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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I welcome the Government’s intention to improve the lives of young people in the care system, which is where I am going to focus my attention. As other noble Lords have…01 May 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendment 157. I declare an interest as a Premier League season ticket holder. I apologise to the Committee for not having been present during previous debates…09 Dec 2024HANSARDCommercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, particularly those who spoke in support of the Bill, which seems to be the majority. I shall draw attention to a…10 May 2024HANSARDCommercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.10 May 2024HANSARDCommercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my relevant interests: I am a patron of Anti-Slavery International, one of the sponsors of the Bill, and an honorary associate professor at Rights Lab at the…10 May 2024HANSARDCommercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest as a patron of Anti-Slavery International.28 Nov 2023HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I am going to try not to repeat comments made by colleagues already. However, I feel it is important to put on the record some of my huge misgivings about what this Bill…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I, too, welcome—albeit remotely—the noble and learned Lord, Lord Stewart of Dirleton, and wish him luck in his new role, and I also welcome the noble Lord, Lord…11 Nov 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]Lords, first let me restate that, as a fan of most sports, I am delighted and excited that we are hosting this festival celebrating dedication to sporting prowess. Once again, I…03 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan. I am pleased to say that I support them all but particularly Amendment 17, to…09 Jul 2019