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HANSARDPensions: Low-income and Self-employed WorkersThe noble Lord is absolutely right. One of the challenges we have with the self-employed and those who have multiple jobs of a lower income is around how we can encourage them,…23 Jul 2025HANSARDCasement Park: Spending ReviewI thank my noble friend. I am very aware of her personal support for the GAA and the sport. To reassure her, there is now an official-level working group between the NIO and the…23 Jul 2025HANSARDCasement Park: Spending ReviewThe noble Baroness will be aware that the Arts Council has pulled funding from the festival. The Government believe in the power of sport to bring people together and our focus is…23 Jul 2025HANSARDCasement Park: Spending ReviewMy Lords, before I answer the substantive Question, noble Lords will have seen on the news this morning the heartbreaking reports of a shooting in Fermanagh. My thoughts and…23 Jul 2025HANSARDCasement Park: Spending ReviewThe noble Baroness raises what is at the heart of this: in 2011 the last Government allocated £14.7 million of funding for the redevelopment of Ravenhill rugby stadium, £25.2…23 Jul 2025HANSARDCasement Park: Spending ReviewThe noble Lord makes a genuinely important point about how sport should be used as a vehicle for bringing people together. There is a responsibility for the UK Government, the…23 Jul 2025HANSARDPensions: Low-income and Self-employed WorkersMy noble friend is very aware that I am a former trade union official who represented local government workers. I can give a complete commitment to the Local Government Pension…23 Jul 2025HANSARDPensions: Low-income and Self-employed WorkersMy Lords, automatic enrolment has transformed workplace pension participation, with over 22 million employees participating in 2023. However, we know that many people are still…23 Jul 2025HANSARDCasement Park: Spending ReviewI absolutely do agree with the noble Lord. Sport is incredibly important to each and every one of us—in different ways with different sports—but we need to make sure that delivery…23 Jul 2025HANSARDCasement Park: Spending ReviewMy Lords, my officials told me to say, “Let’s go, Giants”, so for them, at the end of term, I say, “Let’s go, Giants”. The noble Baroness is absolutely right. My good friend the…23 Jul 2025HANSARDPensions: Low-income and Self-employed WorkersThe noble Baroness makes a genuinely important point about how we make sure that everybody has access to appropriate funding in their retirement. Even the language of pensions…23 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit BillMy noble friend has not given notice.22 Jul 2025HANSARDLegislative Reform (Disclosure of Adult Social Care Data) Order 2025That the draft Order laid before the House on 21 May be approved. Relevant document: 26th Report from the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. Considered in Grand…21 Jul 2025HANSARDLegislative Reform (Disclosure of Adult Social Care Data) Order 2025I would thank your Lordships, but actually I am going to thank just the noble Baroness, Lady Finn—and the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, for his for his constructive, supportive…16 Jul 2025HANSARDLegislative Reform (Disclosure of Adult Social Care Data) Order 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Legislative Reform (Disclosure of Adult Social Care Data) Order 2025. Relevant document: 26th Report from the Delegated Powers and…16 Jul 2025HANSARDLegislative Reform (Disclosure of Adult Social Care Data) Order 2025My Lords, this Government are committed to rooting out public sector fraud wherever it persists. It is a pervasive crime that takes money away from vital public services and…16 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanAt this point I have to declare my status as honorary captain in the Royal Navy—I am very proud of it. The noble Lord is absolutely right that we have, all too often, looked to…10 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanThe noble Baroness makes an important point. The only issue that I would challenge her on is that cyber could affect everybody; we just saw what happened with Marks & Spencer, for…10 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanMy noble friend makes a very important point. Sometimes it is easy to separate our online and our offline worlds. With the issue of misinformation and the cyber threats we…10 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanI thank my noble friend for both the work he has done for decades in this area and his expertise, and also for raising an incredibly important point. Our general security…10 Jul 2025