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HANSARDElection LawMy Lords, further to my noble friend Lady Brown’s question about automatic registration, and following on from questions about young people, can my noble friend give me the…18 Nov 2025HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewMy Lords, I warmly welcome the review and the Government’s response. I particularly welcome the emphasis on preparing young people for a changing world and the statutory…10 Nov 2025HANSARDPrisoner Release ChecksMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend for his explanation about the £500, which has been all over the media and was referred to by the noble Lord, Lord Marks. It makes…29 Oct 2025HANSARDChild Poverty Strategy: Migrant FamiliesMy Lords, my noble friend’s responses to the various questions are very welcome. I understand that the Department of Health launched a consultation last year to explore whether…27 Oct 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, as the Minister has so clearly set out, there is much to welcome in this Bill to improve the law where needed and to make us safer. I look forward to following it…16 Oct 2025HANSARDFracture Liaison ServicesMy Lords, my thanks also go to the noble Lord, Lord Black, for this important debate, but most importantly for his persistence, which I believe has been instrumental in securing…16 Oct 2025HANSARDMusic and Dance Schools: Affordable AccessMy Lords, I have worked to ensure access to excellent education for talented children from all social backgrounds, and specialist music and dance schools are no different. As a…16 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I support the Bill. I'm grateful to Kim Leadbeater for her work, and to advocates such as my courageous friend Esther Rantzen. I am also grateful to my noble friend Lady…19 Sept 2025HANSARDIsrael: Royal College of Defence StudiesMy Lords, I support this temporary action by the Government, but would my noble friend the Minister agree that supporting such actions is absolutely not to support Hamas or to be…17 Sept 2025HANSARDProstate CancerMy Lords, I am grateful for this debate, understanding that when men have prostate cancer and when they die, their loved ones also suffer. I welcome the review by the national…03 Sept 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: News MediaMy Lords, further to the points made by the noble Lord opposite, does my noble friend agree that misogyny in any shape or form, including in our newspapers or the media, is…07 Jul 2025HANSARDG7 and NATO SummitsMy Lords, we should be relieved that we have a Prime Minister who is taking a leading role in the world, where we are and are seen to be a force for good. The UK is a leader on…01 Jul 2025HANSARDHumanist WeddingsMy Lords, I understand that reforming marriage laws is a complex business, but in terms of removing discrimination against humanists who wish to get married, as their religious…30 Jun 2025HANSARDIsrael: Arab Israeli and Jewish Israeli CommunitiesThe question is coming, my Lords. These organisations, together with the ones cited by my noble friend, are worthy of our support. I am glad that the Government are supporting…16 Jun 2025HANSARDIsrael: Arab Israeli and Jewish Israeli CommunitiesMy Lords, I am grateful for the Answer from my noble friend the Minister. At this time of yet more war and violence, we think of Jews and Arabs in Israel who are now in real…16 Jun 2025HANSARDIsrael: Arab Israeli and Jewish Israeli CommunitiesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what support they are giving to grassroots movements in Israel which are working to bring Arab Israeli and Jewish Israeli communities together.16 Jun 2025HANSARDScience and Innovation: Alan Turing InstituteMy Lords, I remind noble Lords of my interests in the register. My noble friend the Minister is the Oxford-Cambridge innovation champion, to ensure the success of this economic…19 May 2025HANSARDUniversities: Free SpeechMy Lords, I remind noble Lords of my entry in the register. Will my noble friend the Minister join me in celebrating the fact that the vast majority of academic scholars and…01 Apr 2025HANSARDUniversities: Free SpeechMy Lords—01 Apr 2025HANSARDUniversities: Free SpeechMy Lords—01 Apr 2025