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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, what will the noble Lord do when all those small businesses—I emphasise small businesses—start to close down because of this rigid approach to flexible hours?29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as laid out in the register. I regret that I was unable to speak at Second Reading. As someone who has been an employer for over 40 years for…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, there is a huge difference between a large business—and its culture and the ability to respond to all the new burdens that will be placed on it—and a small business. The…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, in adult social care or care, you are at the mercy of people going into hospital or passing away and those hours suddenly becoming contracted. Where are the safeguards…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, very quickly, large businesses may be able to be supportive. Could the Minister name any small business that she has come across that supports this?29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I do not want to labour the point but, if the Minister were to speak to the small businesses that people like us are speaking to, I think they would really argue that…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTackling Child Sexual AbuseMy Lords, this problem has been going on for decades. I am really disappointed that my party did not do enough when we were in government, but those victims are not being well…22 Apr 2025HANSARDIntegration and Community CohesionThat this House takes note of the role of integration in reducing barriers to community cohesion in the United Kingdom.13 Mar 2025HANSARDIntegration and Community CohesionMy Lords, today’s debate is about ensuring that we look at why integration is not working or happening in parts of our country, and how this impacts on the ability of our…13 Mar 2025HANSARDIntegration and Community CohesionMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions today, particularly the two maiden speeches. They were incredibly informative but humorous as well. At a time when there…13 Mar 2025HANSARDIndia and Southeast Asia: Free Trade AgreementsMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Anelay for this debate, which is incredibly timely and important. I have been involved with business-to-business with India for over three…06 Mar 2025HANSARDSolar PanelsMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. Can the Government look also at all government buildings, because there are a lot of savings we can make? I am pleased to say…12 Feb 2025HANSARDCarers and Poverty: Carers UK ReportMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. Will the Minister look at respite relief for not just unpaid carers but paid carers? There is just not enough respite…21 Nov 2024HANSARDEducation (Values of British Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I too am grateful to the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, for bringing his Private Member’s Bill to the House, and I look forward to working with the…18 Oct 2024HANSARDReligious Hate CrimeMy Lords, I know that as a child, growing up when there is a lot of hatred about really impacts on how you grow up. We are seeing every single day the rise of racial and religious…15 Oct 2024HANSARDSocial Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024My Lords, I have listened to the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, and my noble friend Lady Stedman-Scott on the Front Bench, and I have sat here thinking, “How did we come to…11 Sept 2024HANSARDBangladesh: Aid and DevelopmentMy Lords, I wrote to the Prime Minister after Sheikh Hasina fled the country, having been removed by the protests. I have not received a response from him on the plight of Hindu…03 Sept 2024HANSARDPeriod PovertyMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the register, as chair of Empower and of UN Women UK. I thank my noble friend the Minister for the scheme that she mentioned. Will she confirm…07 May 2024HANSARDPeriod PovertyTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the scale of period poverty.07 May 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I refer noble Lords to my interests in the register. I am an immigrant, the daughter of immigrants and the granddaughter of immigrants. My grandfather came to this…29 Jan 2024