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HANSARDHospitality IndustryMy Lords, following up on that last question, would the Minister like to decide in the short term where he will get his workers from? If the industry contracts, there will be…24 Jan 2023HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for that thorough introduction to this SI. I do not think many of us will have any objection to the direction of this. What the Government are doing…23 Jan 2023HANSARDSchools: Artificial Intelligence SoftwareWill the Minister take the time to make sure that people understand the difference between the various types of technology and particularly assistive technology? Assistive…19 Jan 2023HANSARDSchools: Artificial Intelligence SoftwareMy Lords, I take advantage of this moment to remind the House of my interests, which I should have declared.19 Jan 2023HANSARDChildcareMy Lords, can the Minister confirm that the idea of upping the ratio of children to childcare staff has been removed from the table—and that going up to five three to four…17 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Mobility CommissionMy Lords, as I have read it, the person who has resigned felt that they were doing more harm than good in the end. Can the Government make sure that they define exactly what they…12 Jan 2023HANSARDOak National AcademyMy Lords, we must thank the noble Lord, Lord Vaizey, for drawing the issue to our attention. I do not think that half of us would have known that this was going on had it not been…12 Jan 2023HANSARDBBC: Future Funding (Communications and Digital Committee Report)Let us settle down. How the BBC is funded is the big question. There seems to be a reluctant agreement about the licence fee, but, as I think the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, put…16 Dec 2022HANSARDBBC: Future Funding (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, when it comes to the end of a debate—especially one like this, where I have not served on the committee—a certain degree of nerves creeps in. One thing has come out in…16 Dec 2022HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, I put my toe rather delicately into this overseas aid pool; it is not one that I usually go to. I do this primarily to give a little commercial for an organisation that…15 Dec 2022HANSARDFootball: Abuse and ViolenceMy Lords, will the Government give us some idea of their opinion of the professional conduct in football whereby people sit around and shout at a referee who has given a decision…12 Dec 2022HANSARDInitial Teacher Training ProvidersMy Lords, if we have a problem with training people for initial teacher training then the review of special educational needs will put extra pressure on them, because they will…05 Dec 2022HANSARDHealth Promotion Bill [HL]My Lords, this Bill is one I have come up with with an almost total lack of original thought. This is because it is taken from a combination of a good idea that the Government…02 Dec 2022HANSARDHealth Promotion Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.02 Dec 2022HANSARDHealth Promotion Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I look forward to the Minister, as a new boy, playing alongside me in the parliamentary team; the Scottish…02 Dec 2022HANSARDUkraine: Tactical Nuclear WeaponsMy Lords, I stand before you a rather substandard substitute for my noble friend Lady Smith, whom I am afraid has caught the dreaded Covid. In our brief conversation, which was…01 Dec 2022HANSARDUEFA Euro 2020 FinalMy Lords, can the Minister give us a little more advice about what this reaction will mean? Have the Government identified when the next football match of national significance…30 Nov 2022HANSARDQatar: FIFA World CupI have just heard that a German Minister has decided that they will wear the OneLove armband when sitting next to a FIFA official while watching one of the matches. Will the…24 Nov 2022HANSARDYoung People: Skills (Youth Unemployment Committee Report)My Lords, when I first decided to look at the report and speak on it, I was struck by the fact that many of us who had been looking at this field and at education had been…23 Nov 2022HANSARDFootball Spectators (Seating) Order 2022My Lords, this is one where I find myself slightly conflicted. I did not like the idea of bringing back safe standing, probably because I lived very close to Carrow Road and the…21 Nov 2022