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HANSARDHigh Streets and Towns: RegenerationMy Lords, I hate to be a killjoy, but will the Minister accept that she has no hope of regenerating our high streets unless she works closely with the Minister from the Home…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 387A. Let me begin by explaining the reason and intent behind this simple amendment. On 20 January, further to an Urgent Question regarding…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, and also addressing the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, I am concerned that the noble Lords feel, “What’s the point?” That is one of the…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will be brief. I heard what the Minister said and I support everything that the Government are trying to do to attack the scourge on our society, and all our villages…11 Mar 2026HANSARDBetter Prisons: Less Crime (Justice and Home Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Redwood. I welcome him to your Lordships’ House and congratulate him on his excellent and, may I say, pithy…12 Feb 2026HANSARDBetter Prisons: Less Crime (Justice and Home Affairs Committee Report)They need to root out obfuscation and denial, fear of making decisions and preferment to work from home, and understand just how vital it is to make the Home Office and Ministry…12 Feb 2026HANSARDCreative Industries: Freelance ChampionMy Lords—22 Jan 2026HANSARDCreative Industries: Freelance ChampionMy Lords—22 Jan 2026HANSARDCreative Industries: Freelance ChampionMy Lords, is one of the problems not that, in spite of the creative industries enjoying vast subsidies recently and throughout Covid—the Government were very generous—there are…22 Jan 2026HANSARDMaternal MortalityMy Lords, something is happening. In the last decade or so, I have been watching the extraordinary increase in the number of healthy young mothers having C-sections. Why is this…20 Jan 2026HANSARDBusiness Rates: Retail, Hospitality and LeisureMy Lords, when we are talking about business rates, are any of the many thousands of Turkish barbers, as they are so called, vape shops and nail bars—which are all cash only and…20 Jan 2026HANSARDEmployment Gap for Blind and Sight-impaired PeopleMy Lords, to the Minister’s point about employers, I remember that in government we offered all employers up to £52,500 per year for every person with disabilities to be supported…17 Dec 2025HANSARDThe UK’s Demographic FutureMy Lords, I associate myself with all the good things that have been said thus far by noble Lords about my noble friend Lord Hodgson. I pay tribute to him for securing this debate…11 Dec 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I entirely support my noble friend Lady Berridge. Following on from the noble Lord, Lord Meston, this is a really important issue in relation to my noble friend’s…24 Nov 2025HANSARDWater and Sewerage Companies: Statutory ConsulteesMy Lords, is the Minister aware of how many pumping stations are either completely inoperable or malfunctioning?20 Nov 2025HANSARDRiver PollutionMy Lords, does the Minister agree that a key challenge for this Government is the lack of effective planning enforcement? I have a classic example from my own village of…10 Nov 2025HANSARDSocial Care ReformMy Lords—22 May 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, the Minister will know that I pledged at the very beginning, before the Bill came to this House, that I would do all I could to help its passage. I made that pledge to…31 Mar 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowMy Lords—25 Mar 2025