The Rt Hon. the Lord Hermer KC
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Hermer's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Hermer KC. His name is Richard Simon Hermer, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
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9 days attended across 1 published month
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Lords votes · 2026
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-07-07
Military Conflicts: International Law
I entirely agree with the noble Lord that we need to keep that base. That is why, coming into government, we built upon the 11 rounds of negotiations the previous Conservative Government had commenced, because we take the view that what is of most import
2026-07-07
Military Conflicts: International Law
I first pay tribute to the noble Lord and his unflagging commitment to the protection of human rights across the globe. As I anticipate it is for all of us in this House, Sudan is an issue of grave concern. The thousands upon thousands of lives that have
2026-07-07
Military Conflicts: International Law
I entirely agree with the noble Lord that international law has never stood still; it evolves to face the challenges of each era. We continue, both as lawyers and in government, working with our opposite numbers, to discuss the prescient issues of the da
2026-07-07
Military Conflicts: International Law
I thank the noble and gallant Lord for his question. AI in the context of the use of armed force and protecting this country is an issue that we are taking enormously seriously. It presents huge opportunities for this nation but also threats. Dealing wit
2026-07-07
Military Conflicts: International Law
The Prime Minister has already made plain his views about US rhetoric in respect of Greenland, and he has also made plain this Government’s commitment to uphold international law at every turn.
2026-07-07
Military Conflicts: International Law
I thank the noble Lord for his question. I am not going to take up the time of your Lordships’ House trying to put in the correct context that which some newspapers put in the wrong context. There is a broader point that the noble Lord touched upon, whic
2026-07-07
Military Conflicts: International Law
My Lords, I start by reflecting upon the sad news that the Lord Speaker has just imparted to the House. Lord Mackay was a hugely respected figure across all parties. He was a giant in the law. I am sure we all join in sending our condolences to his famil
2026-07-07
Military Conflicts: International Law
I am so sorry—I might have missed the end of the noble Lord’s question, but if it is about the frequency with which we discuss with our NATO allies the important contemporary issues of the day as they present themselves on the battlefield, or potential b
I entirely agree with my noble and learned friend. The test remained the statutory test: was China, beyond reasonable doubt on the criminal standard, an enemy between 2021 and 2023? The immediate difficulties will be obvious if I tell the House what the
There can be no doubt that for the purposes of an offence said to have been committed between 2021 and 2023, where the test is whether that was provision to an enemy, the question is, were they deemed an enemy during that relevant period, between 2021 an
I will deal first with the Roussev case and the difficulties the Crime Prosecution Service faced in bringing this prosecution. The noble Lord is quite right that in Roussev, which was a rare case for the courts to look at—the meaning of “enemy” under th
Consent was given by a law officer under the previous Government to this prosecution. I hope the noble Lord will forgive me if I do not go into the evidential details in this case. The decision was made by the independent CPS. In this case, the Director
I thank the noble and learned Lord for his question. May I just correct a few facts? I was not informed by the DPP on 1 September; I was informed on 3 September. Secondly, and this is an important constitutional point, in our constitutional framework pol
2025-07-16
Female Genital Mutilation
I thank the noble Baroness for her question. This is, of course, another aspect of honour-based abuse, and I am sure the whole House agrees that there is no honour in honour-based abuse. In the criminal justice sphere, to help to bring stronger cases in
2025-07-16
Female Genital Mutilation
My Lords, I am grateful for the noble Lord’s question and agree with the points that he has made.
2025-07-16
Female Genital Mutilation
I agree entirely with the spirit of what the noble Lord has said. He will appreciate that I cannot, from this Dispatch Box on an ad hoc basis, determine what goes into the curriculum, but I am convinced that this problem is one that needs to be addressed
2025-07-16
Female Genital Mutilation
It is going to be fatal to the young girls that we all want to protect if we turn this into a political issue—I am not suggesting that the noble Lord was doing that. He has given the most recent figures, and he is right to do so because those are the fig
2025-07-16
Female Genital Mutilation
On the increased protection, there is provision already on the statute book, in Section 3A of the Female Genital Mutilation Act, which is about a failure to protect girls under 16. On the civil side, the family court also has a power to impose protection
2025-07-16
Female Genital Mutilation
I can reassure the noble Lord that I am determined to work with the Crown Prosecution Service, which I superintend, to increase the rate of prosecutions. I am determined we do that in a joined-up way, together with other parts of government and arm’s-len
2025-07-16
Female Genital Mutilation
I thank the noble Lord for his Question, and I know that this is not the first time he has raised this very important issue before your Lordships’ House. The Home Office began collating data on a mandatory basis in April 2019. Since then, there have been
2025-04-01
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Wolfson and Lord Northbrook, for their amendments, and all noble Lords for their contributions. These amendments seek to provide how peerage claims in the future will be dealt with. As the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan
2025-03-25
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, and other noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. We do not accept Amendment 60 for three reasons, beyond the fact that it falls outside the intended scope of this single-issue Bill.
First, the amendme
2025-03-25
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
The noble Lord’s intervention exemplifies the important conversations that lie ahead as we try to unpick those tensions.
As I have just alluded to, there are wider questions around the future composition of this House. The Government are committed to
2025-03-25
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
The constitutional tension is between judges who sit on cases that may often concern government legislation also sitting in the legislature. The distinction I seek to draw simply seeks to exemplify the merits and demerits of a debate that may well take p
2025-03-25
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
I am grateful for the noble Lord’s intervention. I can well anticipate that, if this is an issue that arises on consultation, there may be a distinction—to my mind, it is potentially a constitutionally important distinction—between the appropriateness or
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Party history
2024-07-18 → present
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Government posts
2024-07-05 → 2026-07-20
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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