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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill19 Jun 2025HANSARDAsylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL]As it is Committee, I am allowed to speak more than once. This Bill is not about people who have not been given leave to remain; it is about people who have received refugee…13 Jun 2025HANSARDAsylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving this amendment, I will also speak to Amendment 3. Amendment 4 is simply consequential. To go back slightly, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, for that…13 Jun 2025HANSARDAsylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am sorry it proved impossible to deal with all the amendments in a single group because that would have saved us time. I have to say that I do not recognise my Bill in…13 Jun 2025HANSARDAsylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank everyone who has spoken, both now and earlier—at least those who have spoken in support of the amendments and the Bill. I will need to look at the details of…13 Jun 2025HANSARDAsylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL]13 Jun 2025HANSARDAsylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL]My Lords, there is a fundamental misunderstanding here. This Bill is about people who have succeeded in their claim for refugee status, so can the noble Lord’s remarks please be…13 Jun 2025HANSARDFree School MealsMy Lords, I warmly welcome the extension of free school meals. It is important for children and for parents in poverty. I very much welcome what my noble friend has said about it…10 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am very pleased to add my name to Amendment 67, so ably introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff. For me, this is very much a question of children’s…09 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I declare the support I receive from RAMP and start by warmly welcoming the repeal of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act and partial repeal of the Illegal…02 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI very much welcome my noble friend’s recognition of the importance of the voice of the child, but the point was made from around the Committee that the principle derives from the…20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will be very brief indeed. I just remind noble Lords that in considering the first amendment, which went on rather a long time, the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, who is…20 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank everybody who contributed to this debate. I particularly thank all the fathers who contributed; they made it very much an issue for fathers and brought their…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendment 135, to which I have added my name. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, especially given that she spoke from lived…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI quite take my noble friend’s point, but we were not saying how it should be paid; we were asking for an acknowledgement of the principle that it should be paid and leaving it up…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady O’Grady and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Llanfaes, for their support for Amendment 72, and to the Safe Sick Pay campaign and…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am grateful to those colleagues who have added their names to Amendment 76 and to the Fatherhood Institute for its help. I welcome the Bill’s improvements to paternity…13 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI thank my noble friend. I am grateful for the support that I received. I was slightly confused, I must admit, by the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, because I was not sure whether he…12 May 2025