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HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025This is my last sentence. The noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, conjured up for many of us very fond memories of the noble Lord, Lord Judge. The noble Lord, Lord Kerr, said…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI will be very brief. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Freeman of Steventon, and to recollect with great fondness the debate on bird-safe buildings. The…04 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister and everyone who has taken part in this careful, informed and widely acknowledged to be important debate. I express my great sympathy to the noble…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to speak to Amendment 159 and a number of other amendments in this group. I begin by reassuring the noble Lord, Lord Addington, that he is not ploughing…04 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for both outlining the statutory instrument and explaining my amendment to decline to approve it. I am going to structure my speech in an…04 Feb 2026HANSARDBaby Milk Powder: CereulideTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they have identified any systemic issues following the discovery of the toxin cereulide in baby milk powder sold in the UK; and if so, what…04 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025As an amendment to the above motion, to leave out from “that” and to insert “this House declines to approve the draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of…04 Feb 2026HANSARDBaby Milk Powder: CereulideI thank the Minister for her Answer, but I would posit that there is very clearly a well-identified systemic problem that non-mandatory ingredients such as arachidonic acid, which…04 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, and largely to agree, although I would go somewhat further and say that I think we have reached the…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly, having attached my name to Amendment 209, as the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Cotes, so powerfully introduced. I express my strongest possible…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Norton, except that I do not believe that we can put all the pressure on schools, which have so many other pressures on them.03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillSchools have faced so many other pressures with exams, results and Ofsted judgments, that saying “And you’ve got to shove citizenship in here, but you’re not really going to get…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly. I strongly support Amendment 233, as I did in Committee, as well as the other amendments in this group. It is a great pleasure to follow the…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the noble Lord for giving way because I can save the Minister here. A study in 2023 by the National Centre for Social Research found that the majority of people did not…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will just very briefly intervene, as I was going to intervene until I was corrected. I have learned something—it is always good to learn new things in your Lordships’…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords—02 Feb 2026HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO ReportMy Lords, following the previous question, I note that saving for a pension is extraordinarily difficult for so many people who are struggling to put food on the table and keep a…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe noble Lord has very powerfully made the case for ensuring that we are able to make that provision as early as possible. I particularly want to address one amendment that we…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the Committee may be pleased to know that I plan to be comparatively brief. Before the dinner break, the noble Baroness, Lady Maclean, asked how many people in your…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI am sorry but I must interrupt the noble Lord, if he will allow me one second. He said “self-appointed”; the whole idea of people’s assemblies is that they are a representative…29 Jan 2026