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Lord Pannick (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 December 2025

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

Perhaps the noble Baroness could also include in that letter reference to what is either a decision of the Appellate Committee or the Supreme Court—I think it is the former—which addresses this and explains precisely why those who are alleged to have committed offences before the relevant dates are protected by the 1956 Act and continue to be so.

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