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HANSARDPolice: Restoring Public ConfidenceMy Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, for bringing forward this important debate and all participants for their thoughtful contributions. Some 20 years ago, when I…03 May 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime CommissionersMy Lords, I declare an interest as a former chair of a police authority. If police and crime commissioners have been so successful, as the Minister and the Government claim, why…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Scott of Needham Market and the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. I will speak specifically to Amendment 163. I should first declare an interest…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her comments. All the clauses stand together, so I need to read Hansard carefully and go through her comments on each clause. I believe there…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI agree with everything that my noble friend Lady Pinnock has just said. I put my name to her amendment because in my rapidly disappearing district council of Richmondshire a…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I begin by declaring my policing interests, which are set out in the register. The stand part propositions on Clauses 32 to 38 all highlight to your Lordships the…15 Mar 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime PanelsMy Lords, the small number of Members taking part in this debate probably shows the general lack of interest in this quite vital role of scrutiny of our police service. That is…23 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, perhaps the Minister would have wished that this was my valedictory speech. I thank her in advance for her kind words about me. I want to speak about rural mayors and…17 Jan 2023HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 39, which is also in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie. I echo what everyone has said: we wish her well and a speedy recovery. I…22 Jun 2022HANSARDPig FarmingMy Lords, I am extremely grateful to have been given the opportunity to bring before your Lordships once again the state of the pig farming industry in the UK. In January this…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPig FarmingThat this House takes note of the state of the pig farming industry in England.16 Jun 2022HANSARDPig FarmingMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his response, especially on biosecurity, although I did not quite catch all that he said a moment ago when talking about the highest risk…16 Jun 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]My Lords, so far, I have found this debate rather depressing. The Bill has been a long time in the making. Only now we see it because the Government are utterly fed up, as are we…07 Jun 2022HANSARDLong CovidMy Lords, my 15 year-old grandson has long Covid and has not been able to go to school since November. His school has been fantastic at trying to assist him, but there is only so…23 May 2022HANSARDEmergency Services: Ministers of ReligionMy Lords, I declare an interest as the former president of the National Association of Chaplains to the Police, which I helped to establish over 30 years ago. There were then only…26 Apr 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 120 in the name of my noble friend Lady Jolly and other noble Lords and would just like to make a few comments. At Second Reading, we heard how…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I will be brief and I, too, wish to speak to the amendments in the names of my noble friends Lady Pinnock and Lord Stunell. I strongly support them. At Second Reading, I…24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, never again must we be faced with the shocking sight of a tower-block of flats being consumed by raging flames. We watched in horror those devastating scenes, and later…02 Feb 2022HANSARDIndependent Office for Police ConductMy Lords, the IOPC does not work alone to deal with investigations. We know that investigations can take time, but can the Minister tell me where delays in the system are…02 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, has explained that Amendment 213A is an important statement of intent, if put in the Bill, by Parliament and the Government that, on…31 Jan 2022