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HANSARDNational Youth StrategyMy Lords, the Government have announced a policy. That is great, but we have had other policies in this area before. What guidance can we get so that the Government are tapping…23 Jul 2026HANSARDYoung People: Gambling HarmMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Foster for bringing this subject before us. It is a difficult one. We all know why it is a difficult one. If you are taking money out of…23 Jul 2026HANSARDCreative Industries: QualificationsMy Lords, I congratulate the Minister on being in her place, although a debate when you have 10 Back-Benchers behind you, all firing shots at the back of your neck, may not be the…23 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, this was a Bill where the only disagreement we had was that we did not think the Government were brave enough with their own ideas. It does not often happen that we…21 Jul 2026HANSARDMusic Teachers: RecruitmentMy Lords, if the Government are serious about expanding arts opportunities, along with other opportunities outside the core curriculum, do they accept that they not only have to…20 Jul 2026HANSARDGovernment Record on Education, Employment and WelfareMy Lords, I am afraid I could have predicted some of the lines of this debate. Indeed, in the first speech, we heard the noble Baroness, Lady Evans, saying how dreadful everything…16 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]15 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, has clearly been reading over my shoulder at some point. I am afraid that, if we knew we were dealing with the same team, with the same…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, for reading out the list of groups that have backed these amendments; I was always terrified that I was going to miss one or two…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]15 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, this is an interesting set of amendments. I think the most appealing one in the context of the Bill is from the noble Lord, Lord Harlech. There is a general principle…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, I have Amendment 17 in this group, but before I speak to it, I thank the Government for many of their amendments. They have clearly listened to the problems raised.…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]15 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, I appreciate that the Government think that they are doing something, but we have been waiting too long. I think we need something in the Bill to encourage this. I beg…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]15 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, we come to a little triumvirate of amendments standing in my name. To take them in order, we start with the infrastructure requirements for providing any games or…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her reply and the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, for his amendment. I should have commented on it, because it is a sensible suggestion. We are at the start…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, very briefly, I do not think a worker on a special event should have any fewer rights than a worker on any other occasion.15 Jul 2026HANSARDAutism: Parenting Support ProgrammesMy Lords, the Government sound very confident about this, but on the 29th of last month, in Committee Room 10, I was in a room full of parents of people on the autism spectrum who…14 Jul 2026HANSARDContemporary Cultural BoycottsMy Lords, this subject is one of those where you suddenly think, “Yes, there shouldn’t be any form of cancellation”—here, primarily on grounds of antisemitism. I have always felt…09 Jul 2026