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HANSARDBudget StatementThere has always been an assessment of means for social care, but the issue must now be faced.12 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget StatementLet me add my welcome and congratulations to the distinguished Peers who have made their maiden speeches today. They have whetted our appetites and we very much look forward to…12 Mar 2021HANSARDInternational Women’s DayIt is always a privilege and a pleasure to take part in this debate and hear the campaigns and concerns of so many enlightened Peers, and even a number of other Peers as well.…11 Mar 2021HANSARDInternational Women’s DayWe celebrate success and ask for more progress.11 Mar 2021HANSARDEU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementMy Lords, I declare my interests as in the register and add my praise for my noble friend Lord Wharton of Yarm’s maiden speech. I greatly admired his activities championing the…08 Jan 2021HANSARDComprehensive Economic Partnership (EUC Report)My Lords, I am delighted to speak in this debate, and congratulate all those involved. Fortunately, I am in the minority as someone who was not a member of the International…26 Nov 2020HANSARDComprehensive Economic Partnership (EUC Report)Whether this agreement is a great leap forward or a simple step, we will learn from it and, I hope, in future develop it. I am delighted that it was with Japan that we made this…26 Nov 2020HANSARDJapan Free Trade AgreementI enthusiastically congratulate my noble friend the Minister and my right honourable friend the Prime Minister on a successful conclusion to the UK-Japan trade deal. What could be…17 Sept 2020HANSARDScience Research Funding in Universities (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, it is always a privilege to speak after my noble friend Lord Willetts, who is a source of wisdom, experience and intellectual authority. I strongly agree with him on the…09 Sept 2020HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, as always it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bull, whom I knew when she was just dancing, all those years ago when I was Secretary of State for…10 Mar 2020HANSARDGene EditingMy Lords, I warmly congratulate the noble Baroness on introducing this debate of great importance. I admired her for suggesting that it was in the spirit of inquiry and concern,…30 Jan 2020HANSARDSocial MobilityMy Lords, I warmly congratulate the noble Baroness on introducing this critically important debate. The questions around social mobility have permeated my entire career. I was…29 Jan 2020HANSARDVocational Education and TrainingMy Lords, I also congratulate my noble friend on securing this important and timely debate. The future success of the UK depends on developing and sustaining a competitive, highly…28 Oct 2019HANSARDHuman Rights: Future TradeMy Lords, to hear the noble and right reverend Lord is really like having an hour’s version of “Thought for the Day”; we all feel better and wiser. His measured tone and words of…03 Oct 2019HANSARDOffender Management and TreatmentLet me be the first most warmly to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, on securing this debate and once again drawing attention to the need for enlightened and critical…03 Oct 2019HANSARDVaccinations and Health Screening ServicesMy Lords, let me be the first to pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, for introducing this important debate. I also pay tribute to her expert knowledge in this field,…14 May 2019HANSARDAttacks on JournalistsMy Lords, I also pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Chidgey, for bringing this important debate forward today. To build on the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Alton, free…14 May 2019HANSARDConduct of Debate in Public LifeMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord on his Motion and the noble Baroness on her comments. Both speakers made many points with which I strongly agree. Of course furious debate,…09 May 2019HANSARDBahrain: Human RightsMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, on bringing this important matter to the House. I know he has been particularly tenacious in ensuring that these issues are…13 Mar 2019