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HANSARDHolocaust 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 BillCan the Minister explain what would happen to his three options in this scenario? On the day this Bill receives Royal Assent—if it does—what is there to stop the Minister saying…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I do not belong to that small group of people who think that any old memorial will do, as long as we get one. Let me remind your Lordships that we already have at least…11 Mar 2025HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, even to the best behaved of us, the mention of a Code of Conduct investigation sends a shiver down the spine, because there are grave consequences in the world these…05 Mar 2025HANSARDConduct CommitteeI am grateful for that, but I am slightly worried about who is checking our offices and emails. I am of course referring not to Hancock-type activity in the offices but to the…05 Mar 2025HANSARDConduct CommitteeI do not understand how one would investigate or where a complaint would come from in relation to being told that one was using one’s office for the wrong sort of activity. How…05 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I support the noble Lords, Lord Blencathra and Lord Robathan, in their attempt to bring some fiscal discipline to this project. Not only has the cost escalated beyond…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I have been careful to confine my remarks to the precise amendment, so I do not want to stray into other issues. I just want to pick up on three small points. First, the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, had there been time yesterday, we would have disaggregated this group because it covers three enormous topics that are very different, and I will not have time to say…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI will just elucidate for the noble Baroness that 50 sites were not looked at. The foundation just plumped for Victoria Tower Gardens. The thing about haste is that we are not…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillCan I just ask the noble Lord why he thinks that being a tourist attraction that attracts millions is compatible with commemoration, grief, prayer, remembrance and all the other…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI have to say to the Minister that I have met him and his predecessors but not once have they entertained any compromise. They listen, sometimes they shout, and that is the end of…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillWill the Minister therefore guarantee that a new full planning permission application will go back to Westminster City Council and through all the layers of planning that are…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI am sorry to keep interrupting, but Sir Richard Evans, who is our greatest historian of Germany, and who has been outstanding in combating Holocaust denial, said at the public…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPrenuptial AgreementsThat this House takes note of the law relating to prenuptial agreements.27 Feb 2025HANSARDPrenuptial AgreementsMy Lords, as a mere academic lawyer, I am grateful to and impressed by all the real lawyers who brought their wisdom to bear in this debate. I say to the Government that their…27 Feb 2025HANSARDPrenuptial AgreementsMy Lords, it may interest noble Lords to know that I am often taken to one side by elderly female Peers to beseech me to reform the law in this area. They are reluctant to marry,…27 Feb 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: Court of JusticeMy Lords, does the Minister share my scepticism about the judges of the ECJ? One’s definition of independent judges is unsackability, expertise, fearlessness and long tenure. Many…26 Feb 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy Lords, never were the national anthem’s words, “Long live our noble King!”, more apt a tribute than when seeing the King spending hours at Auschwitz-Birkenau, paying tribute…13 Feb 2025HANSARDCovid Counter-Fraud CommissionerDoes the Minister agree that the root cause of the fraud was our lack of preparedness for the epidemic, which caused people to rush into contracts? What assurance can he give the…05 Feb 2025