Results 141–160 of 527 for speaker:Lord Mayhew of Twysden

Iraq: UK and US Forces ( 1 Nov 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: My Lords, why, if there was no inconsistency, was what was said officially described as a "slip"?

Armed Forces Bill (31 Oct 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: My Lords, these are ingenious amendments or, more accurately, a new clause and amendments. If they are carried, perhaps with a little alignment or tidying up, they will serve as a very present help in times of trouble. Properly understood, they would do so without impinging on the doctrine that being obedient to an unlawful order is no excuse. Nor would they breach the principle that...

NHS: Community Hospitals and Maternity Units (30 Oct 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord. I was hoping—I am still hoping—that he would find time to deal with the point made about the wholly improper meeting referred to by my noble friend Lord Fowler. I hope the Minister will leave time for that. Will he?

Armed Forces Bill (12 Oct 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: I am very grateful for the outstandingly sensitive speeches that we have heard already in this short debate. With great deference to my noble friend Lord Luke, I cannot agree with his suggestion that it is only the offence that brings dishonour. To be shot at dawn before your comrades is to experience the very pinnacle—or perhaps the very nadir—of humiliation and dishonour. I welcome the...

Armed Forces Bill (12 Oct 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: Perhaps the noble Lord will take a minute to deal a little more fully with the point raised by the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig. Since the question of confidence has featured so much in our discussions, how will confidence among the services be enhanced, if at all, if this amendment is carried, in the light of the circumstances whereby, as the noble Lord said, there is no case to be...

Armed Forces Bill (11 Oct 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: My noble friend beside me has rendered the Committee a signal service in the tenacity and perspicacity with which he has ventilated a matter of considerable anxiety. I do not think that it can really be doubted that in the notorious case concerning Trooper Williams, the Attorney-General's decision to refer the case to a civilian court caused great surprise. It had not been widely recognised...

Armed Forces Bill (11 Oct 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: The case made by the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, as reinforced just now by the noble Lord, Lord Borrie, is enormously powerful. I look at this primarily from the point of view of sharing what the Minister has just said about the importance of providing and maintaining a comprehensive military justice system. That is important, but it is equally important not to overload that system...

Armed Forces Bill (11 Oct 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: Has the Minister considered the use of the words, "or without lawful excuse"? That might meet the point raised by the noble Viscount, Lord Slim.

Police and Justice Bill (10 Oct 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: My Lords, faithful to the mention made by the Chancellor in his Budget speech that the Government were minded to move to a single inspectorate, the Bill now provides for the inspectorates of prisons, police, the Courts Service, the CPS and the National Probation Service to be clustered under a single chief inspector. I cannot help thinking that that curious clustering would form a good task...

Armed Forces Bill (24 Jul 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: It is difficult not to be repetitious in dealing with this group of amendments, which goes to the question of whether a serviceman can question the legality of the war or of an operation in which he is asked to take part. I probably shall not avoid that difficulty, but I believe that the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, is wrong to think that it is impossible to determine the advice of...

Armed Forces Bill (24 Jul 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: This amendment simply makes it a defence to prove that something is an unlawful enterprise. In some ways, it is quite an attractive amendment and, viewed academically, one can see how the already eloquent argument of the noble Lord could be expanded. However, I suggest that it must fail on practical grounds, for the reason given by my noble friend Lord Kingsland. Under our constitutional...

Armed Forces Bill (24 Jul 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: Perhaps I may feed into this brief discussion in the context of Amendment No. 9 by saying that justice really does require that there should be a subjective element in the conduct complained of. A typical lawful command given by a superior officer might be, "Go and take that hill". Surely it is a good deal more just if the soldier who has failed to take the hill is able to say, "I used my...

Armed Forces Bill (24 Jul 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: Perhaps I may take a second of the Committee's time to say what a pleasure it is for all of us to see my noble friend Lord Lyell back in his place. I support each of the amendments moved so succinctly by my noble friend Lord Attlee. In particular, I await with great interest the explanation for the distinction made in one instance for "lawful excuse" and in several others for "reasonable...

Armed Forces Bill (24 Jul 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: I am very grateful to the noble Lord for dealing with the points which I raised about the words "lawful" and "reasonable", but will he look at that again before Report? "Lawful" is not defined in the sense that he described. Without a specific definition, in a very narrow sense, of "lawful excuse" along the lines that the Minister has outlined, many people would suppose that if there were a...

Police and Justice Bill (11 Jul 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: Does—

Police and Justice Bill (11 Jul 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: I may be able to save the noble Baroness from the risk of misleading the Committee. She referred us to Section 71 but she did not refer us to Section 71(4), which says that, if the requesting country is a category 2 territory which is designated for the purpose, you do not have to read that section as requiring evidence because information will do. That is a very different matter, as I am...

Police and Justice Bill (11 Jul 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: I support Amendment No. 186, particularly in the context of the journey that the Minister is about to make to Washington— slightly humiliatingly, it seems to me—to plead for our rights. I do so more generally in real dismay atthe turn that events have taken concerning our arrangements for extradition with the United States. The result of those events is a thoroughly unbalanced, unfair and...

Police and Justice Bill ( 6 Jul 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: I hope that this group of amendments will either persuade the Government to adopt them, or that they will ultimately be carried. I am fortified anew in that view by powerful speeches; not only that of the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, but also the two speeches that were sympathetic to it from both sides of the House. For the past two decades, the existence of the independent, standalone Chief...

Afghanistan: UK Forces ( 3 Jul 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: My Lords—

Afghanistan: UK Forces ( 3 Jul 2006)

Lord Mayhew of Twysden: My Lords, does the Minister agree with me that the developing situation with which the Statement is concerned re-emphasises the need for the rules of engagement to be clear, realistic and fit for the developing purposes? Will he undertake to publish in this House the rules of engagement and any extent to which they may be amended?


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