Lord Howard of Lympne
The Rt Hon. the Lord Howard of Lympne CH KC
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 12 July 2010
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Employment Rights Bill
15/07/2025 • Lords
I do not know if the noble Lord’s memory extends to which of us won on that occasion. It is true that there has been an improvement, but it would be a...
My Lords, I rise to support these amendments and declare my interests, as recorded in the register, as the chairman of three businesses that would und...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
01/07/2025 • Lords
I am grateful to the Leader of the House for giving way. Does the caveat that she has just entered about future Parliaments apply to the assurances sh...
I dare say, but the noble Baroness repeated those assurances from the Government, from that Dispatch Box, and that carries as much or as little weight...
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Holocaust Memorial Bill
10/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I have not previously spoken in the debates on this Bill and I had not expected to speak today, but I wish to say a few words in support of ...
Independent Sentencing Review
01/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the Minister for giving me some advance indication of the proposals in the government Statement, but does he not agree that sentence...
Israel: Arms Exports
25/03/2025 • Lords
I thank the Minister for that answer but, when the Foreign Secretary announced the suspension, he was careful not to use the word “required”, and spec...
To ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 3 September 2024 (HL Deb cols 1065-69), whether they had ...
United Kingdom: Global Position
13/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Howell on securing this debate, though I fear I cannot quite share his degree of optimism. I too congrat...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
10/03/2025 • Lords
On the contrary, if reasons were given, those reasons could be the basis of a challenge in the courts. I fear I entirely disagree with the last point ...
My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 45 and the other amendments in this group that would make HOLAC a statutory body. I was a member of the co...
Ukraine
04/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I join the unanimous support that the House has given to the efforts of the Prime Minister, and we all congratulate the Prime Minister on wh...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
03/03/2025 • Lords
If the noble Lord is correct, why did the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine, use the words “binding in honour”?
I apologise, both to the Committee and to the noble and learned Lord. I am delighted to hear that he is still with us. I am most grateful to the Leade...
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Defence and Security
26/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the comfortable world in which we lived up to two weeks ago has gone, and we now have to face some harsh realities. The stark truth is that ...
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