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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, what a relief it was to hear the brilliant speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Fleet, for which I will always be grateful. I had hoped to avoid too much controversial…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I speak in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes, and the two amendments on planning. It also falls to me to cope with the heritage amendment because,…27 Mar 2025HANSARDIsrael: Arms ExportsMy Lords, are the Government taking a bit of a pick-and-mix attitude to international law? In the case of Prime Minister Netanyahu, what about the law of sovereign immunity? He…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThis brought the House down—as it has done again today—and I lost my point. But it is a serious one: if we are going to share titles, although I am not sure that we should, it…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I rise to support my noble friend on Amendments 91 and 94 and to extend them a bit. Titles are not trivial. I have been involved in this in a certain way, which I am…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillCan I ask the Minister why Sir David Adjaye would say that the memorial was something disruptive of the park, and specifically about this situation, if he used the same thing…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillWhat about the consultation’s representation of the Jewish community? That has never happened. There is a saying in the Jewish community: when you have two Jews, there are three…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI was present at a meeting with Mr Ed Balls and Michael Gove, and Mr Ed Balls said there would be 3 million a year. He said it would be the most visited memorial in the whole…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillCan I ask the Minister whether all these people knew that the design had already been put forward in Ottawa? I do not think that even I knew that then.20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I suggest that the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, has misunderstood the meaning of risk assessment. We accept that it is a security risk. Of course you do not refrain from…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, since we have absolutely no guarantee that there will be a proper planning application, we have to set those remarks to one side. I just want to add that this is not…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I wish to say a word or two in support of the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, and the amendments on size. I will then move on to my Clause 2…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I have visited memorials all over the world. The designers of this one said: “When viewed from the northwest corner by the Palace of Westminster, the Memorial is first…20 Mar 2025HANSARDGreat British Railways: Industrial ActionMy Lords, will GBR have a better plan than Network Rail for fixing the terrible damage done to Oxford by about four years of Network Rail cutting the city in two—with damage to…18 Mar 2025HANSARDCampus Antisemitism in Britain: Community Security Trust ReportTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Community Security Trust, Campus Antisemitism in Britain 2022–2024 , published on 9 December…12 Mar 2025HANSARDApricity Fertility ClosureMy Lords, I declare an interest as a former chair of the HFEA. The problem the Minister has referred to is increasing commercialisation. Vulnerable patients are more or less…12 Mar 2025HANSARDCampus Antisemitism in Britain: Community Security Trust ReportI thank the Minister for that Answer, and wish to press her on further action. The events of 7 October have released a 117% rise in anti-Semitic incidents on campus and released…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I speak in support of all the amendments in this group, which are about closure and governance. Perhaps I will wrap up closure first, because it is a discrete issue.…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I have visited the Berlin memorial more than once. It is widely regarded as inappropriate and ineffective. People picnic on it, they bicycle around it, they dance on top…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, may I just elucidate a couple of points that have arisen? First, the delay in this project, which is undoubted, arises solely from the fact that Victoria Tower Gardens…11 Mar 2025