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HANSARDOnline Abuse: Protection for ChildrenMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. A recent NSPCC report highlights how the design of social media platforms is enabling the abuse, exploitation and harassment of…11 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron. I rise to support the noble Lord’s Motion A1. I declare my interest as per the register. It is with deep…11 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendment 173 and the passionate speech on child neglect by my noble friend Lady Tyler. Neglect can affect a child right through into adulthood, and we…09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, any parent will tell you that raising children is a difficult job. It is important that all families have access to the support they need to help parents be the best…09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will very briefly illustrate the importance of Amendment 66 from the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. As I was making a speech in Hull in 2017, when Hull was the…09 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, as I have often said in this House, I will accept nothing less than a compromise, but it seems that this Government are refusing to act on the wisdom, knowledge and…04 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her opening statement. Once again, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, in her mission to protect the future of our creative industries,…02 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Motion C1 from the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron. I applaud her tenacity and dogged determination to make a difference to the future of our creative industries.…19 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My noble Lords, friends and those of a creative disposition, lend me your ears. Even though I have come late to this Bill, I wonder what Shakespeare would have had to say about…12 May 2025HANSARD80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over JapanMy Lords, I congratulate the right reverend Prelate on her wonderful maiden speech. I loved her focus on children; we are kindred spirits. Yesterday, I had the honour and…09 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Mohammed on his passionate maiden speech; he makes a great addition to our Benches. I welcome the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools…01 May 2025HANSARDRHS Garden Wisley: RoadworksTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of disruption to the operation of the Royal Horticultural Society Garden Wisley and its environmental and research…01 Apr 2025HANSARDRHS Garden Wisley: RoadworksMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. The RHS Garden Wisley is a centre of excellence for horticultural science. It provides a green lifeline to over 30,000 schools,…01 Apr 2025HANSARDRHS Garden Wisley: RoadworksMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and, in doing so, draw attention to my non-financial interest as a vice-president of the Royal…01 Apr 2025HANSARDCreative Industries: Creating Jobs and Productivity GrowthMy Lords, I declare an interest as per the register. I thank the noble Baroness for her excellent opening speech and for securing this debate, as it gives me the opportunity to…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseMy Lords, I congratulate the Government on taking this robust approach in order to make a real difference and change for our children’s lives—the victims will carry that pain…20 Jan 2025HANSARDRegulated and Other Activities (Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the Bill and the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, on this important issue. I declare an interest as vice-president of Barnardo’s, which has been supporting…17 Jan 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit (Standard Allowance Entitlement of Care Leavers) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support this important Bill and commend the right reverend Prelate for bringing forward this measure with such clarity and compassion. As a society, we have a duty to…17 Jan 2025HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy Lords, the current Windrush compensation scheme is still too slow, too difficult to access and unfair. At least 53 victims of the scandal, which I prefer to call the Home…19 Dec 2024HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeTo ask His Majesty’s Government what progress has been made with the Windrush Compensation Scheme in settling unpaid claims.19 Dec 2024