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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendment 64A. Any way that we can make our systems fairer is something we must aim for. The Home Secretary said yesterday in the other place that we…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, this is an odd group because it contains two important issues almost at opposite ends of the spectrum. On the one hand we have low-paid, migrant domestic workers with…08 Mar 2022HANSARDMike Veale: Police Conduct ReportMy Lords, can the Minister, now a privy counsellor, give us an update on the IOPC’s examination of Charing Cross police station, where a lot of protesters have now made reports…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I am implacably opposed to privatisation of the NHS—not for ideological reasons, although the Green Party is strongly opposed as well. I think it is inefficient.…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI shall speak to Amendment 82 in the name of my noble friend Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. I attended Second Reading and made my views felt then, but I have not been able to join…03 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I think the noble Lord, Lord Horam, makes the mistake of thinking that this House trusts the Government. Of course, it does not—or rather, by and large, the majority in…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillNoble Lords may have noticed that I am not my noble friend Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, but I am here to move Amendment 132A and speak to Amendment 132B, both in her name. I am…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI am so sorry—I thank the noble Baroness. These amendments create an obligation for local authorities to locate contaminated land in their areas and for the Government to review…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI thank the noble Baroness for her response, and I will of course check the Environmental Protection Act, exactly what it does and what protection it gives. I also thank the noble…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillHas the noble Lord been drinking?02 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThis is a thoroughly nasty amendment. That is all I have to say about it.02 Mar 2022HANSARDLobbying of MinistersMy Lords, it is good to know who has given what to whom, but how do we monitor what the person who has been given money is doing for the money? For example, it is reported that…01 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe Greens support the amendment too.28 Feb 2022HANSARDRefugees and Asylum SeekersMy Lords, we heard from various Cabinet members over the weekend, including the Prime Minister, about the Government’s willingness to help Ukrainian refugees and all that sort of…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, in Committee there seemed to be some representations from noble Lords who did not know about the plight of the Chagos Islanders; they were hearing about it for the first…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI was so annoyed by what the noble Lord, Lord Horam, was saying, because part of it was absolute nonsense. Australia is actually riven with debate on the whole system of asylum…28 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillI do not want to repeat anything that the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, said in her moving contribution earlier, nor anything said by the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford,…24 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillI am struggling to remember as far back as Second Reading of this Bill, but I did say at the time that Clause 3 was designed to save money in the courts system, and that the main…24 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Food StrategyMy Lords, I chaired the London Food Board, which produced the first London food strategy. In that, the biggest win for people and planet was to eat local food. This Government are…24 Feb 2022