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HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesMy Lords, I commend the Justice Secretary and, indeed, the Opposition for agreeing on the need for legislation on this matter. Does the Minister agree that, as illustrated perhaps…03 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 61, which calls for a review into the causes and consequences of the huge spike of diagnoses of mental disorders. It should also investigate…02 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, very briefly, I will say that I absolutely support this amendment. I think it is worth clarifying what I said earlier about overdiagnosis. The danger is that that can be…02 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I genuinely appreciate that intervention. That is what I think too. It is precisely the inappropriate use of terms such as autism in relation to this overdiagnosis that concerns…02 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not doubt in any way that prisoners can access that community care; the problem is that they are not accessing it. The assurances about new schemes are positive,…31 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, in Committee, a number of us stressed the importance of those sections of the Bill relating to its application for prisoners suffering mental disorder. I continue to…31 Mar 2025HANSARDApple: Advanced Data Protection ServiceI understand the Government’s concern with their own privacy and secrecy, less so that of family group chats and journalists’ WhatsApp messages. To avoid that, does the Minister…31 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, in principle I welcome this Bill’s aspiration to enhance protection of workers’ rights, but I had one nagging doubt ploughing through this huge, red-tape-laden, unwieldy…27 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly to note that the Minister referred to the £22 billion black hole. On occasion when that occurs in these kinds of debates it does feel that the issue…24 Mar 2025HANSARDSentences of Imprisonment for Public ProtectionMy Lords, following on from the request of the noble Baroness, Lady Burt, for more detailed data, will the Government make public detailed data of the different gradations of risk…24 Mar 2025HANSARDSentences of Imprisonment for Public ProtectionMy Lords—24 Mar 2025HANSARDSentences of Imprisonment for Public ProtectionMy Lords—24 Mar 2025HANSARDLocal Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025My Lords, I support the spirit of all three of these Motions and I especially commend the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb and Lady Pinnock, for making their Motions…24 Mar 2025HANSARDSchools: Special Educational NeedsMy Lords, we are in a situation where we need to get early assessment for those who need it, but, as the Minister will know from recent discussions on welfare and on the number of…20 Mar 2025HANSARDNHS England UpdateMy Lords, I congratulate the Government on removing a powerful and unelected body—the world’s largest quango. What the Government have done is so important democratically, given…19 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise, rather unusually, to congratulate the Minister. I think this amendment is very important. I am not going to congratulate the shadow Minister, the noble Lord,…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, in his amendment and speak to my own in this sphere. These amendments aim to remove the requirement for clubs to submit EDI…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, this group of amendments, which is antagonistic to every aspect of gambling being involved in football, seems to me to be the epitome of what I have been warning about…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome government Amendment 24, which reduces the minimum frequency of the revised football governance statements from every three years to every five years. That is…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, in case everyone thought a bout of consensus had broken out, I beg to differ. I have some reservations about this group. I find myself at odds with the noble Lord, Lord…11 Mar 2025