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HANSARDPrison Services: InsourcingI thank my noble friend for that Answer. As a former trade union leader, I have seen time and again what privatisation does. The public end up paying a higher price for…05 Nov 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, I thank my noble friend very much for her warm words about education, which I am sure all of us in this Chamber would echo and welcome. Can she also please bear in mind…04 Nov 2025HANSARDWater Companies: Private OwnershipMy Lords, I speak as a Thames Water customer. On 6 August 2024, Ofwat announced fines of £104 million on Thames Water, £47 million on Yorkshire Water and £17 million on…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPrisoner Release ChecksMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for his response to this Statement. He has already said more than once from the Dispatch Box that any release in error is one too many. Can he…29 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, it is both a pleasure and somewhat of a challenge to respond to this extremely good and wide-ranging debate. I am extremely grateful for the mentions of our late noble…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, having worked on these amendments with my noble friend Lady Lister, and in her unavoidable absence from the Chamber today, I shall move Amendment 469, speak to Amendment…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI apologise to the Committee. Clearly, I and possibly the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, had misunderstood the rules relating to this. As has been noted, national organisations…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank my noble friend for those responses and commend those who spoke in favour of the other amendments in this group, all of which I think are interesting and worthy of further…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, given that my noble friend Lady Lister is unable to be here this evening, it is my pleasure, with her permission, to read her speech to move this amendment. It is an…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill16 Sept 2025HANSARDIPP SentencesMy Lords—15 Sept 2025HANSARDIPP SentencesMy Lords, can the Minister explain why IPP prisoners have to go to such lengths to prove that they are safe to leave custody before being released, while others in prison for…15 Sept 2025HANSARDGroup-based Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseMy Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for the Statement, which is necessarily looking into things that have already happened. To pick up on the point made by the noble…04 Sept 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMy Lords, as my noble friend has said, since late May 2025, Israeli forces have reportedly killed some 2,000 Palestinians and injured more than 15,000 at or near aid distribution…01 Sept 2025HANSARDGiving Every Child the Best Start in LifeMy Lords, there is so much to welcome in this Statement, and I thank my noble friend for repeating it. I was going to ask about reading for pleasure, but she has just responded to…07 Jul 2025HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human Rights: Protocol 12My Lords, if the Government are not yet prepared to sign up to Protocol 12, will they give a commitment to address the rights and protections afforded by the Equality Act—all the…02 Jun 2025HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human Rights: Protocol 12My Lords, will the Government then give a commitment to bring forward, as a matter of urgency, proposals outlined in the Labour manifesto and based on the Law Commission’s…02 Jun 2025HANSARDYoung People’s Media LiteracyI thank my noble friend for that response. Perhaps she is aware of the recent research, published by the National Education Union, which adds to the volume of material…22 May 2025HANSARDYoung People’s Media LiteracyTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve young people’s media literacy by providing additional resources to schools, in terms of IT equipment, staffing,…22 May 2025