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HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I too welcome not only the Minister but the Government’s recognition of the vital importance of a climate-oriented curriculum. I support Amendment 64, tabled by the…12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to go back to Amendment 10. I assumed that the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, was going to speak to Amendment 9—my apologies. I will speak to Amendments 10 and 66. In…12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I am grateful to the Minister for her response—fairly grateful—but I had a number of other very specific questions. May I take it that she will write to me on those?12 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is late and I have little to add to the excellent introduction to Amendment 126 from the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, and the important perceptions…15 Sept 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I shall focus on one proposal: to criminalise trespass for the first time. This offence has been for centuries only a civil offence. The provision fundamentally…14 Sept 2021HANSARDRegister of Home-educated ChildrenMy Lords, while a few parents educate their children at home well and have nothing to fear from a register, a very large number of children who are not educated in mainstream…21 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, particularly the detail of Amendment 82 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Baker of Dorking, because of its focus on the…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendments 76 and 80, for the obvious reason so clearly set out by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Clarke of Nottingham, and others that unless full funding…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I am delighted to have the opportunity to support Amendment 40A—and I hope it will be moved. It is crucial that this information goes to pre-16 year-olds, because it is at that…15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I intended to support Amendment 40A. I am not sure whether the noble Lord, Lord Baker, intends to move it. Has it dropped out of the system? I was not informed.15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group and shall talk about Amendments 63 and 66 in particular. For far too long, pastoral care in these institutions has been…15 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is interesting to hear the views of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, but I take a different line. As a member of Peers for the Planet, I congratulate the noble Baroness,…14 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, as a member of Peers for the Planet, I rise to support all the amendments in this group, for the reasons so eloquently given by the movers and to simply emphasise two…06 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 11 and 81. I also support the first three amendments spoken to, and I am grateful for the support of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, and the…06 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the noble Baroness’s response. I will read it carefully in Hansard . I may have missed something, but I think she said that there were no laid down…06 Jul 2021HANSARDClimate ChangeMy Lords, it has been reported that over £400,000 was donated to the Conservative Party by firms that subsequently obtained licences to explore North Sea oil and gas. How does the…29 Jun 2021HANSARDHousing: New DevelopmentsMy Lords, I declare an interest as an honorary fellow of the RIBA. People, if consulted, often prefer smaller and lower-rise developments. What steps will Her Majesty’s Government…17 Jun 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I join in the congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Black of Strome, for a most interesting speech. I welcome this ambitious Bill and the lifetime skills…15 Jun 2021HANSARDNet-Zero Carbon EmissionsMy Lords, will the Government let us know how they propose to get many more members of the public to commit to or be remitted the considerable expense of exchanging their gas…07 Jun 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechAs a daughter of Nottinghamshire, I applaud the warmth and passion of my noble friend Lord Coaker’s splendid maiden speech. I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Morse, on his…17 May 2021