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HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on solving this issue, which was handled appallingly for many years during the last Government, and which has rightly been applauded by…08 Oct 2024HANSARDFundamental Rights and the Rule of LawMy Lords, I am delighted to congratulate my noble friend on his role. Will he recognise the role in human rights of non-statutory bodies such as the British Institute of Human…25 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I too shall underline the role of further education. I declare an interest as a past chair and current fellow of the Working Men’s College and a former chair of the…19 Jul 2024HANSARDTraveller Site FundMy Lords, given the continued shortage of enough local authority sites, will the Government consider allocating further rounds and higher amounts of the Traveller site fund?…15 May 2024HANSARDHome InsulationAs the noble Lord, Lord Birt, says, reaching net carbon zero requires the use of heat pumps, but they are too expensive for most people. Also, installers will not put them in…14 May 2024HANSARDEthnicity Pay GapMy Lords, one of the ethnicity pay gaps is the difference in income that arises from art awards. Will the Minister join me in congratulating Delaine Le Bas, who has just been put…25 Apr 2024HANSARDHeat PumpsMy Lords, installers say that heat pumps can be installed in flats—not all of them, but quite a lot of them—and a lot of people live in flats. The problem seems to be with the…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I want to follow the remark made by the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Hale, when she referred to the general safety of Rwanda outside the particular circumstances of…19 Feb 2024HANSARDAllied Health Professionals: Prescribing ResponsibilitiesMy Lords, to return to speech therapy, the Minister will be aware that the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists wrote to the Secretary of State last November…06 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I asked what the grounds were for people from Rwanda being given asylum here. What was their well-grounded fear of persecution about?29 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, who is among those noble Lords who have shown authoritatively and powerfully the moral,…29 Jan 2024HANSARDFreedom of InformationMy Lords, I am not sure that I heard in the Minister’s response to the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, an answer to her Question. Have His Majesty’s Government made no assessment of…23 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseMy Lords, there have been reports of women and girls being violently raped by Hamas terrorists, but I have seen no reflection of this in UN reports or actions. Does the Minister…29 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanTo ask His Majesty’s Government when they intend to publish the electricity network connection action plan promised for the summer in Powering Up Britain: Energy Security Plan .22 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanMy Lords, in declaring that I am in receipt of an IPT fellowship in wave energy, I thank the Minister very much for that reassuring news, but one consequence of the essential…22 Nov 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority Ethnic Babies: Mortality RatesMy Lords, research has shown that the mortality rate among Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children is far higher than among any other minority-ethnic group, yet this is hardly ever…15 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechI am sorry to hold up the Minister in her magnificent tour de force but I asked her a specific question about the consent process consultation. If she does not have the answer to…13 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords. the gracious Speech reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to net zero, but without much detail. May I fill some of that gap by advocating more action from the…13 Nov 2023HANSARDCapital Projects: SpendingMy Lords, is it still the case that, when the Treasury computes the cross-benefits of departmental proposals, it does not take account of the benefit and savings accrued to a…26 Oct 2023HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee of Parliament: China ReportMy Lords, the Government of Mauritius have gone on record as saying that they will not interfere with the American use of the Diego Garcia base and that they have no intention to…23 Oct 2023