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HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, like others, I thank the Whips for intervening to protect children from hearing details that are not appropriate for the young. I have to say that I was quite relieved…25 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am coming to an end. I understand the noble Lord’s point and I am endeavouring to explain that I think those international agreements are being used in a particular political…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I do not think there are evil people involved in this and I have not gone down the moral/immoral route. I am concerned, genuinely, with ensuring that the electorate and…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillHaving no qualms is something that I would never do, but I am also suggesting that having qualms, or using those qualms, to undermine what the British public would like to do is…24 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I apologise that I did not get to speak at Second Reading. I misread the Order Paper and thought that the day started with Questions. However, I listened to all the…24 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillOn a final point of clarification, in contrast, I think the exemption may be too narrow, not too broad. With the emergence of blogs and different kinds of news organisations—I…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I broadly support all these amendments in spirit, since, as we have heard, they tackle excessive levels of influence that any Secretary of State is awarding themselves…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, while considering this group of amendments, a comment by Index on Censorship came to mind. Critical of aspects of the Bill, it worried out loud about whether this…23 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I apologise that I have not been in Committee in recent sessions; I had amendments on housing. I have discovered that, as a non-affiliated Peer, it is difficult to…22 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, raised some of the problems that mean that pavements cannot be pavements. My particular bugbear is cyclists on pavements; they drive me…22 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, the other day when we were debating the Bill, a number of people stood up, largely on this side of the House, and said that it was inappropriate to make Second Reading…17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I support this amendment, whose intention is well thought through, whatever the lawyers say. I shall say why. When consideration was being given to what had driven the…17 May 2023HANSARDResidential LeaseholdWhat is the Minister’s response to the revelation from the Commonhold Now campaign that, according to polling, 60% of those who voted Conservative in 2019 support the…17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill“Shut up”?—well done. I am just saying: let us get on with the Bill seriously rather than keeping on blaming each other. That was my point in the first place. Drop the smug tone.17 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, it gives me great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell of Beeston, not least because she became a dissenting voice, and I was dreading that I might be the…16 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I see my amendments as being probing. I am very keen on having a robust complaints system, including for individuals, and am open to the argument about an ombudsman. I…16 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillTo clarify and link up the two parts of this discussion, can the Minister perhaps reflect, when the meeting is being organised, on the fact that the organisations and the basis on…16 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, as usual, the noble Lord, Lord Allan of Hallam, has explained with some nuance the trickiness of this area, which at first sight appears obvious—black and white—but is…16 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI think that I have been encouraged to go ahead. Is that appropriate?15 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I would like to focus my probing on Amendment 1—15 May 2023