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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I have it in command from His Majesty the King to acquaint the House that His Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill,…21 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill21 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to those who have spoken. It is good we have found an elegant solution—I have rarely been accused of being elegant, but I am happy to take it on this…21 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThat the Bill do now pass.21 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill21 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I have it in command from His Majesty the King to acquaint the House that His Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Renters’ Rights Bill, has consented to…21 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I had not intended to respond at length, and I will not, given that this debate on Third Reading has been quite a long one. I was reminded earlier that yesterday was the…21 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, the other place admitted the Bill to this House for our scrutiny in December of last year. Since then, we have spent eight days—nine including today—considering the…21 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 1 to 4 and 6. In Committee and on Report, the House considered amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Ashton of Hyde, regarding the…21 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill21 Jul 2025HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat Standing Order 44 ( No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day ) be dispensed with on Tuesday 22 July to allow the Universal Credit Bill to be taken through its remaining…15 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI have a number of other points to make that might be helpful.09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe noble Baroness saw me shaking my head. I was doing so only because I always refute that we are a part-time House. We are a full-time House with long hours, but many of our…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThat was a long time ago. I do not think that it anticipated that people would turn up just once per Session. Despite the inventive proposal from the noble Lord, Lord True, to…09 Jul 2025HANSARDBlack RodAs we have done previously, the usual channels will make brief tributes to the retiring Black Rod. Sarah Clarke took up her appointment as Black Rod in February 2018, joining us…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, for raising this issue again today. I am grateful for the discussions that we have had on it and, indeed, for the…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe noble Lord said his amendment has universal support, but it does not. I talked about the principle of supporting our Lords Ministers, and said that I preferred the way forward…09 Jul 2025HANSARDBlack RodI liked it. When the office of Black Rod was created in 1361, the decree stated that the post should be held by “a gentleman famous in arms and in blood”, a reference to the…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillAs to the noble and learned Lord’s impatience, I ask him to bear with me as I go through this. The basis of that is the legal advice received on that. I understand the point made…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe noble Lord makes an interesting point. I know the draft Bill under the last Government that he refers to. We were never approached about that draft Bill—I am not aware of any…09 Jul 2025