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	Lord Falconer of Thoroton: 'Iraq has brought a climate of distrust into politics' - Independent Online Edition > ...
		Lord Falconer says the decision about whether to deport should be a question of "balance" for the courts, between the risk to UK citizens and the "rights of foreign nationals who may suffer ill-treatment abroad".
		Lord Falconer says there must be "a clear and unambiguous condoning of an act of terrorism" and insists that argumentative students would not be arrested.
		Lord Falconer is adamant that one way not to revive trust is through a fresh look at the voting system, and says that electoral reform is simply not "a priority" for the Government.
	news.independent.co.uk /people/profiles/article310357.ece (1226 words)

	House of Lords - WikiGadugi (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		A Lord of Appeal in Ordinary must retire at the age of 70, or, if his or her term is extended by the government, at the age of 75; after reaching such an age, the Law Lord cannot hear any further legal cases.
		In addition, the Lord Chancellor is the head of the judiciary of England and Wales, serving as the president of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.
	en.wikigadugi.org /wiki/House_of_Lords (7561 words)

	Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles Leslie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, PC, QC (born 19 November 1951) is a British barrister and Labour Party politician.
		Removing the Lord Chancellor's judicial role was a policy known to be disliked by Lord Irvine of Lairg, the previous Lord Chancellor.
		Falconer announced his intention not to use the Lord Chancellor's power to sit as a judge and stopped wearing the traditional robe and wig of office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Falconer (523 words)

	Lord Chancellors
		Arfastus or Herefast, chaplain to the king (William the Conqueror) and bishop of Elmham, was lord chancellor in 1067.
		For the medieval Parliament, the Woolsack was a symbol of the prosperity of the realm.
		Falconer remained Lord Chancellor while the process to abolish the office was started, but announced his intention not to use the Lord Chancellor's power to sit as a judge.
	www.joergs-british-autographs.de /lchb.html (2736 words)

	Lord Chancellor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times the Chancellor of England and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom, and its predecessor states.
		The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was abolished, and its duties transferred to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
		The Lord Chancellor is entitled to an annual emolument of £227,736 and to an annual pension of £106,868.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Chancellor (3493 words)

	McSpotlight: press release
		The Lord Clinton-Davis—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response regarding the law of libel to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights of 15th February in the case brought by Ms Helen Steel and Mr David Morris.
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: My Lords, in relation to an overall review of the libel laws, our first step is to consider the effect of this judgment.
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: My Lords, the principle on which we operate in relation to legal aid for defamation is that we do not think that in the normal case legal aid should be available, because the legal aid budget is stretched.
	www.mcspotlight.org /media/press/releases/msc220205.html (943 words)

	New Statesman - NS Interview - Lord Falconer
		Though Falconer is "an engagingly cheerful chappie", according to a previous character reading by the Lord Chief Justice, he dislikes having his eventual political epitaph pegged to courtroom blight.
		He says: "It was a better act because of it, and the Lords did well in the scrutiny they brought to bear." He also believes the controversial new offence of indirect incitement to terror will reach the sta-tute book, but "the critical limiting factor is that it has to be an intent to promote terrorism".
		Lord Falconer is wholly unpersuaded: "I'm in favour of murder attracting a mandatory life sentence.
	www.newstatesman.com /200508010041 (1412 words)

	Politics \| Falconer: government sets terrorism policy, not lawyers
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton will use a keynote speech at a politics and terrorism conference to issue a thinly veiled attack on human rights lawyers and judges who have thwarted government attempts to introduce tough new terror laws.
		For example, Lord Falconer said, the length of time for which terror suspects could be held without charge or trial had been extended because it was "the sensible thing to do".
		Lord Falconer criticised police forces who used the Human Rights Act as a "crutch" when refusing to release the details of escaped prisoners.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,329715591-116499,00.html (587 words)

	Lord Islwyn calls on Jo Weston to resign - News and latest information on Theatre Dance and Performance in Wales - ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: My Lords, I am aware of that because my noble friend told me so on the telephone yesterday, for which I am genuinely grateful.
		Lord Bruce of Donington: My Lords, is the Minister aware that included among the quangos to which he has referred, there is an unknown number, running into some hundreds, of task forces to which have been delegated by the Ministers concerned executive and advisory powers of some significance, without any reference to Parliament?
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: My Lords, to some extent that touches on the question asked by the noble Baroness, Lady Gardner of Parkes.
	www.theatre-wales.co.uk /news/newsdetail.asp?newsID=273 (843 words)

	Guardian \| The former flatmate with a formidable intellect
		Lord Falconer is likely to be known as the "deconstruction minister".
		Lord Falconer's track record as a barrister, and his six years in government, place him in a strong position to take charge of some of the greatest legal reforms in English history.
		Conscious of the Dome's importance to the prime minister, Lord Falconer took to the task with relish as he used his young children as sounding boards during the preparations for the celebrations.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4690160-103685,00.html (929 words)

	Suchmaschine
		The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and prior to the Union the Chancellor of England and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom, and its predecessor states.
		Whenever the Sovereign appoints Lords Commissioners to perform certain actions on his or her behalf (for example, to formally declare in Parliament that the Royal Assent has been granted), the Lord Chancellor serves as the principal or senior Lord Commissioner.
		The Lord Chancellor is entitled to an annual emolument of £227,736 and to an annual pension of £106,868.
	www.dmoz.ch /lexikon.cgi?sprache=en&q=Lord_Chancellor (3522 words)

	Lord Falconer of Thoroton - Orgwiki
		The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, is understood to be committed to the changes to reduce the increasing burden of administration on civil servants.
		Falconer said the emphasis of the pilots was on finding new ways of administering the electoral process rather than changing the system wholesale.
		Home Office Minister Lord Falconer, who in December was pitching the scheme in glowing terms, and claiming the British public favoured it, seems to have been preparing for a swift retreat.
	www.openrightsgroup.org /orgwiki/index.php/Lord_Falconer_of_Thoroton (1984 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Hutton inquiry - Tory lord demands government apology to Kelly family
		THERE was anger in the House of Lords yesterday after the leader of the Conservative peers called on the Lord Chancellor to apologise to the family of Dr David Kelly on behalf of the government.
		Lord Strathclyde said Lord Falconer of Thoroton should offer his "unreserved" apologies after Mr Blair’s statement on the Hutton report was repeated to the House.
		Lord Hutton may be right to say the government acted reasonably in issuing a press statement, but those close to Dr Kelly will find little comfort from the fact that the wrong thing was done for the right reason.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=911&id=110942004 (734 words)

	Telegraph Blogs: UK: Ben Fenton: March 2007: Set information free
		Lord Falconer tells us today that the Freedom of Information Act was intended for the public not the press.
		And believe me, if Falconer starts to restrict journalists on their use of FoI, it won’t belong before he starts on citizen journalists, on bloggers, on anyone indeed who wants actually to use the Act for what it was originally supposed to be – a device to hold public authorities to account.
		Falconer then falls into the trap of logical inconsistency, so common among mediocre barristers instructed to argue a point which, deep down, they know is untrue.
	blogs.telegraph.co.uk /ukcorrespondents/benfenton/mar07/informations.htm (984 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 20 Mar 2006 (60320-06)
		The points made by the noble Lord, Lord Shutt, are very important because funding that improves the role of political parties at a local level may well be much more acceptable than state funding for, for example, posters in a general election campaign.
		My Lords, I agree with the Lord Chancellor that we face a very serious crisis of confidence in our political system, but one of the aspects of political fundraising is that it sometimes goes beyond traditional methods.
		The noble Lord's Motion would mean that we would have to delay the requirement for applicants for designated documents to be registered and to obtain an identity card until the end of 2011—that is, after any new election.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/pdvn/lds06/text/60320-06.htm (2106 words)

	Former Law Lord Attacks 'Folly' of Iraq War
		Lord Steyn, who retired last month as a judge sitting in the UK's highest court, described the invasion of Iraq as "military folly" and accused the Government of "scraping the legal barrel" in trying to justify it.
		Lord Steyn, speaking upon his appointment as the new chairman of Justice, the civil rights group, went on to condemn the Government's legal justification for war.
		Yesterday the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, defended his decision to appoint a senior judge to a court in Wales.
	www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines05/1019-03.htm (659 words)

	Department for Constitutional Affairs - Consultation Paper - A New Supreme Court for the United Kingdom
		The fact that the Lord Chancellor, as the Head of the Judiciary, was entitled to sit in the Appellate and Judicial Committees and did so as Chairman, added to the perception that their independence might be compromised by the arrangements.
		The first alternative is, as in the case of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, to have membership of the Court as an appointment made by the Queen on the advice of her ministers.
		The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (following the abolition of the role of Lord Chancellor), the Lord President of the Court of Session (and Lord Justice-General) in Scotland and the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
	www.dca.gov.uk /consult/supremecourt (11191 words)

	Could a politician be the next Lord Chief Justice?-Business-Law-Public-TimesOnline (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lord Woolf, the incumbent, is expected to announce in the summer that he intends to retire, clearing the way for a successor in the autumn.
		Lord Falconer may well argue that it is not the same as appointing the Home Secretary to be head of the judiciary.
		Lord Goldsmith, who, like Lord Falconer, was a pupil of Lord Justice Potter, would face the same accusations of cronyism as did Potter when he was announced as the next President of the Family Division.
	business.timesonline.co.uk /tol/business/law/public/article510885.ece (1336 words)

	::: Government Whips Office :::
		Minister: Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC Whip: Lord Bassam of Brighton
		Minister: Rt Hon Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC
		Lord President of the Council and Leader Of The House Of Lords
	www.lordswhips.org.uk /display/templatedisplay1.asp?sectionid=12 (31 words)

	BBC News \| UK Politics \| Falconer confident on Dome sponsorship
		Lord Falconer said it would be wrong to call it a "shortfall" in funding and claimed the process of raising sponsorship was "going according to plan".
		Labour's Lord Monkswell questioned the presence of a large hole on the west side of the Dome.
		Lord Falconer said he was "not acquainted with the details" of the particular hole but would investigate.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/253087.stm (284 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 21 May 2002 (220521-02) -- Save Democracy - Votes are being stolen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: My Lords, I cannot comment on the allegations made by the noble Lord, as I know nothing about them.
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: My Lords, I agree that it takes democrats to make a proper election, but there is no reason at all why sensible steps should not be taken to make it easier for people to
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: My Lords, I am aware that that is the role of the Electoral Commission.
	savedemocracy.org.uk /qhans2 (986 words)

	Lord Falconer of Thoroton (TheyWorkForYou.com)
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		Has voted in 59% of votes in parliament — above average amongst Lords.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /peer/lord_falconer_of_thoroton (597 words)

	Falconer: Criminal justice system is in chaos \| the Daily Mail
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton made the remark during a light-hearted discussion at the barristers' annual conference, and immediately qualified his comments.
		Lord Falconer told delegates at the Bar Council conference in west London: "There is general chaos in a number of cases."
		Lord Falconer was responding to a question from barrister Edward Grayson who suggested that the criminal justice system's reputation suffered because of poor communication between different elements such as the police, prosecutors and courts' legal advisers.
	www.dailymail.co.uk /pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=414521&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490 (498 words)

	UK Council on Deafness \| April 2003 Parliamentary Report
		Further to the Answer by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 25 March (HL Deb, col. 652), what agreements they have reached with terrestrial, cable and satellite broadcasters that will ensure that any special national warning will be in a format that is accessible by those who have hearing and sight impairment.
		Lord Falconer of Thoroton: Our current arrangement for warning the public about major emergencies involves using the broadcasters and their full range of services.
		Lord Morris of Manchester rose to call attention to initiatives to enhance the well-being and status of people with disabilities in the context of the European Year of Disabled People and the Charter for the New Millennium for disabled people worldwide; and to move for Papers.
	www.deafcouncil.org.uk /parapr03.htm (1190 words)

	Fury Erupts At Blair's 'Botched' Reshuffle
		Lord Strathclyde, Tory leader in the Lords, accused Mr Blair of producing "trendy reforms cobbled together on the back on an envelope".
		To the surprise of peers, he briefly took his place on the Woolsack in the House of Lords dressed in the gown and wig of the Lord Chancellor.
		Lord Falconer appealed yesterday to be judged on his merits and not as one of Mr Blair's "cronies".
	www.truthout.org /docs_03/printer_061503I.shtml (615 words)

	Campaign for Democracy: 16,673 and counting: Campaign forces Labour Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
		The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, was accused of not taking the issue seriously by refusing to respond to a House of Lords debate inspired by the paper's campaign.
		Lord Falconer has asked his deputy, Baroness Ashton, to reply to a debate on voting reform on Thursday where Labour and Liberal Democrat peers intend to challenge the Government's refusal to introduce PR.
		His spokesman said the Lord Chancellor was 'not available' to reply to a debate, being led by Lord Lipsey, the pro- PR Labour peer.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050524/ai_n14639422 (561 words)

	UK Supreme Court’s costs estimated at £7m per year - 22 November 2004
		The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, gave evidence to the Commons Constitutional Affairs Committee last week, estimating the cost of the proposed Supreme Court to be £7m per year.
		Lord Falconer did not give many details of possible new cost regimes, but suggested one possibility would be raising civil court fees.
		Lord Falconer was keen to emphasise that the UK’s Supreme Court would not start sitting as such until a building had been found and fitted out.
	www.thelawyer.com /cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=113015&d=11&h=24&f=46 (727 words)

	Country Life : Country News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In a debate on Lords Reform last night, The Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer of Thoroton put forward the notion that the Parliament Act may well be reformed as part of that legislation.
		Last night in a heated debate on the Reform of the House of Lords the Lord Chancellor indicated that as part of modernising the composition and role of the House, the Parliament Act may also be amended.
		In a timely speech, as a High Court challenge to the Act was being heard not a mile away on the Strand, Lord Falconer of Thoroton said: 'We don’t want to curtail the ability to delay (legislation), but we need to make it simpler, clearer and much more appropriate to today’s arrangements.
	www.countrylife.co.uk /countrysideconcerns/news/falconeract.php (391 words)

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