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HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, once again, if it comes to sporting events, I have a bit of reminiscing to do. I can remember a very good little row we had on the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, very briefly, after so many events going on, free-to-air means not hidden behind a paywall. It is something you do not have to make a very big payment to. Okay, there is…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, to intervene for the first time in Committee on this group of amendments is rather an odd one. I had not looked at it when we started out. I also feel that, if you are…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, my noble friend is a doughty warrior when it comes to showing us the harms of gambling—and not only the harms but some of the gambling which is, let us face it, a threat…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, it is nice to end on something like agreement. I thank the Minister for her reply. It seems to me that we are accepting that there is a potential problem here and just…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]I managed to avoid false starting the two Paralympians this time. We are back to asking whether the Bill is wide enough to enable itself to do what it has to do within the known…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord on starting with a question that should be asked. When we have done the big games in the past, there were infrastructure measures that had…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, this is really a probing amendment to try to get at some of the hardy perennials, shall we say, when dealing with Bills that take on big sporting events. That is, when…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Media: Substances Unfit for Human ConsumptionI thank the Minister for her Answer and accept that this is a cross-government problem; the Department of Health could just as easily have taken this Question. What exactly are…17 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Media: Substances Unfit for Human ConsumptionTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to prevent substances which are not fit for human consumption from being advertised and sold on social media platforms…17 Jun 2026HANSARDTeachers’ Pension Scheme: Automatic EnrolmentMy Lords, we are talking about professions that are essential for the functioning of the education system. Will the Government undertake to look into the effect that doubt about…15 Jun 2026HANSARDNew Autism Strategy (Autism Act 2009 Committee Report)My Lords, this is one of those debates where I am not sure whether I can add anything, but I can certainly join in by saying that I agree with what has been said in front of me.…10 Jun 2026HANSARDSchool Admissions: Selective InclusionMy Lords, will the Minister enlighten us on exactly how the Government will make sure that there is an aggressive approach under this new SEN system to identify and support…08 Jun 2026HANSARDChildren’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships StrategyMy Lords, it is quite clear that the Government are taking an important step forward here to support those from the care system and that everybody has recognised the lack of…08 Jun 2026HANSARDEU-UK Cultural Exchange ArrangementsMy Lords, can the Minister give us some idea of what the Government have done about looking into the amount of red tape created by the Brexit deal and whether they have a strategy…04 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, when it comes to being part of the wind-up on a Bill like this, you are trying to look at some of the central themes. I think that, maybe with one or two exceptions,…03 Jun 2026HANSARDWorld Cup Ticket PricesMy Lords, the current situation in the United States is that individual states are trying to have legal redress on this. The Government are saying that they are quite friendly,…03 Jun 2026HANSARD2026 FIFA World Cup: Replica Kit PricingMy Lords, kits always seem to be too expensive for everybody. They have done for a long time, and the club game has suffered from this for a long time as well. It would help if…20 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I follow the noble Baroness who has just sat down in thanking the maiden speakers in this debate: the noble Lords, Lord Hobby and Lord Blackwater, and my noble friends…19 May 2026HANSARDCharity GivingMy Lords, to turn to the micro level of this, we do not carry change in our pockets now so many charity collections are not going to work. What are the Government doing to make…20 Apr 2026