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HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I do not think I need to say anything else. I am relieved to hear from the Minister that it will be expressly in the code of practice. I am also grateful for the idea that I can…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]Does the Minister know which judge deals with these issues in the county court? The point that I made as a possibility was that it should be one of the family judges. She will…31 Mar 2025HANSARDChancel Repair (Church Commissioners’ Liability) MeasureMy Lords, as your Lordships’ House has heard, I am chair of the Ecclesiastical Committee. The committee heard a considerable amount of evidence from the Church, and a number of…31 Mar 2025HANSARDChurch Funds Investment MeasureMy Lords, as the House knows, I am chairman of the Ecclesiastical Committee. We considered this Measure, we heard evidence from the Church and we deemed it expedient. Perhaps I…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree with all three amendments that we are considering at this moment, but in particular I support Amendment 51 and agree respectfully with every word that the noble…31 Mar 2025HANSARDModern Slavery Act 2015 Committee ReportMy Lords, I declare an interest as the co-chair of the parliamentary group on modern slavery and vice-chairman, to the noble Lord, Lord Randall, of the Human Trafficking…28 Mar 2025HANSARDNHS England UpdateAfter the transformation team has completed its work, who will take over the duties that the noble Lord, Lord Kakkar, referred to in his question?19 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the Bill and the process of making HOLAC statutory. I profoundly disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, but I do not have time to explain why today. In my…14 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I read this amendment with some surprise, because the noble Earl says that everybody is going to be nominated by the Prime Minister. I was not nominated by the Prime…03 Mar 2025HANSARDPrenuptial AgreementsMy Lords, I too am a patron of the Marriage Foundation and a former family judge who tried a lot of financial cases. I have to say to the noble Baroness, Lady Shackleton, that I…27 Feb 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: Court of JusticeMy Lords, I wonder whether noble Lords will allow me to say something about the ECJ. I used to attend its hearings on a regular basis. I listened to many judgments, not all of…26 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I come to this totally uneducated, so what I have heard this afternoon I have found very shocking. I agree with what has been said already, and I was particularly…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I remember a specific case of a friend’s 17 year-old daughter who was suffering from an eating disorder. She had to go into hospital, where she was not treated at all…24 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I came in today particularly to support Amendment 149, as others, including the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, have clearly done. What we are asking for is either for the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDInternational Criminal Court: US SanctionsMy Lords, in the light of what President Trump has said—that if all Israeli hostages are not returned by noon on Saturday, all hell should let loose—can I ask the Minister what…11 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Before the noble Lord sits down, may I ask him about the aspect of deterrent? You may have someone—or a company—who is inordinately rich, or someone who is extremely poor, for…05 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I will do exactly the same. It is extremely important that magistrates should have the power to imprison as well as to fine.05 Feb 2025HANSARDSchools: World War II AnniversaryAnd the noble Lord, Lord Dubs—of course. But there are not very many of us, I have to say. Does the Minister think it might be useful to have some views from those of us who lived…30 Jan 2025HANSARDSchools: World War II AnniversaryMy Lords, I am probably the only person in this House today who was a child during the Second World War, between the ages of six and 12.30 Jan 2025