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HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hannay of Chiswick. I support Amendment 3. As your Lordships may know, I have no legal or military experience and…13 Apr 2021HANSARDEducation and Training (Welfare of Children) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her very full responses to all the points raised in the debate and for the commitment she has demonstrated to safeguarding. It is of…19 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation and Training (Welfare of Children) BillMy Lords, this is a brief, straightforward and technical Bill, but none the less important. Its purpose is simple and clear: it would extend the duty to safeguard and provide for…19 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation and Training (Welfare of Children) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.19 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenMy Lords, alas we all know the figures for violent crimes against women. No woman should feel unsafe or in fear in her home, on our streets or in our parks, so in the strategy to…16 Mar 2021HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, there is so much to be said about women, here in the UK and globally, in the context of the pandemic. I begin by referring, as did the noble Baroness, Lady Wheatcroft,…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to listen and to speak, however briefly, on Amendment 14, which is clearly the vehicle for correcting one of the significant flaws of the Bill. I…09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue, which is of huge concern to the 2 million or so workers paid at or— shamefully and illegally—below the minimum wage.…01 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, on Friday last, the Secretary of State for Health told the nation that one in five local authorities had seen an increase in Covid cases and that this was still a deadly…01 Mar 2021HANSARDSchools: Online LearningI thank the noble Baroness for her Answer—those are, indeed, very big numbers. However, Ofcom reports that between 1.1 million and 1.8 million children have no access to a device…23 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online LearningTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards providing laptops and tablets to those pupils who require such equipment for online learning.23 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation: Supply TeachersMy Lords, the school workforce census for the 2016 cohort shows that more than a quarter of teachers left teaching in the early years of their career. The loss of one in four…22 Feb 2021HANSARDHospitality Sector MinisterMy Lords, as I am sure most noble Lords know, the hospitality industry is worth £150 billion a year to the UK economy. This is not counting the wider supply chain. It provides…03 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online LearningMy Lords, in summer 2020 the National Education Union published a plan, point 1 of which said: “Disadvantaged children and young people and their families must be a key priority.”…02 Feb 2021HANSARDThe UK’s Relationship with the Pacific Alliance (International Relations Committee Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to join and engage in this debate, and to have the opportunity to learn from the considerable experience and expertise that your Lordships bring…01 Feb 2021HANSARDProhibition of Nuclear WeaponsI declare my interest as in the register. I am compelled to repeat the question from the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Coventry. Given the global importance of this treaty,…21 Jan 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to join a debate in your Lordships’ House and to follow such erudite speakers as the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, the right reverend…20 Jan 2021HANSARDAirports National Policy StatementMy Lords, regarding the path to net zero, it is likely that a significant number of the roughly 223,000 jobs in the aviation sector may be lost. What is the Government’s strategy…18 Jan 2021HANSARDGas Boilers and Heaters: Replacement ProgrammeMy Lords, there are certainly home owners who live in flats on estates that were possibly originally built as social housing, with communal gas boilers and integrated estate-wide…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, it is indeed a great pleasure to follow my noble friends Lady Bryan of Partick and Lord Hendy, and to speak on Amendment 1 in the name of my noble friend Lady…11 Jan 2021