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HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, I like to spend an evening at the Royal Opera House. In fact, I have been a couple of times in the past three weeks and noticed…01 Dec 2021HANSARDOutsourcing: DWP Telephone ServicesI thank the Minister for her response. However, the staff union PCS reports that outsourcing has led to excessive call times and to vulnerable claimants often getting questionable…30 Nov 2021HANSARDOutsourcing: DWP Telephone ServicesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy and efficiency of outsourcing the telephone services provided by the Department for Work and…30 Nov 2021HANSARDInitial Teacher TrainingMy Lords, I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak in this debate. I congratulate my noble friend Lady Donaghy on securing it and on her opening speech. I fully endorse the…18 Nov 2021HANSARDStop and Search PowersI wonder if I can press the Minister to comment on the figure just given by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, which is in the public domain—that black people are 18 times more likely…17 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalMy Lords, I offer my profound apologies for that unwarranted intervention in the work of the House.17 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, it takes a very particular kind of person to be a teacher, but it takes a much more particular kind of person to work in an institution with young people who are clearly…17 Nov 2021HANSARDEducation: Teacher DeparturesMy Lords, Ministers have stood at that Dispatch Box and praised teachers in brightly glowing terms, but teacher workload continues to increase from an already unsustainably high…03 Nov 2021HANSARDNon-UK Residents: Property Ownership RegisterMy Lords, a public register of property ownership was promised by the noble Lord’s party in 2016 and consulted upon in 2017. A Bill was promised in 2018, again in the Queen’s…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillMy Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, I was unable to join the debate on the Bill at an earlier stage. At this late stage, I will not, of course, be giving anything…02 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, briefly, I speak in support of Amendments 122 and 275 in the name of my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti—who has already made an eloquent and erudite contribution, as the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDEthnicity Pay Gap ReportingMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Prashar, and I congratulate my noble friend Lord Boateng on securing this debate. I congratulate him in particular on…25 Oct 2021HANSARDCOVID-19 Pandemic in Latin AmericaMy Lords, I thank and congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, on securing this important debate on Latin America, which is of great interest to many across the House for a…20 Oct 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillMy Lords, there are many in this Committee with considerable and specific expertise in relation to the matters covered by this Bill, none more so than my noble friend Lord Sikka.…19 Oct 2021HANSARDSchools: Examination AssessmentsMy Lords, I have confidence in teacher-assessed grades, but the systems used in 2020 and 2021 were, frankly, not well planned by government—unlike the systems of teacher…12 Oct 2021HANSARDStatus of Workers Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in this Second Reading debate on a Bill which is so urgently needed to create fairness and coherence for workers. As the TUC has said, our…10 Sept 2021HANSARDSports Participation in SchoolsMy Lords, I add my congratulations to those already expressed by noble Lords. There are sports facilities that stand unused when schools are not in session. Can the Minister look…09 Sept 2021HANSARDResidential Social Care: StaffMy Lords, there is a recruitment and retention problem in social care and a problem of youth unemployment. Does the Minister believe that his responses provide a basis for any…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my membership of Peers for the Planet. I will take a somewhat different approach from the noble Baroness whom I follow. The global union federation of…16 Jul 2021HANSARDEarly Years Foundation Stage (Miscellaneous Amendments) and Childcare Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, it is pleasure to speak in the debate alongside my noble friend Lord Knight and the noble Lord, Lord Addington. As a former teacher, I can say categorically and without…13 Jul 2021