Speeches

Britain’s Police and Crime Commissioners, forty in number, were elected for the first time on pitifully small turn-outs in 2012. Surveys show that nearly half...

Widespread outrage has been expressed about the Brunei government’s introduction of Sharia law, under which homosexuals can be stoned to death. On 11 April...

Having raised the key areas of discrimination suffered by cohabiting sibling couples in an oral question in the Lords on 21 March ( see below), Alistair Lexden...

On 10 April, the Lords approved regulations which provide another five months for discussions on the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland. Two...

Continuing his campaign to secure justice for sibling couples by means of an oral question in the Lords on 21 March , Alistair Lexden asked the government...

On 15 March, Alistair Lexden returned to his campaign on behalf of sibling couples who have made their lives together in jointly owned property. The Second...

On 12 March, the Lords discussed two important Northern Ireland Bills under highly unsatisfactory fast-track procedures, which Alistair Lexden criticised...

Secondary or delegated legislation takes the form of statutory instruments which stem from Acts of Parliament—primary legislation—and give effect to detailed...

In a Lords debate on 1 February, Alistair Lexden returned briefly to an issue on which he has spoken out strongly in recent months, most notably in speeches on...