Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

The Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws LT KC

Labour
House of LordsActive

Member since 27 October 1997

Recent Debate Contributions

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Employment Rights Bill

18/05/2025Lords

2 contributions
May I just add to that? My concern is that my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti is right that, in law, one should not use contractual agreements to avoid ...
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My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 101 in my name, in which I am joined, as we have heard, by the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, but also by the noble ...
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1 contribution
Colleagues, I apologise that I was a minute or two late. Unfortunately, I am disabled at the moment, and everything takes so much longer for me. As so...
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Employment Rights Bill

27/03/2025Lords

1 contribution
My Lords, I, too, welcome the new colleagues into this House and wish them well in their work as Members. I also congratulate the Minister on her intr...
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My Lords, I declare that I am a practitioner at the English Bar and the president of the council of Justice, a leading British law organisation. I am ...
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G7

20/03/2025Lords

1 contribution
I co-chair the taskforce for the return of the children who have been taken into Russia. The evidence is really shocking and quite scandalous. It is i...
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My Lords, it is really heartwarming to hear such unanimity in support of the Bill, and I, like others, welcome it with all my heart. I too am a Cathol...
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Media Freedom Coalition

17/03/2025Lords

1 contribution
My Lords, I chair the high-level legal panel which advises the international coalition of nations referred to by the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad. I thank t...
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My Lords, I too pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, for this important debate. As recently as July last year, our Secretary of State...
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My Lords, I too am concerned that this is slipping down the legislative agenda, because this issue is serious. Whistleblowers in the Post Office scand...
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Hong Kong Democracy Activists

06/03/2025Lords

1 contribution
My Lords, the Joint Committee on Human Rights has been receiving evidence in relation to transnational repression. Is the Minister aware—it is widely ...
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