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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, while the tributes are flowing, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame, who gave one of the best speeches the first time this amendment was discussed, and to…21 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, once upon a time, in a previous moral panic about children’s safety, parents reacted to the media and politicians catastrophising by stopping their offspring playing…21 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillCan the noble Lord clarify something? Initially, those of us who spoke suggested that possibly this amendment was not needed because digital ID was not an immediate issue and was…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I want to say a heartfelt thank you to the noble Lords, Lord Young of Acton and Lord Hogan-Howe, for leading on this. It is telling that there is cross-party support for…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am, of course, also delighted that this amendment is now unnecessary and irrelevant, but it fits into some broader concerns that have been expressed in Committee, such…20 Jan 2026HANSARDEquality and Human Rights Commission: Code of PracticeMy Lords, does the Minister have any advice for women such as Miranda Newsom, who, assuming that the Supreme Court had settled the matter, challenged a biological male in the…19 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I signed the amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Frost, which seek to probe the ways that we can make this Bill more transparent to the public. That is my main driver—I…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI blame myself for this, but the noble and learned Lord was about to say something about the mental health issue when I made a point, and we have not gone back to it. That is a…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Monckton of Dallington Forest, for that excellently clear way of expressing some of the discomfort and what we would like to see. I…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIf the doctor was required to ask what someone’s motivation was, and the patient said, “I just really don’t want to be a burden on my family; it’s too intolerable”, but they have…16 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThat was a very useful and nuanced contribution from the noble Baroness. She is absolutely right to notice the rise, for example, of antisemitic hate against Jews. The amount of…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI will ask this very briefly, then. Is there a problem that young people and the police do not appear to be able to distinguish between microaggressions and genocide? Is it one…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I apologise, but it is the return of the double act. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, for tabling this amendment and for his excellent explanation of it. If the…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillBefore the noble Baroness finishes, I did not want to interrupt what I thought was a very helpful contribution that laid out the kind of dilemmas that we face, but I will just ask…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 382F, an amendment that, carefully and proportionately, takes on tackling the problems of the ever-growing number of overlapping Acts…15 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, when I saw Amendment 97, I was pleased to see that the focus was on the post-implementation review report on the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment)…14 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI do not think that that was an intervention on my speech, but there is a huge difference between a small tap and beating a child; that is the point. A small tap should not be…14 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I broadly agree with the excellent comments made by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, in moving this, as well as the noble Lord, Lord Strasburger. I was…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, this huge group was always going be pivotal for us to discuss, and it is full of moral dilemmas. I am genuinely torn on many of the amendments; I do not know where I…13 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have my name on a number of amendments. I did not know that those rules applied—anyway, they do not. I have added my name to a number of amendments from the noble Lord, Lord…09 Jan 2026