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HANSARDOnline Safety BillI want to explain more broadly that I am all for clarifying what the law is about and for simplicity, but that ship has sailed. We have all read the Bill. It is not simple. I do…19 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I welcome this opportunity to clarify the purposes of the Bill, but I am not sure that the amendment helps as my North Star. Like the Bill, it throws up as many…19 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI want to clarify just one thing. I understand the balancing act between not wanting to impose on local communities and, as the Minister has indicated, the one-size-fits-all…18 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I like this group of amendments. We have just had a group of amendments in which we talked a lot about protecting species’ habitats. I am an enthusiast of the hedgehog…18 Apr 2023HANSARDPublic Transport in Towns and CitiesMy Lords, I welcome this report and agree with the general premise that public transport plays a vital role in urban environments, enabling people to access education, leisure,…17 Apr 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023My Lords, noble Lords will remember that, in the course of debates on the retained EU law Bill, we have heard complaints from noble Lords across the House, largely from opposition…29 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, gave us a passionate reminder of the reason why there is so much public hostility to a lot of the types of tactics that have been used by…28 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI appreciate that we disagree. I thought the point was that we would disagree well in Committee. I have sat and listened to this debate for many hours. I just wanted to clarify…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I was not going to speak, but the noble Lord, Lord Young, summed up one of the problems with this Bill in general: we have an important Levelling-up and Regeneration…27 Mar 2023HANSARDShamima BegumMy Lords, Shamima Begum admitted on the BBC podcast that she willingly chose to join a barbaric, nihilistic, Islamic death cult, so I am not sure about compassion. However, the…27 Mar 2023HANSARDPrisons: EducationMy Lords, in my experience with broader education projects such as Debating Matters Beyond Bars, I have found that private sector prisons can be more flexible and less…23 Mar 2023HANSARDPrisons: EducationMy Lords—23 Mar 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I was all ready to welcome the restoration of the original Lords amendment to this Bill by the noble Earl, Lord Howe. Previously, I was despondent that we had passed…21 Mar 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillTo clarify, as I stated earlier—this really is important—I do not have a right to a platform and I do not care if people disagree with me. I do not mind if students invite me and…21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 241B in my name. After the US fintech company PayPal’s deplatforming of UK political campaigns—the Daily Sceptic , the Free Speech Union and…21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, and the Minister for that response. I will not keep noble Lords long. What the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, said about self-censorship was…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendment 176, in particular, in the name of the noble Lords, Lord Moylan and Lord Greenhalgh. Beyond the focus of the amendment on low emission zones,…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, in the interests of some balance, while I have no idea what Clause 77 is doing in the Bill—I agree with the objections that have been raised; it is far too…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is true that I am not familiar with the 1907 Act in detail, if at all. It is also true that I did not introduce the subject of Oliver Dowden or the term “woke”; I was…20 Mar 2023