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HANSARDConversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL]My Lords, unlike the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, and the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, I support this Bill for LGBT+ people. It can be improved, and I hope it will be improved in…09 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Appointments: Ministerial ResponsibilityMy Lords—07 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Appointments: Ministerial ResponsibilityMy Lords, as a member of one of the departments is a member of the board of the Post Office, at the relevant time—and the board knew quite early on that Horizon was not working…07 Feb 2024HANSARDHousing: Accessibility StandardsMy Lords, why is there no requirement to have solar panels on new buildings, particularly houses? Around me in Devon, thousands of houses are being built, not one of which has a…05 Feb 2024HANSARDAlan Bates and Others v Post Office LimitedMy Lords, did the shareholder member of the board report to government what was happening? The board must have known about the faults of Fujitsu. If that shareholder member did…24 Jan 2024HANSARDChurch of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) MeasureMy Lords, as chairman of the Ecclesiastical Committee, perhaps I could answer some of the questions from the noble Lord, Lord Davies, but not, I have to say, the last question,…23 Jan 2024HANSARDHousing: New Homes TargetMy Lords, may I ask the Minister whether, in order to assist affordable housing, some thought should be given to building prefabricated houses?17 Jan 2024HANSARDHousing: New Homes TargetMy Lords—17 Jan 2024HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]Perhaps I might add something before the Minister speaks. Having listened with interest to my noble and learned friend Lord Hope, and with my limited intellectual property…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCoram’s Charter for ChildrenMy Lords, looking at the other end of childhood—teenagers—will the Government do something better about youth clubs, which might have some effect on gangs?16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold ReformMy Lords, the Law Commission reported in 2020, and I understand the Minister to say that the Government are taking their time—but four years is far too long. It cannot be so…11 Jan 2024HANSARDHMRC: Tax ReturnsMy Lords, someone I know made an application online for information 15 months ago and has not yet had a reply, so I am wondering what happens online.10 Jan 2024HANSARDRefurbishing Trains: ContractsMy Lords, it may be my fault, but I have not actually understood whether the current HS2 contract with the company is or is not going to go forward.12 Dec 2023HANSARDBanking HubsPerhaps I may add to what other noble Lords said about the urgency of this. In the part of Devon where I live, it is a desert. In Fleet Street, there used to be two Barclays…11 Dec 2023HANSARDLove Matters (Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households Report)My Lords, I am very sad not to continue with the suggestion of “Coronation Street”. I congratulate the Archbishop’s commission on its brave report. It is very welcome. It chimes…08 Dec 2023HANSARDChildren’s MinisterMy Lords, as the Minister will know from yesterday’s questions on children in hotels, 5,000 children have not had safeguarding while they have been in hotels. Is that not a very…06 Dec 2023HANSARDChildren Seeking AsylumIs the Minister aware that, according to the Children’s Commissioner, over 5,000 children under the age of 18 were in hotel accommodation between 2021 and May 2023—that is not…05 Dec 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023My Lords, I entirely support what the noble Baroness, Lady Foster, has just said, but the earlier speeches by noble Lords have raised a rather deeper issue. Speaking as an…04 Dec 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023I wonder if I might ask a question. Will the noble Lord say what ought to be the implications of the land border with the EU?04 Dec 2023HANSARDChild Labour and Artisanal Cobalt Mining in the DRCMy Lords, I declare my interest as co-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on modern slavery and the vice-chairman of the Human Trafficking Foundation. Have the…30 Nov 2023