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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, the amendment is specifically about the underground nature of this project. I have three brief questions which I would like to put to the Minister in the hope that he…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I put my name to this amendment and I wholeheartedly support it. We, as parliamentarians, have a duty to cherish and care for this wonderful building. That is what the…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI thank the Minister for directly answering my questions. I have a supplementary question: can the model be brought back for noble Lords to look at again? It was a very valuable…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI am grateful to the Minister, but why is the model not here today? Today is the day when noble Lords are considering this extremely important issue, so why was it here last week…11 Jun 2025HANSARDSchools: Mobile PhonesI thank the Minister for her optimistic Answer to my Question. I wonder how many noble Lords are at this very moment distracted by the smartphone that they have with them. I look…12 May 2025HANSARDSchools: Mobile PhonesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure mobile phones are kept out of schools.12 May 2025HANSARD80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over JapanMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Amos, who made some very important points. It is a privilege to take part in this debate. Like most Members of…09 May 2025HANSARDSteel IndustryMy Lords, I had not intended to speak in this short debate. However, I feel compelled to do so as a member of the Constitution Committee, because the Government have not answered…12 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, the amendment in my name on the Marshalled List, Amendment 67, regards the potential appointment of temporary ministerial Members of your Lordships’ House. I thank the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank my noble friend for that very pertinent question. I think the answer is yes. A title is an honour—we have discussed this in various aspects of the Bill and in the changes…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank my noble friend for his question. Just to clarify, it is set out in Amendment 67 that such a person would be created a Peer, but not a Peer for life. Although the title…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank my honourable—I am sorry, he is not my honourable friend; he has stopped being honourable. I thank my noble friend for giving way. I was trying to be brief in my initial…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his assessment of the amendment that I have put before the Committee. It had not been my intention to have any argument ad hominem. I was not…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIn consideration of the feelings of the noble Lord’s mother, let me make it absolutely clear that I share the Minister’s admiration for recent Ministers on both sides of the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I rise to support this group of amendments, in particular Amendments 15 and 28. I can be very brief because the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, has already said everything…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I, too, rise to support Amendment 11. As my noble friend has just said, if Amendment 11 were adhered to, it is possible that the various sides of this argument could…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, with all due respect to my noble friend who has just spoken, there is no point in going into all those details about methods of election, interesting as they are.…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am grateful to the honourable—10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI think I just proved the point there. I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. My point was not that I am not a politician, but that I am a lesser person for being a…10 Mar 2025