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HANSARDAffordable Housing: Young PeopleMy Lords, speaking of innovation, Green Party-led Bristol City Council has had some success in creating housing for younger people by using ownership co-operatives and co-housing…08 Jun 2026HANSARDCombating Atrocity Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and GenocideMy Lords, in the early 1990s, I worked in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, at Axum, which is more or less on the southern border with Eritrea. I was there for a few months as an…04 Jun 2026HANSARDCabinet Manual: Guidelines for Government FormationThey have had a go.03 Jun 2026HANSARDCabinet Manual: Guidelines for Government FormationMy Lords, this is a really interesting Question, because none of us knows when the next general election will be—it could be in three years or much sooner—so are the Labour…03 Jun 2026HANSARDCabinet Manual: Guidelines for Government FormationMy Lords—03 Jun 2026HANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, surprisingly perhaps, I welcome the Government’s attempt to strengthen airline passengers’ rights, especially with the worries about aviation fuel due to Israel and…02 Jun 2026HANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]What a pointless jibe.02 Jun 2026HANSARDDevolved Public Services: FundingMy Lords, apart from a fair rail infrastructure allocation, which is absolutely needed—the Welsh Government are owed £4 billion for HS2 being misnamed as being for England and…01 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I empathise totally with the Minister because I too grew up in a council home. It was in Moulsecoomb, Brighton, and was part of the “Homes for Heroes” development in…01 Jun 2026HANSARDSupermarkets: Voluntary Price CapsMy Lords, I asked the Minister yesterday about caps on food prices and he said then that that was not the role of the Government. Having said that, the suggested freeze is…20 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, why do we have five days of debate on the King’s Speech but no mention of the environment—it is not included in the issues to cover? I point out that the Conservative…20 May 2026HANSARDClimate Change: Government ActionMy Lords, the King’s Speech did mention climate change. He said that his Government would be a “leading advocate” in the fight against climate change, yet there is not a single…19 May 2026HANSARDVAT Relief: Business DonationsMy Lords, one thing the Government could perhaps do for people who are on very low incomes and suffering from food poverty is to cap the price of some essential items at…19 May 2026HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025My Lords, the Government have widened “nationally significant” infrastructure projects to other organisations and companies. I understand that, now, the Wirral peak cluster, which…28 Apr 2026HANSARDPlastic Pollution ReductionActually, that is just mean and I am going to say something else. I am sure the Minister knows that there is accumulating medical evidence of the damage to human health done by…22 Apr 2026HANSARDPlastic Pollution ReductionMy Lords—22 Apr 2026HANSARDPlastic Pollution ReductionMy Lords, further to my earlier question about microplastics and human health, this could cost the NHS a huge amount of money, so it is quite an urgent matter. Will the noble…22 Apr 2026HANSARDSouthport Inquiry: Prevent ProgrammeTo ask His Majesty’s Government, in light of the Southport Inquiry: Phase 1 report , published on 13 April, what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Prevent…16 Apr 2026HANSARDSouthport Inquiry: Prevent ProgrammeOne lesson that we could take from the Southport tragedy is that the focus on terrorism and ideology by Prevent actually distracts the police, schools and social services from…16 Apr 2026HANSARDMarine Protected Areas: Bottom TrawlingMy Lords, I would like to ask why No. 10 is so eco-stupid, but that would be very rude of me, so instead I ask the Minister, because I know she feels strongly on these issues, to…15 Apr 2026