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HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillI thank the Minister for her reply. I take it that the intention is to continue as we are for the moment. We will hold the Government to this. It is also quite clear from this…27 Oct 2020HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillMy Lords, this is nothing more than a probing amendment to clarify the Government’s thinking. There is a commitment that the Government will uprate pensions and other benefits in…27 Oct 2020HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill27 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Financial Support for High Street RetailersMy Lords, will the Minister have a look at the fate of charity shops on the high street, which fill up a great deal of it? They provide a large part of the income of many…27 Oct 2020HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillMy Lords, I have only a little to add to what has been said. If you do not know how severe a problem is, you cannot do much about it. Having something that looks into the problems…27 Oct 2020HANSARDCancer Task ForceMy Lords, the whole thrust of the Covid pandemic has been to make sure that the NHS stays in one piece. As we have fewer people referring to their GPs and fewer people being…20 Oct 2020HANSARDEnglish Football: Project Big PictureMy Lords, would the Minister agree that one important factor in the current structure of English football is the possibility of promotion to the top table—or rather the “vague…14 Oct 2020HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillMy Lords, this is a short Bill: I count 29 lines in it. I have looked through all the other literature provided to brief on it, all of which is considerably longer than the Bill.…13 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Great Barrington DeclarationMy Lords, will the Government please look at the Equality Act when they are considering something like this? Take the case of a young disabled person who is very vulnerable; would…13 Oct 2020HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhMy Lords, would the Minister agree that this is a conflict which has a long history, where everybody blames everybody else and everybody blames the backers of their enemy? Could…07 Oct 2020HANSARDProfessional and Amateur Sport: Government SupportMy Lords, when we talk about the future of professional and amateur sport, will the Minister give us some idea of what emphasis is being given to encouraging people to partake in…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020: Temporary ProvisionsMy Lords, this is one of those special debates. We have had two excellent maiden speeches so far, and I look forward to working with, and possibly against, both noble Lords at…28 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020: Temporary ProvisionsEnacted.28 Sept 2020HANSARDSchools: Great British September CleanMy Lords, if the Minister has that meeting with the Department for Education, will he consider the fact that there is no shortage of subjects that would like a little bit of…24 Sept 2020HANSARDEducation: A-level ResultsMy Lords, could the Minister give us an absolute assurance that this algorithm or anything like it will never be used again? That is something we should hear today.23 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, will the Minister give us some idea of the advice the Government are giving to institutions such as amateur sports clubs about how they are supposed to function in the…21 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, the access part of the Bill immediately caught my eye in terms of improving people’s health and enjoyment of the countryside. “Enjoyment” may be a term that is…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, on one of the first amendments we discussed in Committee, I said that for all the other things—the environmental benefits, et cetera—farmers are “the delivery system”,…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, this is one of those occasions when we have to try to reference across from another piece of legislation to make a coherent whole. Environmental considerations are key…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, listening to this debate, it is quite clear that the one thing not available here is any degree of certainty or confidence regarding the future. My name appears on…15 Sept 2020