Baroness Prashar (CB)

My Lords, I, too, thank the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury for securing this debate and for an extremely thoughtful introduction. As we know, the central question before us is: how

My Lords, I too am delighted that the Government have decided to bring forward this amendment to include culture as the eighth area of competence within the Bill. I hope that the term culture will enc

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, for introducing this debate. I commend the committee on its constructive assessment of this highly significant agreement and on situ

I have another couple of minutes—this is advisory. The Government have a duty to ensure that public discourse about crime and punishment is based on an understanding of the role of prisons and an appr

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Foster, for introducing this debate so admirably and highly commend his chairmanship of the Justice and Home Affairs Select Committee, of which I was a member un

My Lords, I will be brief. I fully support what the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, and the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, said. To some extent, the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, touched on the issue that I w