Lord Murray of Blidworth
The Lord Murray of Blidworth
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 20 October 2022
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Employment Rights Bill
22/07/2025 • Lords
How does the noble Lord envisage the Secretary of State knowing which cases to bring?
Perhaps the noble Lord could explain how it is envisaged that the Secretary of State will know that such a worker has a claim and should win.
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Prisons: Early Release
08/07/2025 • Lords
I thank the Minister for that Answer. Rather than ending automatic early release of prisoners, many of whom now serve only 40% of their sentence in pr...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the long-term impact of schemes for early release from prison on public confidence i...
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago
29/06/2025 • Lords
Does the noble Lord agree that our claim to sovereignty stems from the treaty that we agreed in 1814?
But the reality is that even if this Motion is passed, it will not, sadly, kill this dreadful treaty.
Finally, can the Minister confirm whether it ...
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill
24/06/2025 • Lords
I declare my interest as a practising barrister and mediator in a set of chambers that specialises in public and planning law.
The specific issue I...
My Lords, it is always a joy to follow the noble Lord, Lord Thurlow. It is perhaps slightly less of a joy to be speaker number 59 on the speakers’ lis...
Employment Rights Bill
17/06/2025 • Lords
I am grateful to the Minister for reaching the end of that paragraph. She agrees that the power for the EHRC to intervene in proceedings is not a powe...
My Lords—
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Employment Rights Bill
18/05/2025 • Lords
In relation to the last passage of the Minister’s speech, it appears to be the Government’s position that it is not accepted that carve-outs for three...
I was—I was sitting over there. I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for speaking after him. I am sure he is welcome to speak after me if he disag...
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Employment Rights Bill
07/05/2025 • Lords
I share much of what the noble Lord, Lord Fox, says. But the point I was making was that the answer from the Government is, “We’re going to provide im...
My Lords, I support the amendments in the names of my noble friends Lord Sharpe and Lord Hunt. I notice that Clause 9(3) inserts a subsection into the...
Employment Rights Bill
28/04/2025 • Lords
The Minister appears to be saying that the House’s deficit in scrutiny can be made up by the fact that we can scrutinise secondary legislation. As the...
My Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, and my noble friend Lady Coffey. It is frankly not acceptable for the Government at this stage...
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Visit
28/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement, in which I noticed the following sentence:
“Prime Minister Mustafa outlined the essenti...
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
22/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, observed, the joy of being so far down the speakers’ list is that one can greatly abbreviate one’s rema...
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