Speeches

In January, the creation of a United Kingdom Government/Northern Ireland Executive Joint Board was announced to review new UK funding that is being provided to...

On September 8, Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland Secretary, plunged Boris Johnson into yet another crisis when he confessed in the House of Commons that the...

In an oral question in the Lords on 22 July, Alistair Lexden asked: “since social distancing could have been arranged so easily at the outset, was it really...

The Metropolitan Police have received massive criticism for their errors and misconduct during Operation Midland, the name given to the investigation of...

On 15 January, the government announced the establishment of a new joint board on which the Northern Ireland Secretary will serve along with the First Minister...

On 4 March, the Lords held a short debate which highlighted the need to improve and extend the support provided in schools for children with dyslexia. The...

The Metropolitan Police brought grave discredit on themselves by the utterly irresponsible manner in which they investigated allegations of child sex abuse...

Eating disorders are cruel diseases caused by mental health problems. On 4 February, a Liberal Democrat peer, Baroness Parminter, introduced a debate on this...

On 5 November, the last day before Parliament was dissolved, Alistair Lexden returned to an issue which has preoccupied him a great deal in the last two years...