Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022

My Lords, I am pleased to support the Motion in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Prashar, and...

I apologise for intervening. I forgot to refer to my interests in the register. I am a trustee of...

My Lords, I speak in support of my noble friend’s regret Motion, which she moved with such clarit...

My Lords, I shall speak extremely briefly. I declare my interest as a trustee of the Prison Refor...

My Lords, I rise somewhat nervously to speak, because I am not an expert in this field. I am not ...

My Lords, I am here listening because I may shortly be on the Woolsack—although hopefully not—aft...

My Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Prashar, for tabling this regret Motion, which I s...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate, and in parti...

Is it still open for any expert to give a recommendation if they so choose?

My understanding is that they are not to make recommendations. They can make their risk assessmen...

Is not the noble and learned Lord confusing two quite different things? The expert does not give ...

My Lords, I respectfully submit that we are dealing with angels dancing on pins here. What is int...

Not realising that this was a high tea, rather than a dinner break, I confess that much to my reg...

If I may respectfully point this out to the noble and learned Lord, the Secretary of State with h...

Why is that any different from the same operation being done by those who have been contributing ...

In a sense, this is an inter partes procedure, with the Secretary of State on one hand and the pr...

Does my noble and learned friend think it appropriate that a political Minister should be the con...

The Secretary of State has an overriding duty to protect the public. In that context, as the guar...

I am really rather surprised at what the Minister says. I have sat in courts for many years. To s...

My Lords, with respect, I have always understood it to be the case—I hope I have not got this wro...

In the jurisdiction in which the Minister is so expert, namely competition law—as he knows, I hav...

Perhaps I ought to try to bring this somewhat tetchy debate to a close. The Parole Board is requi...

My Lords, I know that time is rushing on and the Front Bench is keen to close the debate. I first...