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HANSARDIndustrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2026My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Jones; his long and extensive memories of the issues here really highlighted the depth and length of the problem that is…09 Mar 2026HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, I congratulate all our maiden speakers today, and I hope they continue along the lines we have heard from them. I want to start in Geneva, where I recently spent a week…06 Mar 2026HANSARDPFASMy Lords, the Minister may have seen in the Financial Times this week a large article about the concerns about PFAS in sportswear. If you are wearing sportswear, sweating and…05 Mar 2026HANSARDUK-India: Comprehensive Economic and Trade AgreementMy Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, and the committee for all their important work on this free trade deal. I echo the comments of both the noble Lords,…04 Mar 2026HANSARDForest-Risk CommoditiesMy Lords, returning to palm oil, global production affects at least 193 threatened species, with potential impacts on 54% of all threatened mammals and 64% of all threatened…02 Mar 2026HANSARDTransnational Repression in the UK (JCHR Report)My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and the Joint Committee for this excellent and important report. It refers to concern about transnational oppression by China and…26 Feb 2026HANSARDElectronic Travel Authorisation: Dual NationalsMy Lords, the rules say that the personal details on the two passports must match, but Britons in Greece are among the those highlighting the fact that this is extraordinarily…26 Feb 2026HANSARDResetting the UK-EU Relationship (European Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ricketts, and the committee, for the report and the noble Lord for his clear, calm introduction to it. As he said, and as the noble Lord,…26 Feb 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, with whom I nearly always agree, but not on this occasion. The noble Baroness and your…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I rise to welcome government Amendments 14 and 15, and I look forward to hearing from the Minister. I will not go through them in detail, as I am sure she will, but I…24 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingMy Lords, my question relates to the plans for a review of education, health and care plans after primary school from 2030. For children with a special school place from September…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, as we have already heard, the amendments in this group seek to carve out exemptions for specialist tobacconists, particularly when it comes to cigars. I will focus…24 Feb 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI am very aware of the hour, but I just had a quick look online and saw “Andrew Tate’s favourite cigars”—exactly the kind of very expensive products that the noble Earl is talking…24 Feb 2026HANSARDFree Speech Complaints SchemeMy Lords, I am sure the Minister is aware that the greatest threat to academic free speech—the ability to research, publish and teach students—is the funding situation of UK…23 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillIt is very easy to cherry-pick individual schemes that have taken action but, as I said in my initial comments, the Financial Innovation Lab says that there are still more than…23 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will speak in favour of all the amendments in this group, particularly Amendment 212, to which I have attached my name. As has already been widely noted, it has broad,…23 Feb 2026HANSARDConstruction Industry: TimberMy Lords, the Minister referred to our high reliance on imports of timber, for both construction and furniture. We have certification schemes that are supposed to mean that timber…05 Feb 2026HANSARDUS Department of Justice Release of FilesMy Lords—05 Feb 2026HANSARDUS Department of Justice Release of FilesMy Lords—05 Feb 2026HANSARDUS Department of Justice Release of FilesThis morning, the Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, has written to the Health Secretary expressing concern about the Palantir contract in the NHS. The papers have exposed the…05 Feb 2026