Baroness Chakrabarti
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chakrabarti CBE
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 5 September 2016
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“Hillsborough Law”
23/07/2025 • Lords
I am grateful to my noble friend, as always, for repeating the Government’s commitment to introduce the Hillsborough law, but I am afraid that the fam...
Palestine Action Protests: Arrests
22/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am quite convinced from listening to these exchanges that my noble friend the Minister well understands the relevant law here, but I am no...
Afghanistan
15/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the logic behind the basic injunction to protect these vulnerable people in the wake of a catastrophic data breach is understandable and the...
Trial by Jury: Proposed Restrictions
13/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend the Minister for his long public service as a lay magistrate, as I do to Sir Brian for his long public serv...
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
09/07/2025 • Lords
I am sorry to come in on the coat-tails of the noble Lord, Lord Alton, again. My noble friend the Minister discussed the need for flexibility. Surely ...
As a supplement to that, I add that the balance is already there in the international standards, in things such as making sure there is an appropriate...
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
07/07/2025 • Lords
Given that my noble friend knows what the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, means, and given that he has parliamentary counsel at his disposal, might he co...
I am sorry, but this is Committee, where we look at the minutiae of amendments. I plead with the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, to look at the amendments i...
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Police: Facial Recognition Technology
01/07/2025 • Lords
I am grateful, as always, to my noble friend. Since the groundbreaking Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, in which noble Lords opposite may take s...
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to regulate the procurement and use of facial recognition technology by the...
Israel and Iran
18/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, does my noble friend agree that, where possible, whether in this dangerous situation or any other, without compromising
View full contribution →Employment Rights Bill
17/06/2025 • Lords
My apologies to the Committee. It has of course been 75 years since the European Convention on Human Rights and 50 years since equal pay legislation—f...
Yes, I would.
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Child Sexual Exploitation: Casey Report
17/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am sure that we are all incredibly grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, for this work, as in her previous independent inquiries on ...
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