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HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of these amendments, especially Amendment 59 in my name and Amendment 57, to which I have added my name. With regard to Amendment 57, I…23 Jun 2021HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to be able to speak in support of Amendment 55, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts—not least because, as he said, I was a member…23 Jun 2021HANSARDFood, Poverty, Health and the Environment Committee ReportMy Lords, I congratulate the committee on its report and welcome its unequivocal message that food insecurity is “a symptom of poverty”—which is the focus of my contribution. As…10 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: PovertyMy Lords, as the latest Marmot review made clear, damaging and heartbreaking levels of inequality and poverty, especially child and family poverty, weakened our resilience in the…27 May 2021HANSARDChild Poverty: EthnicityMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Woolley, for tabling this QSD, which raises important questions about child poverty and ethnicity. In addition to the sobering ONS…27 May 2021HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, like others, I welcome the Bill and I will focus my remarks on how the funds it will release will be invested. However, first, even if it is not in the traditions of the…26 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, the new plan for immigration will, we are told, increase the asylum system’s “fairness and efficacy”. We certainly need more fairness and efficacy, but the Law Society…18 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechI am just finishing. The forthcoming levelling up White Paper must address these issues if it is to offer any hope to the millions who are struggling to stay afloat.18 May 2021HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillMy Lords, I put on record my thanks to my honourable friend the Member for Weaver Vale, Mike Amesbury, for introducing and skilfully piloting the Bill through the other place. I…28 Apr 2021HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillThat the Bill do now pass.28 Apr 2021HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, for his amendment. It will be no surprise to him that I do not support it but, like many noble Lords, I have a lot of sympathy…16 Apr 2021HANSARDInclusive SocietyMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to introduce this debate. At a time when talk is of a gradual return to some semblance of normality, there is a danger that what is…14 Apr 2021HANSARDInclusive SocietyMy Lords, I thank everyone who has spoken, as well as the noble Lord the Minister. I have written a lot of notes but now I cannot read them, so my response may not be as coherent…14 Apr 2021HANSARDInclusive SocietyTo move that the Grand Committee takes note of the case for building an inclusive society in the post-pandemic world; and the steps that national and local government will need to…14 Apr 2021HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.19 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to noble Lords for their kind words and for, in virtually every case, I think, their strong support for the Bill. I am grateful to the Minister, who…19 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillMy Lords, I pay tribute to my honourable friend Mike Amesbury for steering the Bill through the Commons unscathed and with such strong cross-party and, indeed, government support.…19 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendment 91 in my name and those of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Gloucester and the noble Baroness, Lady Hodgson of Abinger. I am grateful for…17 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill17 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill17 Mar 2021