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Lord Carlile

Prisons are a festering wound in our public services – they need urgent reform

06 Jun 2023 Home affairs

Prisons are a festering wound in our public services – they need urgent reform

I became an MP in June 1983 after practising criminal law for 12 years. Much of the parliamentary ambition I had was focused on the criminal justice system. I was troubled by the rising prison population and the increasingly ineffective role of prisons in reforming and improving the lives of young men and women to prepare them for leaving jail.

UK must speak up against sharp rise of executions in Iran

12 Aug 2015 Foreign affairs

UK must speak up against sharp rise of executions in Iran

Co-chair of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom Lord Carlile of Berriew calls on the Government to condemn the human rights situation in Iran with nearly 700 executions since January 2015.

British law should neither encourage or assist anyone’s suicide

01 Jul 2015 Health

British law should neither encourage or assist anyone’s suicide

Writing on Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill, Lord Carlile of Berriew says Parliament cannot decide whether it is safe to change the law unless it has approved a safeguarding system.

EU division must not undermine unity in Iran nuclear talks

08 Jun 2015 Foreign affairs

EU division must not undermine unity in Iran nuclear talks

Co-chair of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom (BPCIF) and Lib Dem peer Lord Carlile writes about the Iran nuclear talks in Brussels later this month.