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HANSARDRugby: 200th AnniversaryMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and remind the House of my ongoing interests in rugby football.15 Mar 2023HANSARDPlaying FieldsThe Minister says that the Government are improving the number of pitches and putting more money in. Do they have an idea of how many pitches and open spaces are required to get…13 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayThe point I was making was that football is traditionally seen as a male sport—that is the status they have gained—not the fact that women’s sport itself has changed.10 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, in this rather unexpected role of summing up in this debate, it may be a real case of a fool rushing in where an angel would have turned tail and got out of there right…10 Mar 2023HANSARDSEND and Alternative ProvisionMy Lords, I should first declare my interests: I am president of the British Dyslexia Association and chairman of Microlink, which is an assisted tech company that works in the…09 Mar 2023HANSARDEmployment: Disabled PeopleMy Lords, I declare my interests in this field as set out in the register. What are the Government doing to make sure that businesses, particularly small ones, know that, if they…06 Mar 2023HANSARDMental Capacity Act 2005: Small Payments SchemeMy Lords, when the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, raised this, I said that he had put his finger on an absurdity, and it is quite clear that I was right on that one at least.…02 Mar 2023HANSARDIndependent Public AdvocateMy Lords, this is one piece of legislation that I am very glad to see but very sorry, of course, that it had to happen. We have here a response to things going very badly wrong.…02 Mar 2023HANSARDPhysiotherapy: Rehabilitation ServicesMy Lords, does the Minister agree that physiotherapists do very little of their work in the actual appointment, and that it is the supervised exercise patterns they give patients…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFootball Governance White PaperMy Lords, looking through the review and the response, it is good, but it is not everything we hoped for. It is okay. To make it better would mean taking on a much more…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFan-led Review and Football White PaperMy Lords, if the Minister agrees that there is no other show in town, will he make sure that these clubs have a realistic future and take this opportunity to not only produce the…21 Feb 2023HANSARDSport, Health and Well-being National Plan (NPSRC Report)Thank you. We have to make sure that that link is improved because, as the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, pointed out, the prosperous classes will carry on playing sport: “We’ve never…09 Feb 2023HANSARDSport, Health and Well-being National Plan (NPSRC Report)My Lords, it is a genuine pleasure to join in this debate. I thank my noble friend in sport, to use his expression, the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, very much for introducing it. I…09 Feb 2023HANSARDEducation (Non-religious Philosophical Convictions) Bill [HL]My Lords, this is one of those debates where you sit here and think, “What am I going to say?” Then there is the further problem of seeing that the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths, is…03 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseMy Lords, Hillsborough almost matches my time in this Chamber; it has been there as a constant for nearly 34 years. The fact that the police apologised publicly yesterday was a…02 Feb 2023HANSARDFootball: Illegal Entry to MatchesMy Lords, to return to the original Question, tailgating here or anywhere else is presumably already an offence. What briefing is given to both stewards, who should now be better…01 Feb 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: CriminalityMy Lords, will the Minister give us a firm undertaking that any investigation will not be hampered by a lack of resources? If we do not have that, it does not really matter what…01 Feb 2023HANSARDVulnerable TeenagersTrue enough. The parliamentary team is playing again soon so the physiotherapist may well benefit. These are groups that thrive on activity. Dance, music and so on all have a…26 Jan 2023HANSARDVulnerable TeenagersMy Lords, this is one of those debates—and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Armstrong for tabling it—where, as you listen to it, you think, “Yep, we’ve been here before. We’ve…26 Jan 2023HANSARDSecondary Schools: Autistic PupilsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for the Answer she gave earlier and remind the House of my interests in the general field of special educational needs. Does she agree that if you…26 Jan 2023