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HANSARDLabour MarketMy Lords, thousands of workers who want to go to work today are unable to do so because of the Tube strike. Thousands of Tube drivers who should be at work have stayed at home.…08 Sept 2025HANSARDCommission on Antisemitism ReportTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to implement the recommendations in the report of the Commission on Antisemitism by Lord Mann and Dame Penny Mordaunt…17 Jul 2025HANSARDCommission on Antisemitism ReportMy Lords, I echo the Minister’s thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Mann, for all the work he has done fighting antisemitism and for producing this really rather shocking report.…17 Jul 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, one has to congratulate the Minister and the department on their patience and persistence, and indeed perhaps on a record. Rarely can a one-page Bill with three clauses…17 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial Bill11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, it is a matter of regret that Committee took place in the Moses Room, where there was not much room for discussion or, indeed, attendance. Now we find that the…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, bearing in mind the instructions that have come, it is the aim of all of us who oppose this project to be constructive; we want to improve it. It is not about nimbyism,…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, can I clarify some points that have arisen? I think many people are speaking as if there were no Holocaust memorials or learning centres in this country. We have at…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I will be careful not to repeat what has already been said. I just want to draw attention to the availability of other sites that have been on offer for some years. The…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords—11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI think the discussion so far indicates just how ambiguous the point of this learning centre is. Still no one knows exactly what it is going to teach and what will be in it. I…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI have no intention of responding to all the points, but there were some things said that simply are not correct. Not all the survivors want a memorial, or one in this place. No…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I did not add my name to this amendment, but the point of it is that the entire circumstances in which planning permission was first granted, and the project was first…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I now come to the elephant in the room. I wish to bring up the question of the impact of building a Holocaust memorial and underground learning centre in Victoria Tower…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, the plan has been condemned for about six years by UNESCO. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has said that it will have an unacceptable adverse impact on the…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI will conclude by saying that this needs a complete rethink, and now is the chance for your Lordships to rescue the proposal.11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI did not say that—I said that he was unable to explain to us what was going to be learned. He told us very clearly what was going to be in there, but when we asked what the…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, future parliamentarians will read Hansard and wonder why we were so careless about the progress of R&R. Everything that we have heard in response has been wishful…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI am sorry to say that the confusion, which is becoming deeper and deeper, is of the Government’s own making: all this use of the word “genocide”, this Holocaust and that…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, the promoters of this project have said over and over again that they interpret our objections as being, “You can’t build a Holocaust memorial anywhere”, but that is not…11 Jun 2025