate and, indeed, has done so on other occasions. However, does the noble Lord agree that we are considering the Bill, and that we cannot change the statute?

International Criminal Court Bill [H.L.] (12 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: moved Amendment No. 108: Page 24, line 29, after ("person") insert (", whatever his nationality,").

International Criminal Court Bill [H.L.] (12 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: This amendment has been tabled in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Avebury. We appear to have been playing a game of "box and cox" throughout these debates. It covers very much the same ground as Amendment No. 110, tabled in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lester, my noble friend Lord Goldsmith and myself. For that reason, the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, was kind enough to suggest that I might...

International Criminal Court Bill [H.L.] (12 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: Before the noble Earl sits down, does he agree that it is very easy to bear the sufferings of other people in a forgiving spirit?

International Criminal Court Bill [H.L.] (12 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: I thank my noble and learned friend for giving way. I am trying to follow his argument. However, I am a little puzzled because subsection (4) provides that the Secretary of State may direct that proceedings shall not be taken against such a person as mentioned in subsections (1) or (2). Subsection (1) relates to states which are members.

International Criminal Court Bill [H.L.] (12 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, will forgive me for the fact that I exhibited some surprise when he rose to move the amendment. As I was the only person present whose name appeared to the amendment, I believed that the task would fall to me. However, there is nothing personal in that and I do not in any way question the noble Lord's right to move it. Indeed, I rise to support him....

International Criminal Court Bill [H.L.] (12 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: I am grateful to the noble Lord. If, as he says, it is true--it may well be--that if the provision we seek to delete is left in, other countries will regard it as a model, does he regard that as an argument for leaving it in or for taking it out?

International Criminal Court Bill [H.L.] ( 8 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: I sympathise with the objectives of the Government in departing from the language of the statute. To some extent it may be an improvement on the language of the statute. But does my noble and learned friend appreciate that the language of the statute is, as it were, set in stone, that it is certainly beyond amendment in this Committee and that people will speculate as to why we departed from...

International Criminal Court Bill [H.L.] ( 8 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: What my noble and learned friend the Attorney-General says is absolutely right and of vital importance. Even if the amendment were amended to read, "the Crown Prosecution Service and the Law Officers" instead of, "the Secretary of State", there would still be a grave logical difficulty. The situation that the noble Lord has just posited is one in which the court has decided that the motives...

International Criminal Court Bill [H.L.] ( 8 Feb 2001)

Lord Archer of Sandwell: I am puzzled by the structure of what the noble Lord seeks to do. I agree with my noble friend Lord Goldsmith. Clearly, the intention is that it is only where the authorities--whoever they are--are unwilling to prosecute that the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court is invoked. Let us suppose that a court in this country were given the opportunity to ask the question which the...


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