In this episode, Will Barber-Taylor speaks to Minister and Member of the House of Lords, Lord Hanson. During his time as the MP for Delyn, he held several positions, including as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Tony Blair, Minister of State for Justice from 2007-2009, Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office from 2005-2007, and Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime, and Policing in the Home Office from 2009-2010. He is also a member of the Privy Council and received a knighthood in 2020.
Their discussion covered his time in office and a range of political issues, including how we can reform prisons, what the recent election results mean for Northern Ireland, and how we support those excluded from the income support schemes during the pandemic. Lord Hanson also looks back at the cabinet in 1997.
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