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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to speak to Amendments 147 and 152. I applaud the Government for including in this Bill Clause 56, which seeks to ensure that schools currently avoiding…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]This is not quite the right moment to do this, but I thank the Minister for allowing me to say a word. Has she been in touch with Ofsted and is she satisfied that it is reassured…22 Jun 2022HANSARDPersonal Protective Equipment: WasteMy Lords, I appreciate the very real time pressure at the beginning of the pandemic. However, a few days spent to ensure high-quality PPE through some form of competition would…14 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will also speak to Amendments 57 and 58. I thank Humanists UK for its excellent briefing and the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, and any other Peers who support these…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I thank the right reverend Prelate for giving way. I just want to make two points. First, does the right reverend Prelate really feel he should be persuading Ministers not to…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords who have spoken in support of these amendments and I thank the Minister for her response, although it seemed to me that the departmental response, if I can…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the intention of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, to oppose the question that Clause 1 stand part of the Bill. I declare an interest as a member of…08 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersMy Lords—26 May 2022HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersMy Lords, does the Minister agree that, along with some pensioners, the most vulnerable people in our society are those of working age who cannot work, because of disabilities,…26 May 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak principally to Parts 3 and 4 of the Bill and applaud the Government’s proposals to fill the gaps in the law that have inhibited action until now to close…23 May 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 made provision for the Government to introduce legal recognition of humanist marriages by statutory instrument—as Quakers and…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I rise to support—I could say all the amendments in this group, but that is slightly inconsistent. There is absolutely no evidence at all to support the need for any…06 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I hesitate to rise after that excellent contribution from my noble friend Lord Alton, but I just want to express very strong support, obviously, for Motions C1 and D1…04 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords—30 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, we are having a very polite debate this afternoon. It does not feel as though we are right on the edge of a third world war. Mr Putin is extremely dangerous. He is not…30 Mar 2022HANSARDSchools: Extremism and IntoleranceMy Lords, at least 6,000 children are being educated in unregistered illegal schools where they are exposed to extremist, intolerant, homophobic and sexist literature. As the…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI shall contribute briefly, following the contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, in support of Amendment 155A. I too fully support the principle of “no taxation without…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillBefore the Minister sits down, he rightly said that taxation has not historically been used as a justification for the right to vote, but have the Government actually looked at…28 Mar 2022HANSARDLoneliness StrategyThere can be no more lonely experience than that of CFS/ME sufferers, for whom crushing fatigue is just one of a long list of symptoms that interfere with—and I would say…23 Mar 2022