Chaired by George Peretz KC (Chair of SLL).Panelists: Lord Richard Hermer KC (Attorney-General), Ellie Reeves (then Solicitor General), Sarah Sackman KC MP (Minister), Richard Atkinson (Law Society President) and Barbara Mills KC (Bar Council Chair).
In this special episode of Labour Legislates, Bren Albiston and Adrian Berry KC discuss Reform UK's Immigration Policy, and its plans to leave the ECHR, what this means and what effect it might have.
About this episodeThis episode will focus on the House of Lords. It will explore the role of the upper house in making legislation and the type of debate the Lords engage in as well as past and prospective reforms to our second chamber.Guests Baroness Smith of Basildon: Leader of the House of Lords.Lord Charlie Falconer KC: a member of the House of Lords and former Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice and Solicitor-General.Bren Albiston: Co-Chair of the SLL Constitution Group with a deep knowledge of upper houses around the world and a solicitor working in the City.Host Jemima Lovatt: SLL Executive Committee, creator of “Labour Legislates” and barrister practising in crime, environmental and public law.
