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Lord Carlile

Prisons are a festering wound in our public services – they need urgent reform
Home affairs
By Lord Carlile
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
Foreign affairs
By Lord Carlile
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
Health
By Lord Carlile
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
Foreign affairs
By Lord Carlile
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.