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HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: OwnershipI will ask the Minister a more general question. Are the Government considering whether 15% may be too high?16 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I understand what the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, is saying about immigration. It is in the press every day and it is a serious issue that the public care about. However,…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI did refer to the Conservatives as having carried on the very good practice.13 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, while I oppose the Bill, I recognise we have heard arguments that people support it, so I am particularly relieved at the Motion of the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, to…19 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 469 and 470, particularly the speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Longfield, who has such experience. I should like to concentrate briefly on…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMay I just ask the Minister: does she meet groups of children?18 Sept 2025HANSARDRail FaresMy Lords, as a general South Western Railway passenger, it used to take three hours for me to get to Devon, but it now takes just under four. I now go by GWR, which takes two…18 Sept 2025HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesI add to that the fact that I remember listening to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who had one minute to speak.18 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI find it rather odd to read these two amendments. I am not party political. I sat through a large amount of legislation by the last Government: the Nationality and Borders Act,…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I rise to speak very briefly, before the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, because I am unhappy about these amendments. I was very relieved when the Government put forward a…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillTaking the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Murray, I entirely understand the situation of somebody who has come over illegally and has no good reason to stay here, but, if that…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillDoes the noble Baroness have any figures for the number of young people whose ages are in dispute, because I suspect that there are not that many? We may be worrying about a…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am very interested in what the noble Lord, Lord Jackson of Peterborough, says, because he did talk about common sense and looking at a person. That is what encouraged me to…03 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I have not spoken much at this stage of the Bill but, having heard the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, and the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, I have to say very…02 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have played no part in this Bill, but I have come in especially for this amendment—although I voted on an earlier one. However, my elder brother was a passionate…21 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I feel impelled to make just a very brief point. I very much support the idea of a Select Committee to look at the future of the House but, before any steps are taken to…21 Jul 2025HANSARDNewspapers: Foreign OwnershipMy Lords, how on earth would the Secretary of State know whether a particular individual on a particular committee was influencing that newspaper?16 Jul 2025HANSARDHousebuilders: Information SharingMy Lords, what are the Government doing to encourage more skills and expertise, which I gather are lacking?15 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe trouble with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 is that it is 10 years old, and some of it is not as well regarded as it might be. I recently attended an interesting discussion with…08 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I have put my name to these two amendments, and I declare that I am co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery and vice-chair…08 Jul 2025