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HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentMy Lords, I was very pleased to hear the Minister say enthusiastically last night that we need more affordable housing and social housing, and that the Government were happy to…21 Jun 2022HANSARDBritish BaccalaureateMy Lords, the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report drew heavily on the work of anthropologists and sociologists. One aspect of the IB is that there is a theory of…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorMy Lords, tenants’ groups and campaigners say that they need three layers of foundation to give everyone the secure and stable home that they need. The first is decent structural…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Blower, and to agree with everything she said. This has been a rich and full debate, reflecting the importance…20 Jun 2022HANSARDPrivate Rented SectorI join the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, on the Minister’s celebration of social and genuinely affordable housing. In that case, why are we looking at extending the right to buy…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I take the noble Baroness’s point that NGOs and social enterprises may indeed have commercial interests. I still think that there is a difference between them using that to fund…20 Jun 2022HANSARDIndustrial Action on the RailwaysMy Lords, in responding to the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, who asked about the rhetoric in the Statement, the Minister reflected on the rhetoric of trade union leaders as…20 Jun 2022HANSARDIndustrial Action on the RailwaysMy Lords, we have had one question about the Government’s structural vision for the future of rail freight. Let us turn to the content of the Statement about the structural vision…20 Jun 2022HANSARDPig FarmingMy Lords, I covered extensively the Sustainable Food Trust report, Feeding Britain F rom the Ground Up . Can the Minister commit to the department looking at the report to see…16 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsCan the Minister tell me why the noble Lord, Lord Geidt, as an ethics adviser, was asked to give advice on compliance with international law over steel tariffs, but Sir James…16 Jun 2022HANSARDNursing: StaffingMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of London who, together with the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler of Enfield—whom I thank for securing…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPig FarmingMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Harris of Richmond, for securing this debate, which I am sure is going to be very interesting and rich. I begin by expressing sympathy…16 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I feel I must leap to my feet and say what a great pleasure it is to follow the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth, and his brilliant systems-thinking amendment. He…15 Jun 2022HANSARDGlobal Energy SectorMy Lords, I begin by declaring my membership of the advisory panel of Peers for the Planet. In following the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, I actually agree with him, in some respects.…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 75, in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Blower, and the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. It is a great pleasure to follow the noble…15 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, and to find myself in broad agreement with him on a number of areas of this Bill, if not always on the details—as…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]At the risk of ganging up on the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, which is not my intention, I would add a supplementary comment to his statement. When we talk about job creation,…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her encouraging, in some respects, response to this rich debate on this important group. I am sure that noble Lords who have flooded into the Chamber for…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 10 I am rather aware from the Minister’s response to the previous group that this may have been grouped differently in her list compared to mine. I…14 Jun 2022