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HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, good morning—that will confuse “Yesterday in Parliament”. I rise to speak to Amendment 2, which is mercifully in the same group as the Minister’s amendments. It is a…17 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, it is always instructive to listen to the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Eames, and his text—sensitivity—is one that I hear very much. I want to take this…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, I speak as someone who has had the great joy of recently being married under the legislation as it applies in England and Wales. I simply observe to the noble Lord, Lord…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI am suggesting that these matters could have been put before Members of the Assembly. Indeed, as has been said, they have already been put before the Assembly, which failed to…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, lest people watching this debate take from it a one-sided view, I want to say that in 2018 an international poll was taken in Northern Ireland which showed that 68% of…15 Jul 2019HANSARDHomophobic AttacksMy Lords, the law governing hate crime stems from the legislation on human rights and equalities. Conservatives have now indicated three times that they are going to scrap human…26 Jun 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg to differ with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge: I think these are riveting matters. This debate has shown exactly why that is so, because they are not easy.…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is good to be back on this small but none the less important Bill. After Second Reading, I found myself reflecting on the importance of the census. I listened…04 Jun 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]04 Jun 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister very much for that—does he wish to add a further point?04 Jun 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for that; it is extremely helpful. It reflects, albeit in a condensed form, a longer and rather more detailed conversation that we had about these matters. I…04 Jun 2019HANSARDVaccinations and Health Screening ServicesMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Walmsley for the opportunity to take part in this extremely well-informed debate. As chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual…14 May 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the Bill and thank him and his team for the briefing they gave Peers the other day. He is right: this is the first time I have been…13 May 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]On exactly that point, I put two questions to the Minister to which he has not responded. How do the Government expect non-binary people to respond? Are trans people expected, as…13 May 2019HANSARDLord Mayor’s Show: TaiwanI thank the Minister for his Answer. This instance of China’s relentless campaign to deny Taiwan international recognition is petty; others are not. The exclusion of Taiwan from…01 May 2019HANSARDLord Mayor’s Show: TaiwanTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the decision of the Lord Mayor’s Show 2019 to decline an application to participate by the representative office…01 May 2019HANSARDLord Mayor’s Show: TaiwanMy Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare an interest as a member of the British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group.01 May 2019HANSARDRelationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019In that case I hope that, when the right reverend Prelate looks at some of the materials from the Catholic Education Service and from the NSPCC—its PANTS materials, for example—he…24 Apr 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, it has been a privilege to work again on a subject that we have now worked on several times in this House, from the original pre-legislative scrutiny and original…24 Apr 2019HANSARDRelationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019My Lords, the process by which we have arrived at the document before us has been very lengthy. There has been a very extensive consultation, and Members of all parties in both…24 Apr 2019