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HANSARDLevelling UpMy Lords, the Minister has somewhat depressed me today.07 Feb 2022HANSARDLevelling UpGood question.07 Feb 2022HANSARDChildren and Young People in Care: AccommodationMy Lords, is it not clear from the questions to the Minister that we are dealing with a broken system that is letting children down? Will the Government think really deeply about…16 Dec 2021HANSARDNepalMy Lords, I am sure the Minister is aware of the SAHAJ programme—Strengthening Access to Holistic Gender Responsive and Accountable Justice; it is delivered by Voluntary Service…13 Dec 2021HANSARDBeyond Brexit: Institutional Framework (EUC Report)My Lords, I left the EU Committee in July 2019. I am speaking today largely because the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, who is chair the EU Goods Sub-Committee, asked me to. I think…06 Dec 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceMy Lords, as a member of the north-east fanatical football supporters’ league—but not a Newcastle United fan—I was disappointed when the Minister said earlier on that,…29 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillDoes the noble Baroness accept that there is a problem with that situation, which happens often at the crisis level and not the early intervention level? It also excludes any…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I will intervene briefly to support my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, who is a member of the Public Services Committee, which I chair. I am delighted to see…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister. My amendment takes out the part that states that a person “ought to have known” that someone else was carrying, rather than that person carrying.…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am enormously grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick. I am chairing a Select Committee. I will come back for the rest of the debate, but I have to come back from…17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I want to speak about a specific group who will be affected by some of the Bill’s provisions. I suspect that I would not need to make this speech had the Government…14 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19 (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, I thank everyone for their contribution to today’s debate. I said at the beginning how privileged I was to chair this committee, and I know that the speeches that its…22 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 (Public Services Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Public Services Committee A critical juncture for public services: lessons from COVID-19 (1st Report, Session 2019–21, HL Paper…22 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, the report is the Public Services Committee’s first. The committee was established in February 2020 and is the first in this House to hold the Government to account on a…22 Jul 2021HANSARDNapier Barracks Asylum AccommodationMy Lords, this has been a sorry tale, which, more than anything else, has exposed that the Government either did not know or were avoiding telling Parliament what was happening.…14 Jun 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyMy Lords, I will start by paying tribute to someone who I know would have been speaking in this debate if he had been able to. Lord Judd, who died last weekend, spent his life…22 Apr 2021HANSARDCommission on Race and Ethnic DisparitiesMy Lords, I am sure the Minister recognises that the ideology that puts race and gender as always subservient to economics and class, which seems to underlie this report, was…21 Apr 2021HANSARDVSO: Volunteering for Development ProgrammeMy Lords, does the Minister realise that, because the Government could not take a decision before the end of last month, the UK has lost its outstanding youth volunteering…16 Mar 2021HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, I am really sorry for you all, but I will follow on from the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins. VSO changed my life. It gave me opportunities to learn about myself and the…11 Mar 2021HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI am sorry I have gone on. It matters to me; I hope it matters to the Government because they are making a real problem for themselves but they could sort it.11 Mar 2021