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HANSARDWindrush Lessons Learned Review: Implementation of RecommendationsMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for outlining that next year we will celebrate the wonderful arrival 75 years ago of those who have given so much to this country, many…12 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Employment and DisciplineMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for outlining that there is an expedited procedure in certain circumstances. However, can he please outline whether or not an officer is…09 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Appointments in PCC OfficesMy Lords, my noble friend made mention of misconduct and the barred list. The Home Office holds a number of barred lists, so can he reassure your Lordships’ House that the people…21 Dec 2022HANSARDHospital Beds: Social CareMy Lords, I currently serve on the Joint Committee that is scrutinising the mental health Bill. Could my noble friend the Minister outline whether that 13,000 includes those who…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSchool Meals: FundingMy Lords, my noble friend will be aware that during a cost of living crisis, free school meals are essential during term time. However, at short notice during the cold weather…13 Dec 2022HANSARDUK Asylum and Refugee PolicyMy Lords, I am grateful to the most reverend Primate for this debate, which follows neatly from last year’s debate, which was on freedom of speech. We had a terrible period in the…09 Dec 2022HANSARDPrison CapacityMy Lords, I serve on the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill, which has been mentioned before. In a secure mental health hospital, there will be prisoners who are…06 Dec 2022HANSARDSchool (Reform of Pupil Selection) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving your Lordships’ House the opportunity to consider the issue of academic selection for schools, which was, until Prime…02 Dec 2022HANSARDFront-loaded Child Benefit Bill [HL]02 Dec 2022HANSARDFront-loaded Child Benefit Bill [HL]02 Dec 2022HANSARDFront-loaded Child Benefit Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the contributions made, and I hope to briefly answer the points raised. I accept that the calculations are very detailed, even if they on the back of…02 Dec 2022HANSARDFront-loaded Child Benefit Bill [HL]My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will speak to Amendments 1 and 3 in the name of my noble friend Lord Farmer, who is unavoidably detained today. I thank the noble…02 Dec 2022HANSARDLammy ReviewMy Lords, I am currently serving on the Joint Committee scrutinising the draft Mental Health Bill. The Lammy Review made it clear that black and minority ethnic prisoners are more…28 Nov 2022HANSARDAbuse and Deaths in Secure Mental Health UnitsMy Lords, I am also serving on the Joint Committee mentioned by my noble friend. We received evidence that the highest rate of mortality for those held in custody between 2016 and…09 Nov 2022HANSARDCoroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill [HL]My Lords, I begin by thanking the right reverend Prelate for bringing his Private Member’s Bill for the third time before Parliament. If he believed in luck, I would say “third…28 Oct 2022HANSARDPolice National ComputerMy Lords, I am grateful that my noble friend accepts the public perception point, because more taxpayers’ money is going into this company at the moment. Inquiries take a long…24 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingMy Lords, it seems that there is a bit of confusion about the process. My noble friend Lord Forsyth outlined that there should have been a detailed analysis of the figures, but…10 Oct 2022HANSARDFour-Day Working WeekMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that are a number of mandated four-day weeks? We obviously have a number of bank holidays per year and there is an inequality between the…05 Sept 2022HANSARDContaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsMy Lords, as the noble Baroness pointed out, we are a little bit in the dark, not having had the Answer repeated. Will my noble friend please outline whether this is a situation…20 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 109 in my name. I look forward to hearing my noble friend’s response to the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan. I am…18 Jul 2022