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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords—02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will be brief—I would just be grateful for a clarification. I strongly believe in women’s rights, including reproductive rights, and I do not want women in distress…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThen I am not terribly attracted by the amendment of the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham. I am rather more attracted by that of the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame, although I have heard…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I would be grateful for clarification—02 Feb 2026HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy Lords, I thank the Minister and the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, for their impressive speeches. I very much agree with the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, that we must do more than…26 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I want to make a very brief contribution—cheekily, because I have not taken any role in this Bill. My noble friend’s amendment, what she said in support of it and the…22 Jan 2026HANSARDEquality and Human Rights Commission: Code of PracticeMy Lords, the Education Secretary—the Minister, supposedly, for Women—has run out of road, with her procrastination, excuses and flannelling the object of ridicule. Organisations…19 Jan 2026HANSARDEquality and Human Rights Commission: Code of PracticeMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Strasburger, and at his request, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper.19 Jan 2026HANSARDDigital IDMy Lords, this saga, and particularly reading about the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Darren Jones, in the Times on Saturday, reminds me very much of 20 years ago, when…19 Jan 2026HANSARDMeat LabellingDoes the Minister agree that, before any labelling scheme could be considered, there would have to be an assurance that it would be comprehensive and not discriminatory against…13 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, we have heard three excellent speeches in support of this amendment, which was again introduced most powerfully by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, as it was in…06 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaMy Lords, first, could the Minister tell us how she thinks that democracy can be introduced in Venezuela? Clearly, the agenda of President Trump is not about liberating Venezuela…06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I will say a brief word and apologise that I have another commitment in 15 minutes, so may not hear the Minister. I back up what all speakers have said this afternoon—in…03 Dec 2025HANSARDG20 and UkraineMy Lords, I thank the Leader of the House for answering questions on the Statement. I fully agree with everything that has been said, especially by my noble friend Lord Purvis.…26 Nov 2025HANSARDMigration: Settlement PathwayMy Lords, my noble friend Lord German raised many of the puzzling issues in this consultation, and the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, pointed out the divisive and unsettling elements.…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillDoes the noble Lord accept that perhaps a closer analogy is where a party has one position when it is in government but a completely different one when it is in opposition, which…25 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I second what the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, has said, in the same way as I supported her in Committee. I was pleased to join her in one meeting with the Minister…11 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, briefly, I mentioned last week the Chagos Refugee Group led by Olivier Bancoult, the biggest group of Chagossians. I want to quote two paragraphs from a statement that…11 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I do not know whether the Opposition want to come in on this, but I may as well jump in. I support the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti. Her amendment is simplified from…11 Nov 2025HANSARDOffice for National StatisticsMy Lords, what progress have the Government made in implementing the report of the Sullivan review, which recommended collection of data by sex?10 Nov 2025