Queen’s Speech

My Lords, first, I congratulate the Government on their comprehensive win in last month’s general...

My Lords, others on these Benches will cover the justice, home affairs and other matters raised i...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the gracious Speech a...

My Lords, I declare a non-financial interest as president of Migration Watch UK. I also remind th...

My Lords, it is a privilege to rise to speak here for the first time, particularly to do so follo...

My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, who has ...

The gracious Speech gave a high priority to the National Health Service—its health and the health...

My Lords, I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, on his maiden speech...

My Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on his excell...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer; it is a pleasure to follow him. I am grateful to be able to ...

My Lords, I am sure your Lordships’ House will want to congratulate my old friend—I used to be hi...

My Lords, in this House, late last year, before I was rudely interrupted by a general election, I...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lords, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay and Lord Davies of ...

My Lords, two years ago I received an email from a complete stranger about veterans. I did some r...

My Lords, I declare my interest as the elected police and crime commissioner for Leicester, Leice...

My Lords, I join others in commending my two noble friends for their high-quality maiden speeches...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Young, because he has of course been a lo...

My Lords, I should have spoken to the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, before deciding what to speak about...

Absolutely.

Well, why does somebody not say so? The answer is: it has been said, but it is not said in the Qu...

My Lords, I congratulate both maiden speakers in this debate. As a born-and-bred Whitley Bay girl...

My Lords, I so enjoyed the speech of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, and I know that ther...

My Lords, in 1978 I was the guest of a senior lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That evening ...

Hear, hear.

We have one over there. Another fought Lord Roberts of Conwy for Plaid Cymru and there was even a...

My Lords, it is a pleasure, as always, to follow the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, but I shall take my...

My Lords, “Justice, justice thou shalt pursue” is a biblical exhortation which should be the hall...

My Lords, like other noble Lords, I begin by paying tribute to two maiden speakers, my noble frie...

My Lords, I want to talk about three issues from the present version of the Queen’s gracious Spee...

My Lords, I would like to add my own few words to the powerful speech of the noble Lord, Lord Rei...

The exorbitant effulgence of the Prime Minister’s pomposity and waffle has served to conceal from...

My Lords, one of the great traditions of this House that the noble Lords, Lord Parkinson and Lord...

My Lords, there is in the gracious Speech a great deal of interest and concern for one like me wh...

My Lords, as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Brown, has just said, there are ways of having a di...

My Lords, the noble Baroness speaks, as she always does, with passion and sincerity. I begin my b...

My Lords, the gracious Speech programme contains a sackful of measures on criminal justice and ju...

My Lords, I am sure that the House will indulge me in expressing my great pleasure at hearing, ba...

My Lords, it has been my view for many years that the union of the United Kingdom has been probab...

My Lords, even in this short contribution to today’s debate, it would be churlish not to congratu...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak today with so many other noble Lords who are distinguished co...

My Lords, it came as no surprise to me that there was nothing to delight my soul in the Governmen...

My Lords, although those on this side of the House celebrate the scale of the Government’s succes...

My Lords, like many other noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, the noble Viscount, Lord Ha...

My Lords, I politely remind contributors to this debate that there is a guidance of five minutes ...

My Lords, your Lordships will recall that, over the centuries, Parliaments have been given nickna...

My Lords, at this hour of the evening, I am deeply concerned as to the propriety and responsibili...

My Lords, I believe that we are too ready to ignore some real present dangers to democracy. Johns...

My Lords, I shall touch on four issues. The first is the Government’s focus on imprisonment and t...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice president and former chairman of the Local Government A...

My Lords, I very much enjoyed the entertaining contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, which...

My Lords—

My Lords—

Order!

I am so sorry.

It is quite all right. My Lords, I have spoken in your Lordships’ House about the urgent need to ...

My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Rogan, for trying to speak earlier. I look over the...

My Lords, to borrow a line from PG Wodehouse, it is always easy to distinguish between a ray of s...

My Lords, it is great pleasure to follow my Constitution Committee colleague, the noble Lord, Lor...

My Lords, in the short time available I intend to focus on the justice section of the gracious Sp...

My Lords, as a number of noble Lords have acknowledged in the House today, the gracious Speech st...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Caine, who is recognised for his exper...

My Lords, a new year, a new Parliament and a new gracious Speech. I do not think that six months ...

My Lords, like several noble Lords who have spoken, I will focus on the proposal for a constituti...

My Lords, I have something very different to say, as usual. I am going to be very non-politically...

My Lords, the issues that I will touch on today, in the home affairs arena, are the increase in a...

My Lords, it is an honour to participate in this gracious Speech debate, because one has been abl...

My Lords, thank goodness we will have a royal commission on the criminal justice system. I recall...

My Lords, I shall speak in the context of the passages in the gracious Speech which refer to issu...

My Lords, the noble and learned Lord the Minister opened this debate by emphasising that the firs...

My Lords, I am looking around but it would take a brave person to speak in the gap after such a l...

My Lords, I start by congratulating the noble Lords, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay and Lord Davie...

I thank the noble Lord and all noble Lords who have spoken in what has been quite a long debate t...