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HANSARDLong CovidMy Lords, I think the first thing I need to say is that Covid is not over. People are still catching Covid; some are still being very ill; some end up with long Covid. Our NHS is…17 Nov 2022HANSARDLong CovidThat this House takes note of the short and long term challenges presented by Long Covid.17 Nov 2022HANSARDLong CovidMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply and the noble Baroness, Lady Neuberger, for outing me, because I did not declare my interest as a non-executive director of the…17 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 61 in the names of my noble friends Lord Collins and Lord Blunkett, and say to the Minister that this group of amendments is striving to make…14 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill14 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, Amendment 67 was tabled in the names of my noble friends Lord Collins and Lord Blunkett. I raised the issue of the appointment of the director at Second Reading. At the…14 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI thank the noble Baroness for that explanation. I also thank my noble friend Lord Stansgate and the noble Lord, Lord Deben, for their comments. We of course support the amendment…14 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI need some clarification from the noble Earl. I suspect that most of the things that have caused problems have been organised by the societies and all the organisations that are…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillCopyright? Intellectual property?02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I am not going to say very much because this debate has covered most of the ground that we need to cover on how this issue should be decided. However, I always listen to…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, my main regret about this debate is that my noble friend Lord Triesman did not mention the London School of Economics, which is where I went. While we were having this…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, this is a very important small group of amendments. It seems to me that the previous group was about what the law should say, while this debate has been about is who it…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI briefly say that I think the noble Earl has three things he needs to address in this group of amendments. The first is academic freedom, which has been referred to before. My…31 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, my speech is a good way of following the excellent introduction to this group of amendments by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley. I start by thanking my noble friend Lady…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 477A and 486A in my name. I thank my noble friend Lady Hayman, the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, and the noble Earl, Lord Devon, who is not…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I might as well intervene now too, because the question I would really like to ask the Minister—and it is very nice to see her back in her place, as she was the Minister…24 Oct 2022HANSARDMinister for EqualitiesWhy has he dropped “Women” then?20 Oct 2022HANSARDMinister for EqualitiesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what the responsibilities of the Minister for Equalities will be, and whether they will update the gov.uk website to list those responsibilities.20 Oct 2022HANSARDMinister for EqualitiesI thank the Minister for that Answer, but I am still curious as to why Minister Zahawi is nervous of having women and equalities in his job title; you would think he would be…20 Oct 2022HANSARDOlder Persons Commissioner for EnglandMy Lords, I think the Minister has probably got the idea now that an old persons’ commissioner might be popular. I would have thought that the Government might be looking for…19 Oct 2022