Lord Verdirame
The Lord Verdirame KC
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
08/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will briefly respond to a point made by the noble Lord, Lord Newby. If we voted for this amendment now, it would probably apply from this ...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
01/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I added my name in support of this amendment, which has been so admirably introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay. I agr...
G7 and NATO Summits
30/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to the Leader of the House for that statement. The Statement says that we need to
“ensure a complete, verifiable and irreve...
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I was not planning to speak, but I thought I would say a couple of words. This is an important amendment and I support the objective that it...
My Lords, I will speak in support of the amendment because it raises, as the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, pointed out, a question of principle. Should...
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
15/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will be very brief. I very strongly support everything that the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, has said on these two amendments. They are some of ...
My Lords, I agree with many of the concerns that have been expressed in connection with this group, but I will say a few words specifically in support...
Holocaust Memorial Bill
10/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who spoke. I will briefly make a few points in reply. First, I have no problem at all with the individuals sitting...
My Lords, Amendment 4, as amended by Amendment 4A, is a limited but important amendment. It clarifies the purpose of the learning centre. At present t...
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Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
08/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I, too, have a few comments to make on these amendments. I very much support the intention behind them. I would like to understand a bit mor...
My Lords, I did not speak at Second Reading, but the Bill has attracted my interest for the reasons a number of noble Lords have pointed out about pro...
Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill
06/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I too begin by paying tribute, briefly, to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton. He was a mentor and, for 25 years, along with his husb...
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
02/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank everyone who will be speaking today. No doubt we will hear a range of views. I am sure all of us would rather this debate had been p...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the announcement by NATO allies, including Baltic states and Poland, that they inten...
Holocaust Memorial Bill
27/03/2025 • Lords
The language could be changed to clarify that; the Nazi genocide of the Jews is how it reads. However, what concerns me and the noble Lord, Lord Blenc...
My Lords, I added my name in support of Amendment 32 because it responds to a concern that I raised at Second Reading. I am View full contribution →
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