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HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, we on these Benches share the view that we do not need the Bill, as held by the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, and, I believe, the…14 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I rise in part to move Amendment 66 in the name of my noble friend Lord Wallace of Saltaire. Before I do that, I would like to speak to the amendments tabled by the…14 Nov 2022HANSARDArmed Forces (Court Martial) (Amendment) Rules 2022My Lords, again, from these Benches, this statutory instrument seems wholly appropriate. In particular, bringing service justice closer to the civilian system and the parallels…08 Nov 2022HANSARDArmed Forces (Tri-Service Serious Crime Unit) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022My Lords, as the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig of Radley, just said, this is a very narrow statutory instrument. It is perhaps surprising that its debate has such a wide…08 Nov 2022HANSARDMinisters: Government BusinessMy Lords, it is good to know that the Minister has had training on security but yesterday’s i suggested that some of the UK’s closest allies are so concerned about the…02 Nov 2022HANSARDRoyal Navy: Conduct towards WomenMy Lords, the Atherton report suggested that 62% of women in the Armed Forces who replied had experienced bullying, sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape or some form of…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, from these Benches we have relatively little to add. I strongly support what the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, said on various issues, not least about academic…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, on this occasion I speak as myself—I do not think I have to go quite as far as the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner of Margravine, in saying that I speak as myself and not…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, surely there is a difference between something that is appropriate as guidance, where right-minded people would think that guidance was appropriate, versus Henry VIII…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI think I have said everything that needed to be said from these Benches.02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I realise that people have been declaring interests at various points during proceedings. As an academic I assumed, having declared my interests at the start of…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI did not say from these Benches that it was too big to be included. I suggested that there needs to be more discussion and clarification of the issues at stake because they are…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillThey might find out in the newspapers.02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, clearly, I have not quite been mandated by my noble friend to accept the noble Earl’s answer, but, given his answer, I shall beg leave to withdraw Amendment 1 and I…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, again I am moving an amendment on behalf of my noble friend Lord Wallace. It might appear that he has been in a particularly frivolous mode in deleting the odd word. In…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillIt appears, according to Clause 2, that colleges are constituent parts of universities and are therefore brought into this Bill. Given that Oxbridge colleges refer to people as…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI think that, although I shall withdraw this amendment, we are likely to have a form of amendment coming back at Report, unless the Minister manages to pull some sort of rabbit of…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillFollowing on from the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Grabiner, could the Minister clarify how the Government envisage the duties in the legislation we are debating today and…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I think my noble friend Lord Wallace’s amendments here speak directly to some of the points raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Fox. My noble friend’s Amendment 13…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillSorry, Amendment 15. This just demonstrates that the profession I need to go to is my optician, which kindly cancelled my appointment. Amendment 15 is very much to think about to…31 Oct 2022