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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to speak in support of Amendments 3, 6 and 9 in this group, tabled by my noble friend Lord Sharpe of Epsom and supported by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Wirral. I…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support the amendments tabled by my noble friend Lady Noakes and the other amendments in this group. I do so as an employer, and my interests are declared in the…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for reasons of transparency and clarity. As we have heard today, there is too much being added to the Bill. We…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support—29 Apr 2025HANSARDOne Hundred Year Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and UkraineMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for his excellent standing in as our chairman when the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, was not around. I pay tribute to both…22 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Mobarik’s amendment. It is consistent with the Government’s manifesto pledge, in that it accepts the principle of removing the hereditary…01 Apr 2025HANSARDFinance BillMy Lords, I welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Caine of Kentish Town, to the Benches and look forward to her many contributions in this House. I am grateful to the Minister for…19 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, we are all here to bring different things, and I am not sure that participation rates are the best way of going about reform. Peers contribute differently. They bring…12 Mar 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving my Amendment 43A, I of course support the amendments from my noble friends Lord Sharpe and Lord Frost in this group, to one of which I have added my name. My…05 Mar 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I beg leave to withdraw Amendment 43A.05 Mar 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]05 Mar 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I wish to test the opinion of the House.05 Mar 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]05 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend’s amendment. The exceptions to whom his amendment would apply are people who contain and are characterised by many qualities, but I mention…03 Mar 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I am awfully sorry: I was not quick enough on my feet before the noble Lord, Lord Fox, spoke. I should like to speak for a few minutes in support of my noble friend Lord Sharpe—if…26 Feb 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak in favour of my Amendments 21 and 59, and to support the amendments, to which I have added my name, from the noble Lord, Lord Frost. Amendment 21 is…26 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe and will say a few words about my Amendment 42 on reviewing the impact of the Act one year on in respect of the different…25 Feb 2025HANSARDCitizenship ApplicationsMy Lords, what proportion of people who have come into the country illegally since the Government took office have applied for asylum status?12 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in this group: Amendment 35 from my noble friend Lady Barran, which asks for the new employer rates to begin after the tax year in which an…06 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend and his amendment, which is important. If the Minister will forgive me, we hear the same reply all the time. I do not think that HMRC’s…04 Feb 2025