Biography
Lord McNally made a speech contribution to a debate on prison capacities in September 2024. He expressed support for genuine prison reform efforts and suggested that the House of Lords could provide backing for such initiatives. His contribution drew on his prior experience at the Ministry of Justice.
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“My Lords, by this time, the Minister must be thinking that this is going to be an easy job. I am afraid he has to learn, if he has not learned already, that the House of Lords is not the best place to assess either public opinion or opinion in the other place about penal policy.”