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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been a short but very clarifying debate on the political divisions in our society. I will be fairly brief in responding, but there are some points that I must…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, my Amendment 320 sits in glorious lone splendour in this group. I am not responsible for degrouping it; that was the way it was arranged. Noble Lords will see that this…24 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Infrastructure: 10-year StrategyMy Lords, there have been a number of references to NISTA, the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority. The Statement says: “Based in the Treasury, NISTA…24 Jun 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMy Lords, the noble Lord has spoken about short-term tactical victories versus long-term strategic outcomes. Iran is known to have had 400 kilograms of 60% purity enriched…24 Jun 2025HANSARDContracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025My Lords, as I think the Minister has already alluded to, this amendment to the Motion closely mirrors the comments made both by our own Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee…23 Jun 2025HANSARDContracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025At end insert “but this House regrets that the draft Regulations fail to clearly identify their subject as the Drax wood-burning power station, and do not provide for a means for…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, Amendments 191 and 192 are in my name and are closely related to that already introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Lister,…23 Jun 2025HANSARDContracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025My Lords, I rise in a warm glow of unusual universal support from all corners of your Lordships’ House. Adding to the consensus from the Public Accounts Committee, the Secondary…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley. I attached my name to Amendment 161 on automatic enrolment for the Healthy Start scheme, as indeed did the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, and speak to this stand part notice, also signed by the noble Lord, Lord Sikka. The noble Lord, Lord…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, who has clearly and eloquently outlined the reasons for this amendment, which the noble Baroness,…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support the amendments so powerfully, and with considerable detail, explained by the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley. I want to cross-reference a…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportMy Lords, in responding the right reverend Prelate, the Minister said victims need to find a place they can trust. Among the promises of action in the Statement is a promise of…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, Amendment 131, in my name, appears in this group. I will not quite say that it is a pleasure to follow the contribution of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, but it was a…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I have attached my name to Amendment 165, but as three noble Lords have already spoken to it, I will be brief. I declare my involvement with the All-Party Parliamentary…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe noble Lord has just essentially agreed with what I said, that some of these entities are financially unstable and uncertain. Would the noble Lord understand, at least, the…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler—whether I agree with her or not. I note the phrase that she used, “toxic mix”. I think there has been broad…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI may be a little too soon, but I wonder whether the Government are minded to ensure that there is, as my amendment would provide, some kind of reporting mechanism to keep track…17 Jun 2025