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HANSARDChildren: Physical PunishmentMy Lords, it would be wrong to speak today of physical punishment without raising the evil murder of the baby Preston Davey. As the Minister knows, we on the Conservative Benches…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDMental Health Conditions: DiagnosesMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Maclean, for securing this debate. I am also grateful to my noble friends for their contributions so far, particularly their…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDTeachers’ Pension Scheme: Automatic EnrolmentMy Lords, there is a financial crisis in higher education. The Government have acknowledged it; I do not think it is contentious. The House of Commons Education Committee recently…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDSchool Admissions: Selective InclusionMy Lords, the OECD PISA survey looks at whether the school that children attended makes a difference to their attainment. Contrary to some of the assumptions underlying the Sutton…08 Jun 2026HANSARDChildren’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships StrategyMy Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing this Statement to the House and for her kind words to me earlier. I look forward to working constructively with her in the coming…08 Jun 2026HANSARDMurder of Henry NowakMy Lords, I agree with the Minister that it is a time for calm heads, but it is also not a time for heads in the sand. As the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, has just outlined, this…03 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Reid of Cardowan, for outlining, much earlier today, the challenges that this country has been facing over a period of 20…18 May 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support the amendments of my noble friend Lord Young of Acton and oppose the Government’s amendments in their entirety, on principle. I did not expect to be beginning…04 Mar 2026HANSARDMinistry of Defence: Palantir ContractsMy Lords, it is of note that, as reported by openDemocracy, one of the Labour Party’s largest donations, if not the largest, of £4 million, came from a hedge fund called…11 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I rise to move Amendment 438B, the wording of which is intended to be replaced by Amendment 438EF. I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, and the…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI have never spoken in this Chamber on digital ID; I want to make that clear for the record, because the noble Baroness used the plural in talking about all those present. I also…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am sincerely grateful to everyone who has spoken and to the winding speakers today. It is such an important question, and it is such a pleasure to have a debate like…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThat has not concerned His Majesty’s inspectorate, the Ministry of Justice or, indeed, Professor Sullivan. In fact, they make the opposite point, which is that the small numbers…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWith enormous apologies, I was responding to the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton. I would like to return to this subject on Report. Subject to that, I beg leave to…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillAs we are in Committee, I welcome the noble Baroness’s comments on this. The 18-category classification is the gold standard of identification. In practice, a police officer may…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the mandatory recording of ethnicity data was a recommendation of the Macpherson inquiry—it was that long ago—and it just has not happened; it has not been put on a…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am sorry—it is me again. I very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Katz, for the White Paper, which I have skim-read—I will admit that I have not read it closely—and I…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support the stand part notices tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, and supported by the noble Lord, Lord Black of Brentwood. Clauses 152 to 155 should be removed…22 Jan 2026