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HANSARDUS Steel and Aluminium TariffsMy Lords—12 Mar 2025HANSARDPlan for NeighbourhoodsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for ensuring that we get the chance to speak on this Statement and to ask questions. I am name-checked in the Statement because, in my previous life…10 Mar 2025HANSARDGambling Levy Regulations 2025My Lords, I am not sure about declaring interests, because I have never understood how on earth I got involved in this issue. It is in an incredibly difficult arena where so many…12 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government: Electoral QuotasMy Lords—11 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government: Electoral QuotasMy Lords, I apologise for being too keen. Does my noble friend the Minister recognise that, if one simply thinks about numbers, it can end up being a perverse electoral solution…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseMy Lords, I recognise that I get very angry about this issue, and I hope the House will forgive me. I have worked for most of my life with this sort of activity. I started in…08 Jan 2025HANSARDForeign-owned Social Media CompaniesMy Lords, the victims of many of the actions that have led to this tsunami of bad words are being revictimised by that sort of language and the way people are talking. I work with…07 Jan 2025HANSARDEnglish DevolutionMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for this Statement and I congratulate her and the Government on entering what are very difficult areas, as I remember well. One thing that…19 Dec 2024HANSARDPlanning Committees: ReformMy Lords, I agree with my noble friend that local plans are central to the whole planning process and a vital way of involving local people in what the overall future of their…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentMy Lords, will my noble friend take the opportunity to develop the issues around young people? It is tragic that over the last 10 to 15 years the opportunities for young people in…12 Dec 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareMy Lords, first, I declare a new interest. Tomorrow, I hope to be endorsed as a trustee of Foundations, which is referenced in the Government’s report as having evidence-based the…19 Nov 2024HANSARDEvaluation in Government Policy-makingMy Lords, is it not very clear that the Government are looking to make sure that evidence-based policy-making and evaluation become the norm? When I was last in government, I…18 Nov 2024HANSARDVolunteering AbroadMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his continuing engagement in the debate around what a future international volunteering programme for young people might look like. My…30 Oct 2024HANSARDUN Sustainable Development GoalsMy Lords, I thank my noble friend. As ever, he did what I expected him to do and covered the breadth of this subject with intensity but also personal knowledge and understanding…17 Oct 2024HANSARDTeesworks Programme: AuditMy Lords, as the Minister knows, this is an issue that the people of Teesside take very strongly. When I was working in the Tees Valley across a number of constituencies during…29 Jul 2024HANSARDIntegration of Primary and Community Care (Committee Report)My Lords, I too felt very privileged to be a member of this committee and want to extend once again my sincere thanks to my noble friend Lady Pitkeathley. She worked tirelessly…09 May 2024HANSARDGambling AdvertisingMy Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Foster, for initiating this debate, and for all the work and commitment he gives to tackling gambling harm. I too have interests to…25 Apr 2024HANSARDGambling AdvertisingI just want to clarify something: I should have said “pre-watershed”. I was in too much of a hurry to keep within five minutes; I am sorry.25 Apr 2024HANSARDCare Worker Visa RegimeMy Lords, I am sure the Minister will feel, at the end of this, that anyone listening to the totality of this Question will see that there are very serious issues. The Government…23 Apr 2024HANSARDTeesworks Project: AuditMy Lords, I am disappointed by the Minister’s response. In the debate, I thought that we had established that the mayor was dealing with only a limited number of the…20 Mar 2024