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HANSARDHolocaust 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 BillMy Lords—11 Jun 2025HANSARDCriminal Cases Review CommissionMy Lords, does it not add insult to injury that, after a person has spent the whole of their life wasted in jail, they do not get immediate compensation as soon as they are…20 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI rise to support the noble Lord, Lord Young of Acton. It is great to have another champion of free speech in this House. I put my name to two amendments, Amendments 84 and 88,…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillCan I ask the Minister about one very troubling case, which I am sure is known to everybody? Professor Kathleen Stock of the University of Sussex faced three years of undoubted…19 May 2025HANSARDGaza Humanitarian FoundationMy Lords, the simple, straightforward solution is for the hostages to be released. We can see with our own eyes that the hostages are among the least well-fed people in Gaza. Why…13 May 2025HANSARDAntisemitism on University CampusesMy Lords, may I apologise for not having mentioned my interest as a member of the UJS advisory council? I am sorry; I should have done so.07 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateMy Lords, it is a sad coincidence that this Statement is followed by one on India-Pakistan. Both situations are ones where this country was responsible for dividing land in a way…07 May 2025HANSARDAntisemitism on University CampusesMy Lords, I first spoke on this topic in this House in 2007. Even more sadly, we have just marked 80 years since the liberation of Belsen and there have re-emerged some of the…07 May 2025HANSARDArm’s-length BodiesMy Lords, will the Government tell the House whether there is a deliberate policy of pausing the process for filling public appointments without any particular reason? I have seen…01 May 2025HANSARDUniversities: Free SpeechMy Lords, I am sorry to say that there are two sides to this freedom of speech debate. In many universities, if not most, Jewish students have been howled down, barricaded and…01 Apr 2025HANSARDUniversities: Free SpeechMy Lords—01 Apr 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial Bill27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI really do not understand; there are too many contradictions here. The noble Baroness, Lady Scott—presumably speaking for the Tories when they were in government—said quite…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI have no option.27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillDoes the Minister see any internal contradiction in what he says? He says repeatedly that these issues can be considered in a planning application, but at the same time he also…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillWhy, therefore, has UNESCO continued to reiterate its “serious concerns that the proposed location of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre … would have a significant adverse…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI must remind the Minister again that we are building not for the survivors, who already have something like six memorials and 21 learning centres in this country, but for the…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI was going to say to the Minister that people are not being deprived of any opportunities to learn about the Holocaust because there are six other memorials and 21 other learning…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI had hoped for an answer from the Minister about the atmosphere to surround a memorial. Can one imagine, for example, the Cenotaph or any other dignified war memorial in this…27 Mar 2025