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HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I begin with an apology for not taking part at Second Reading. My fellow Green Peer, my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, took part but is unable to be here today…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I outlined in our debate on Amendment 1 why I am opposing all these clauses, specifically Clauses 3 and 4 in this group. My opposition to Clause 2 was because I wanted…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and everyone who contributed to this short but passionate Committee debate. I join others in welcoming the noble Baronesses, Lady…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to the clause stand part notices and to Amendment 16 from the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, to which I have attached my name. Just for clarity, for the…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]My Lords, we have an economy that is heavily dominated by giant—usually multinational—companies. There is nothing inevitable about that: it is a result of political and policy…09 Jun 2026HANSARDChildren’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships StrategyMy Lords, I am sure that we will not hear any objection from your Lordships’ House to the strategy’s aim of putting enduring relationships at the heart of the children’s care…08 Jun 2026HANSARDSouth East Water: Disruption of SupplyMy Lords, 84% of proposed UK data centres are in areas already in water stress or projected to be so by 2040, and water bills for households are expected to rise because of the…08 Jun 2026HANSARDChildren’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships StrategyMy Lords, since there is time, my question relates to the ongoing monitoring of progress underneath this strategy, particularly whether the Government will be setting up a regular…08 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, and to agree with her warning. I add the phrase “carbon bubble” as a further financial risk. I also…08 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes. I agree with his highlighting of concerns about the greed and denial of principles that have been associated…03 Jun 2026HANSARDDonations to Political PartiesMy Lords—01 Jun 2026HANSARDDonations to Political PartiesMy Lords, in 2011 the Committee on Standards in Public Life recommended that the amount that any organisation, individual or institution can give in political donations should be…01 Jun 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic ResponseMy Lords, a number of the questioners on this Statement have referred to the small scale of many of the measures in the Statement. One of them is that it confirms that bus travel…01 Jun 2026HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026I have just been musing on something that the noble Lord said that I think I wrote down correctly: namely, that stamp duty reserve tax liability does not indicate a significant…18 May 2026HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, I thank the Minister for his expansive introduction to this SI. I wish to express concern about two elements of it: the change in the transactions and the change in the…18 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I thank everyone who has participated in this interesting debate, even if we know that the country’s attention is largely directed otherwise today. No, I am not talking…14 May 2026HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) (Amendment, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026To leave out all the words after “that” and insert “this House declines to approve the draft Regulations laid before the House on 24 February, as they grant the Health and Safety…27 Apr 2026HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) (Amendment, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026My Lords, I thank the Minister for her very clear introduction; I think at least one piece of new information was presented to us. As the Minister said, this is a fatal amendment…27 Apr 2026HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) (Amendment, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this quite short but important debate—perhaps shorter than we expected due to the absence of our Northern Ireland…27 Apr 2026