Baroness Berridge (Con)

My Lords, in my response to the gracious Speech, I shall focus on what is missing. Soon, the noble Lord, Lord Hennessy, will be missing. The noble Lord joined your Lordships’ House shortly before I di

My Lords, I recognise that this is a day of disappointment. I am keenly aware of those who viewed this law as the solution to their plight, but also of those for whom the clear failure of proper provi

To clarify, is the noble and learned Lord saying that a mandatory exclusion would be in a code of practice? We cannot do that unless it is in the Bill. In relation to the latter point, we will just ha

The noble and learned Lord has not covered my point.

My Lords, Amendment 174 is in my name, and I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for the meeting on this issue. This amendment states: “Any interpreter provided under subsection (4) must be aged

It was a crime, and she was given eight years in prison for that. On the question about the offences that the judge also considered—murder, manslaughter and infanticide —I emailed the Minister about t