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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I stand here today as a rather inadequate replacement for my noble friend Lady Tyler, so I will be very brief. As the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, pointed out, in…14 Jan 2026HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs: InvestmentI thank the Minister for that reply. However, can the Government give us some idea of how this will work for those who have less complicated needs and probably are more frequent…17 Dec 2025HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs: InvestmentTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether the £3 billion investment in additional places for children with special educational needs will involve the construction of new settings,…17 Dec 2025HANSARDWest Midlands Police: Maccabi Tel Aviv MatchMy Lords, we have gone over this several times now and it all seems to come back to bad intelligence leading to bad policy decisions. The Minister said that we will be taking…11 Dec 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I speak today with some fear in my soul because, unusually for a Liberal Democrat, I have very little grounding in local government—or, as one of my colleagues said to…08 Dec 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I hope this is one of those occasions when we agree that what is coming here is a good thing—something that is designed to deal with an evil and thus is necessary. I…04 Dec 2025HANSARDSEND Budget FundingMy Lords, I applaud the intention behind the Government’s announcement, but does the Minister agree that there will be no real reform unless there is capacity within the school…03 Dec 2025HANSARDDraft Statutory Guidance on the Meaning of “Significant Influence or Control”My Lords, when I saw that we were going to pray against the Bill, I thought, “Oh, this is interesting”, because I know that the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, is good at this. He…02 Dec 2025HANSARDWest Midlands Police: Maccabi Tel Aviv FansMy Lords, we have had a long and unpleasant experience of football violence in this country, going back a long way. We also have set drills for keeping fans safe and getting them…26 Nov 2025HANSARDLitter on Canal TowpathsMy Lords, this is a debate where I think most people will have some input, because they have walked beside a waterway. We all know that, if you are going to walk beside a waterway…20 Nov 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Act 2025 (Specified Competitions) Regulations 2025My Lords, these regulations do not surprise anybody. They are more or less what the Act said, so congratulations on bringing clarity. The question about the women’s game is…19 Nov 2025HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025My Lords, I have some sympathy for the Minister, with this being her first time going into something like this. This is not an area that I usually cover. Acronym hell may not be…19 Nov 2025HANSARDIndependent Football RegulatorMy Lords, if we are to assume that this is cock-up and not conspiracy, can the Minister assure us of the process that will happen next time to make sure that this does not happen…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDyscalculiaMy Lords, the answer that the Minister has just given shows why we need a name. She gave a long description of a term that can have one name, which means that the teachers, the…17 Nov 2025HANSARDLearning Disabilities Mortality Review ReportsMy Lords, to slightly widen the Question, would the Minister look at the fact that anybody who has a communication problem has historically had very bad results, compared with the…13 Nov 2025HANSARDThink Work First: The Transition from Education to Work for Young Disabled People (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, report was, for me, slightly depressing but also reassuring. It was slightly depressing because I have either said or agreed with everything said in this report over the…04 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I discussed this at the beginning of the day and ruminated long on what the Minister said. I am afraid it does not meet my objections. I beg leave to test the opinion of…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 107 in this group—I appreciate that I am jumping a little down the line. I tabled the amendment because, at the moment, we are removing…27 Oct 2025HANSARDUnauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillMy Lords, this is a Bill where there is no real argument against what it is doing. The fact you are attempting to get into a ground should be an offence; I believe that was raised…24 Oct 2025