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HANSARDDementiaMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, for initiating this debate. I look forward to the day when this debate is held in the main Chamber. Losing a loved one while…18 Jan 2024HANSARDNational Health Service: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath for initiating this debate. There are three factors which will ensure that the NHS survives, and the Minister has no…30 Nov 2023HANSARDNational Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am not going to ask the Minister questions on the regulations, which I think are fine. But the background to this is fascinating. I was a founder member of the Low Pay…14 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Browning. I found myself in the position that she has just described only last year. I appreciated the tone of…09 Nov 2023HANSARDHealth: Osteoporosis and FracturesMy Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Black of Brentwood. I thank him for all his work in this important area. I have been a member of the Royal…14 Sept 2023HANSARDEU ProgrammesMy Lords, I thank the noble Viscount for accepting that this Statement is overblown. I think some of us are getting a bit fed up with these Statements that are claiming the earth…07 Sept 2023HANSARDCost of Living SupportAs my noble friend Lord Liddle said, some of us are sympathetic to the noble Viscount’s predicament. It cannot be easy when the Bank of England has just announced a 0.5% increase…22 Jun 2023HANSARDMinisterial Code: Investigation of Potential BreachPerhaps I can just ask for clarification from the noble Baroness. There was some discussion in 2018 about whether the Ministerial Code mandated Ministers to behave in a certain…25 May 2023HANSARDRt Hon Dominic Raab MP: Resignation LetterI once asked a senior civil servant who were their favourite Ministers to work with. In confidence, they said Nicholas Ridley and the noble Lord, Lord Mandelson—which in itself is…27 Apr 2023HANSARDList of Ministers’ Interests and Ministerial CodeMy Lords, is it not true that the so-called independent adviser is still a creature of the Prime Minister? The Committee on Standards in Public Life made a number of…25 Apr 2023HANSARDSocial CareMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Andrews for initiating this debate, and congratulate her on the Select Committee report. It has been said before, but the report follows…30 Mar 2023HANSARDHigher Education: Financial PressuresMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Knight for initiating this debate and for his comprehensive introduction. I worked as a university administrator for 33 years, and I have a…30 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillYes—“Come into my parlour”. I attended the Wales TUC and the Scottish TUC for well over a decade—some might say I do not have a home to go to. That helped me to understand the…23 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, how pleased I am to be participating in the International Women’s Day debate. Although it is two days after the event, the fact that we achieved three gender-based…10 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, we have had a reference to Charles Dickens; I am going to mention Lewis Carroll, because I think this is straight out of Alice in Wonderland : you are wandering through…09 Mar 2023HANSARDWomen’s SafetyTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve women’s safety (1) from domestic violence, and (2) in the streets.08 Mar 2023HANSARDWomen’s SafetyI thank the Minister. The organisation Refuge has said there is a “fragile funding landscape” for specialised domestic abuse services, even though they are statutory, and more…08 Mar 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillMy Lords, whoever fixed the date of this Second Reading for Shrove Tuesday must have a real sense of humour. Only last month, the House witnessed a remarkable debate on two…21 Feb 2023HANSARDNet Zero (Industry and Regulators Committee)My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my fellow committee member the noble Lord, Lord Reay, and to thank the committee’s chair, my noble friend Lord Hollick, for his comprehensive…20 Jan 2023HANSARDIndustrial ActionMy Lords, I was chair of ACAS for seven years. Has ACAS been consulted about these proposals? If not, why not? I was asked by a friend who sits on a school board how, if a head…11 Jan 2023