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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI am grateful for the Minister’s offer to sit down with various Members of the Committee, but that is not compromising today, which is what I was asking for and expecting. I tried…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I listened very carefully to what the Minister said in reply to this group of amendments and I have to admit that I am deeply disappointed. I did not hear any spirit of…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI thank the Minister. I am delighted to hear that there is to be a proper planning process. He would not give a final commitment to that happening and said it was another…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersMy Lords, I welcome the innovation set out in the Statement, but I am sure that my noble friend the Minister will agree that it is of such importance that it should be properly…27 Feb 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy Lords, I congratulate the Government on their decision to spend an extra £17 million to support the needs of Gazans for food, housing and shelter. Will he tell the House how…10 Feb 2025HANSARDSchool Accountability and InterventionMy Lords, I congratulate the Government on giving so much attention to school standards and to some urgency on school improvement, but does my noble friend agree that by far the…06 Feb 2025HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyMy Lords, I declare my interest as set out in the register. What is the Government’s timetable for a revised or updated version of the women’s health strategy? Can the Minister…04 Feb 2025HANSARDHumanist WeddingsMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on dropping the rather meaningless phrase “in due time” and telling the House that this is going to be done in the coming months. By that,…03 Feb 2025HANSARDMusculoskeletal HealthMy Lords—30 Jan 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationMy Lords, I will pick up on something that the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, said about education. Understandably, much of the emphasis in the humanitarian response to what has been…30 Jan 2025HANSARDGaza: Healthcare System SupportMy Lords, the horrific effects of the Israeli Government’s callous treatment of Palestinian civilians in Gaza have been set out by the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy, so I will not…16 Jan 2025HANSARDPublic Finances: Borrowing CostsMy Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that the global uncertainty we are now witnessing reinforces the need for economic growth, through both the policies that the…09 Jan 2025HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyMy Lords, can the Minister confirm that one of the benefits to the Chagossians is that they will be able, if they wish, to resettle some of the outer islands? Has this been agreed…19 Dec 2024HANSARDSyriaMy Lords, may I ask my noble friend the Minister a little more about how this £11 million in extra aid will be spent? He mentioned the use of the UN and other NGOs, but I wonder…12 Dec 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperMy Lords, following up on the point made opposite about apprentices, does my noble friend the Minister agree that nothing less than an apprenticeship guarantee is required? If so,…27 Nov 2024HANSARDThe Ukraine Effect (European Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I will repeat some of what the noble Lord, Lord Ricketts, said. He has been a first-class, excellent chairman of the committee. If I repeat his points, it is only to…21 Nov 2024HANSARDUniversitiesMy Lords, I congratulate UUK and the authors of the blueprint for change, which aims over a 10-year timescale to strengthen the universities sector. While our universities are one…14 Nov 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityMy Lords, I greatly welcome the Statement and the Government’s decision to tackle penal reform, which is long overdue. It is absolutely right to put far more emphasis on…23 Oct 2024HANSARDGovernment’s Childcare ExpansionMy Lords, I welcome the decision by the Government to expand early-years provision, both education and childcare, but the Statement does not perhaps go far enough in clarifying…21 Oct 2024HANSARDBlack, Asian and Minority-Ethnic Women: Maternal Mortality RatesMy Lords, I declare my interest as set out in the register. Given the complexity of the causes of these unacceptable mortality rates, what is the Minister’s department doing to…29 Jul 2024