Lord Carlile of Berriew
The Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE KC
Crossbench
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 26 July 1999
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Recent Debate Contributions
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Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025
02/07/2025 • Lords
I am sorry but I cannot let that pass. Every day the police prosecute people for theft. The maximum sentence for theft was seven years—I am not sure w...
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, was brave in moving this regret amendment, and she should have been heard with more respec...
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Music Festivals: Hate Speech
02/07/2025 • Lords
I suggest to the Minister that it would be a sensible, practical measure for he and Ministers at DCMS to get together to produce a bespoke website aim...
Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial Provisions) Order 2025
30/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I have two principal reasons for speaking to this instrument. The first is that I currently chair the Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee of...
Arts Sector
29/06/2025 • Lords
Does the Minister agree that small provincial theatres, such as the Blackpool Grand Theatre, the Burnley Youth Theatre and the Dukes Theatre in Lancas...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, before this debate started, I was confident that we would hear repeatedly the word “architect”, but in fact we have hardly heard it at all i...
Police Service
10/06/2025 • Lords
Does the Minister agree that the efficiency of, for example, police regional counterterrorism units provides evidence that the 43 territorial police o...
Holocaust Memorial Bill
10/06/2025 • Lords
I apologise for interrupting the Minister, but he has come to a point where he has just said “if” another planning inquiry is held. In Committee, he w...
My Lords, sites come into potential because of changes in the usage of buildings around London. Quite apart from the sites referred to by my noble fri...
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
08/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I support the amendments ably introduced by my noble friend Lady Finlay.
They make laws slightly differently in Germany. When a law is ma...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
30/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the Government for introducing what I hope will leave this House as an improved example of vital legislation for children. Every gen...
Sentencing Council Guidelines
01/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, will the Minister please tell the House, first, how can the proposed Bill justifiably be regarded as emergency legislation when, plainly, a ...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking in response to the guidelines recently issued by the Sentencing Council.
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