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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillNo. With respect, I am talking about Justice, which I think referenced 40 organisations. There was no list of what those organisations are in the information it sent me. There is…22 Apr 2024HANSARDHousehold Support Fund: Children’s Bed PovertyMy Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend and his department for all they are doing in terms of a long-term strategy. Given that we are about to pay out something like £290…21 Mar 2024HANSARDPost Office LegislationMy Lords, I join my noble friend Lord Arbuthnot in paying tribute to my noble friend the Minister and other Ministers in another place, along with all those in government who have…14 Mar 2024HANSARDConversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL]My Lords, 20 years ago, on 18 December 2003, I spoke for Her Majesty’s Opposition at the Second Reading of the Gender Recognition Bill. It was a government Bill that, strangely,…09 Feb 2024HANSARDDepartment for Work and Pensions: AIMy Lords, given that the DWP’s proposed total expenditure for 2023-24 is a staggering £279.3 billion, can my noble friend tell the House whether this use of AI will contribute and…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMental Health Act 1983As the chairman of the inquiry, I reassure noble Lords that my noble friend the Minister is very aware of our frustration. However, I am pleased to hear—I am sure others are…21 Nov 2023HANSARDMental Health In-patient Services: Improving SafetyA question is coming. I was accompanied by a brilliant consultant, Julia Riley. She has not even had a cursory note of thanks from those civil servants. Could the Minister…03 Jul 2023HANSARDMental Health In-patient Services: Improving SafetyMy Lords, I would like to begin the questions, as chair of the recent Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill. I say to my noble friend the Minister that we accept—I…03 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 266 and 267, to which my noble and learned friend Lord Garnier, my noble friend Lord Leicester and the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, have…22 Jun 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI agree. The small list of individual items is the danger.09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, said words to the effect that perhaps we should begin by having particular regard for certain vulnerabilities, but we are dealing with…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 106 in my name and the names of my noble and learned friend Lord Garnier and the noble Lord, Lord Moore of Etchingham. This is one of five…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, before we continue this debate, I want to understand why we have changed the system so that we break part way through a group of amendments. I am sorry, but I think this…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillOkay; I thank my noble friend for his response. However, I would just say that we never would have broken like that, before 7.30 pm. I will leave it at that, but I will have a…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord, but I would like to ask him whether, when the Joint Committee was having its deliberations, it ever considered, in addition to people’s…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillDoes the noble Lord not think that many people watching and listening to this will be thinking, “So people in far-off regimes are far more important than I am—I who live, work and…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, before speaking to my Amendment 137, I want to put a marker down to say that I strongly support Amendment 135 in the name of my noble friend Lord Moylan. I will not…27 Apr 2023HANSARDMental Health Act ReformTo ask His Majesty’s Government what reforms they are proposing to the Mental Health Act 1983.26 Jan 2023HANSARDMental Health Act ReformI thank my noble friend the Minister for his comments on the Joint Committee’s report. I had the privilege of chairing its inquiry and I am grateful for the contributions of…26 Jan 2023HANSARDLocal Councils: 2023-24 BudgetsMy Lords, on average, how much of all local authority expenditure is spent on public sector pensions?25 Jan 2023