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HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillAs I said earlier, there is no doubt that everyone in this Committee would like to save lives. It is a question of balancing whether the Bill and all that it does is life saving.…10 Feb 2025HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillMy Lords, I did not intend to speak on this group, but I will make a couple of points. The amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Murray, is not necessarily one I support, but the…10 Feb 2025HANSARDValdo Calocane: NHS England ReportMy Lords, the Calocane report is a devastating mix of horror at state failures. It echoes everything from the grooming gangs to Southport, and you just think, “How could this have…06 Feb 2025HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillMy Lords, I am slightly wary, because I want to probe what we mean by the definition of buildings. I find these issues interesting. but I am less interested in them technically…03 Feb 2025HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillMy Lords, I am minded to support the amendment, but maybe that is because I am a little uncertain about how we are going to ensure that what we all want, which is to protect the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillMy Lords, when I heard about this Bill originally, one could see and understand that it made sense for Wembley Stadium or somewhere of that nature. But when under the last…03 Feb 2025HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillOn that basis, there would be no numbers, no tiers and no distinctions at all in this piece of legislation. One of the most shocking and barbaric actions happened recently with…03 Feb 2025HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillMy Lords, I will be very brief. I urge the same in relation to that amendment: having a specific risk assessment and some flexibility and common sense. I will ask the Minister…03 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I have spoken a lot about the dangers of medicalising ordinary life and giving it a mental health label. The contribution I made in the previous Committee day on ADHD…27 Jan 2025HANSARDSouthport AttackMy Lords, on the Statement’s points on contempt of court, will the Minister comment on the CPS’s refusal to release full background details about Rudakubana, even after his guilty…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, briefly, I am with the noble Lord, Lord Bradley, as opposed to the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, on the “seek to” question. When I read Clause 35, I was very excited about…27 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I want to ask the noble Baroness a question. I agree that this Mental Health Bill should be confined to and is about the people who are very poorly and could be in danger of being…22 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I have some points I would like to probe in this group. I especially welcome Amendment 95 and the proposed new clause: “Ascertaining and learning from patients’…22 Jan 2025HANSARDHigher Education Regulatory ApproachMy Lords, I welcome back the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act; I never wanted it to go away. I will push the Minister further on one of the points from the noble Baroness,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDHigher Education Regulatory ApproachMy Lords—21 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseMy Lords, the culture of denial and cover-up that has led to this scandal has over recent years often happened by attacking people’s tone. Can the Minister comment on the row in…20 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I wanted to speak to this group because I made some harsh criticisms, on principle, of community treatment orders at Second Reading concerning their coercive and…20 Jan 2025HANSARDOnline SafetyMy Lords, is the Minister sensitive to the dangers to free speech of overfetishising online safety and to the censorship recently admitted to by the head of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg?…16 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I challenge the approach of the noble Lord, Lord Hannett, to this by saying that I support the amendment. I object to the way this is posed as a fans’ piece of…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I will carry on and make my point and we will see whether we can agree. I am concerned about it being excessive, but if it is not, this proposed new clause will prove the noble…15 Jan 2025