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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly in support of the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Mawson. I will reiterate two points very quickly, recognising the lateness of the…18 Sept 2023HANSARDHorseracing and Bloodstock IndustriesMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Herbert for securing this debate and introducing it so comprehensively, such that I suspect I will not say anything that he has not already…14 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, being the understudy for the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, is quite a stressful thing. I am, however, reliably informed that she is currently offline in the White House,…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I note that the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, is no longer in his place, but I promise to still try to live by his admonition to all of us to speak briefly. I will speak…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillCan I just double-check what my noble friend has just said? I was lulled into a possibly false sense of security until we got to the point where he said “harmful” and then the…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I promise to speak very briefly. I welcome the Government’s amendments. I particularly welcome that they appear to mirror partly some of the safeguards that are embedded…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, if I may, I shall speak very briefly, in the absence of my noble friend Lady Kidron, and because I am one of the signatories of this amendment, alongside the noble Lord,…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I promise I will be brief. I, too, welcome what the Minister has said and the amendments that the Government have proposed. This is the full package which we have been…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, before speaking to my Amendment 239A, I thank my noble friend the Minister, the Secretary of State and the teams in both the department and Ofcom for their collaborative…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly on a couple of amendments and pick up from where the noble Lord, Lord Allan, just finished on Amendment 186A. I associate myself with all the…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I associate myself with my noble friend Lady Fraser of Craigmaddie’s incredibly well-made points. I learned a long time ago that, when people speak very softly and say…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, not for the first time I find myself in quite a different place from my noble friend Lord Moylan. Before I go through some detailed comments on the amendments, I want to…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillPerhaps the noble Lord will allow me to make my point. I really welcome the government amendments in this group. I thank my noble friend the Minister for bringing them forward and…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, as so often in the course of the Bill, I associate myself wholeheartedly with the comments that the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, just made. I, too, thank my noble friend…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, given the hour, I will be brief. I wanted to thank my noble friend the Minister and the Secretary of State, and to congratulate my friend the noble Baroness, Lady…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, as somebody who is only five feet and two inches, I have felt that size does not matter for pretty much all my life and have long wanted to say that in a speech. This…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I also speak in support of Amendments to 281, 281A and 281B, to which I have added my name, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Russell. He and, as ever, the noble Baroness…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, has unfortunately been briefly detained. If you are surprised to see me standing up, it is because I am picking up for her. I start by…06 Jul 2023