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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group and will just say a few words in support of Amendment 168. In the absence of a written constitution, we need a much more…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome the long-overdue register proposals, which are a tribute to the persistence of my noble friend Lord Soley. I also commend the Department for Education’s…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]In her very careful responses, the noble Baroness the Minister clearly recognises that there are very wide differences between the children who are not in school. Some are well…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I reassure the noble Baroness that Amendments 53 and 57 apply to children who have already opted out of religious worship, as is perfectly legal and has been the custom for some…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group. I shall speak to Amendments 53 and 57, to which I have attached my name. As a patron of Humanists UK, I want briefly to…13 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Howell of Guildford. As a member of Peers for the Planet, I will speak on a less-discussed aspect of renewable energy.…16 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechI apologise, but my questions were about wave power as well as tide power. It would be very helpful if the noble Lord could tell us what the Government are doing to further wave…16 May 2022HANSARDHumanist MarriagesMy Lords, the judge in the High Court also ruled that “the present law gives rise to … discrimination.” For how much longer are the Government prepared to allow this apparent…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the exacerbation of the political exclusion of poorer and marginalised communities—Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in particular —consequent on this Bill was thoroughly…23 Mar 2022HANSARDPrisons: Releasing Women into Safe and Secure HousingMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Warwick of Undercliffe, and at her request, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in her name on the Order Paper.21 Mar 2022HANSARDPrisons: Releasing Women into Safe and Secure HousingMy Lords, that is well and good—I am grateful to the Minister—but while it is good to know that some progress has been made, there are still problems. The accommodation service is…21 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I warmly but very briefly support these proposed innovations in fortifying and enhancing health, not least in their application to the treatment of dementia. Will the…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, this whole group is worthy of government action, and I support Amendments 80 and 81 in respect of speech and language therapists. The NHS Long Term Plan itself states…03 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendments 30 and 34. On Amendment 30, I echo the widespread concern of the professional bodies and expressed by the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, that…01 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, as well as supporting Amendments 9 and 12 and the rest of the group, I would like briefly to add my support for Amendment 31 in my capacity as patron of the British…01 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, as vice-chair of the All-Party Group on the Chagos Islands, I will add one brief point to the amendment so persuasively moved by my noble friend. If resettlement had…28 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I support all the amendments in this group. My support comes from my experience as a magistrate, and I appreciate the endorsements of the role of the magistrate from all…24 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, as a former magistrate, I warmly support the first point made by my noble and learned friend. The differences in offences, their nature and conduct vary enormously in…24 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Tutoring ProgrammeMy Lords, what monitoring of outcomes and attainment has taken place with the current scheme? If this has happened, has it been broken down into categories, such as black and…24 Feb 2022