Lord Hermer
The Rt Hon. the Lord Hermer KC
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 17 July 2024
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Recent Debate Contributions
Female Genital Mutilation
15/07/2025 • Lords
I thank the noble Baroness for her question. This is, of course, another aspect of honour-based abuse, and I am sure the whole House agrees that there...
My Lords, I am grateful for the noble Lord’s question and agree with the points that he has made.
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
31/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Wolfson and Lord Northbrook, for their amendments, and all noble Lords for their contributions. These amendmen...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
25/03/2025 • Lords
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, and other noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. We do not accept Amendment 60 for three reasons, b...
The noble Lord’s intervention exemplifies the important conversations that lie ahead as we try to unpick those tensions.
As I have just alluded to,...
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
12/03/2025 • Lords
Yes, of course, I will.
That may be a convenient out for Prime Ministers present and future but it is not, in the Government’s view, a compelling reason to create a further c...
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
12/03/2025 • Lords
I thank all noble Lords for their amendments and for the thoughtful and good-faith contributions that have marked this debate. The amendments in this ...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
03/03/2025 • Lords
I thank the noble and learned Lord for the little bit of history—I am very grateful.
Yes, I do—that is the intention of the Bill. My point is that it does not impact at all the principle of our constitutional monarchy. It has no bearin...
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Attorney General’s Office: Conflicts of Interest
27/01/2025 • Lords
I hope I manage to capture the noble Lord’s question. I do not think it possible, without offending the law officers’ convention, to identify circumst...
My Lords, I do. We have set out, and the Solicitor-General set out in the other place, details of that rigorous process. We have explained it and I co...
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Rule of Law
26/11/2024 • Lords
My Lords, it is a great honour to close this important debate on one of the Government’s key priorities, which is upholding and reaffirming our commit...
CPS Guidance: Intentional Police Shootings
29/10/2024 • Lords
I agree. Any consultation will need to take account of all relevant stakeholders. When it comes to the use of firearms, that will most certainly inclu...
I entirely agree. We will see from the package of measures that many of them address the concerns that the noble Baroness has raised.
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King’s Speech
22/07/2024 • Lords
My Lords, on behalf of your Lordships’ House I thank His Majesty the King for delivering the gracious Speech, and I am grateful for the privilege of o...
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