Lord Carter of Haslemere
The Lord Carter of Haslemere CB
Crossbench
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 30 October 2019
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Employment Rights Bill
22/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am grateful for all the powerful interventions we have heard this evening from very eminent speakers indeed, including the noble and learn...
Amendment 154 in my name seeks to remove Clause 113 from the Bill. Clause 113 was tabled at the 11th hour at Commons Report and gives the Secretary of...
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Imprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill [HL]
03/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, many of the points that I was going to make today have already been made far more eloquently than I could have made them, so I will not deta...
Renters’ Rights Bill
30/06/2025 • Lords
I am very grateful for all the support that my Amendment 20 has received. This amendment was genuinely meant. I was concerned about fairness, but abov...
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Renters’ Rights Bill
30/06/2025 • Lords
Not at all.
It is not just obviously fair that the tribunal should be required to backdate the rent; it would also remove the incentive for tenants...
I beg your pardon.
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Employment Rights Bill
23/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 326 in this group. I begin by saying again how gracious it was of the Minister to meet me to discuss my amendments...
Employment Rights Bill
17/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I support the comments made, particularly those of the noble Lord, Lord Murray. This is an extraordinary clause; I am not aware of anything ...
My Lords, I think the Minister explained that the reasons against requiring a warrant to be issued by a magistrate included the fact that an employer ...
Employment Rights Bill
15/06/2025 • Lords
I am very grateful for what the Minister said in response to my amendments. I think she said that the framework document will state that enforcement o...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 263A and 279ZZA, which in content are quite closely connected with the amendments that the noble Lord, Lord Sharp...
Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill
03/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I have not previously spoken on the substance of the Bill before, either, but I am very attracted by the noble Viscount’s amendment, for the...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
19/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I strongly support the purpose clause, particularly where it describes the purpose of the Bill as being to
“improve … standards and remov...
Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill
18/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I hope it is not inappropriate to speak; I have not tabled any amendments. The noble Lord, Lord Marks, suggested a pause, since we are expec...
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