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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Addington, makes a good point about football clubs needing to be outgoing and outward looking, able to offer advice to other charities or…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I hear what the noble Lord is saying, and as I have been chairing the Industry and Regulators Committee, I have heard a lot about growth. What worries me is that in one moment he…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]That is how the noble Lord saw it, and I will say it how I saw it. What I was going to say in relation to the last contribution was that, yes, we all want the football leagues—the…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to make a few brief comments, not least because, as I have been here rather a long time, I know what is happening when speakers use the words “word search” and…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I agree that we want to see our clubs competing at the highest level, and the national team as well. Earlier, the noble Lord said that the level of regulation in France, and…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]It is more like suffering.27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Would the noble Lord agree that many other businesses have constraints on the kind of reserves that they have to have and that charities certainly have constraints on the reserves…27 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I very much welcome the Bill and I congratulate my noble friend the Minister and, indeed, the Secretary of State on producing a stronger Bill than the one we were faced…13 Nov 2024HANSARDYoung People: Government PolicyWill my noble friend the Minister look at the recent experience of the Hansard Society—I declare an interest as the chair—in running mock elections with many schools in this…31 Oct 2024HANSARDWatchdogs (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hollick, for the way in which he chaired our committee and made sure that the work the committee has done has been purposeful. I will start…09 Sept 2024HANSARDHigher Education (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Industry and Regulators Committee Must do better: the Office for Students and the looming crisis facing higher education (2nd…21 May 2024HANSARDHigher Education (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, I think Members here will be pleased that I intend to be brief and not detain them too much longer. It has been a very wide-ranging debate and, as the Minister has…21 May 2024HANSARDHigher Education (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the members of the committee, who put so much work into compiling this report, and our staff, who were extremely helpful. The noble Lord, Lord Hollick, was the…21 May 2024HANSARDCommonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) BillMy Lords, the noble Baronesses, Lady D’Souza and Lady Anelay, have outlined out in some detail why this Bill is necessary—I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady D’Souza, on…17 May 2024HANSARDPaternity Leave (Bereavement) BillMy Lords, I will say a few words in support of this legislation. I congratulate my noble friend Lady Anderson on a not just powerful but very clear outline of why this legislation…17 May 2024HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, I think the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, has united everybody in this House in terms of the concerns that she has outlined. She is quite right to say that we should all be…08 Mar 2024HANSARDNetwork NorthWill the Minister arrange for himself and his colleagues to have geography lessons?14 Feb 2024HANSARDMaternity ServicesMy Lords, I am pleased to have this debate today. I thank those who have put their names down to speak. It is really interesting to see the level of expertise on this subject…25 Jan 2024HANSARDMaternity ServicesMy Lords, I thank everybody who has taken part in this debate. I think we have all learned from each other, and it has been really interesting to see the different levels of…25 Jan 2024HANSARDMaternity ServicesThat this House takes note of the delivery of maternity services in England.25 Jan 2024