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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I speak definitely not as a lawyer or as part of the medical profession in any way. It appears to me that the Mental Capacity Act uses the balance of probabilities when…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, this Bill raises profound concerns for me, and I wish to outline five reasons why I cannot support it in its current form. First, although many of us have faced the…12 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I, too, would like to speak in support of Amendment 448A, which I believe represents a significant step forward in promoting fairness within the teaching profession.…10 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillDoes the Minister understand that there is a two-tier system here? If you are a trade unionist you can have somewhat more professional attendance than somebody who is not a trade…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I, too, support my noble friend. In my view, these proposals are long overdue. When my children were born in the 1990s, paternity leave was not even part of the…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I shall speak to these amendments, to which I have added by name. What we are dealing with here is a basic question of fairness. Currently, the law recognises the…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support the amendments tabled by my noble friends Lord Sharpe of Epsom and Lord Hunt of Wirral, as well as those proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Vaux of Harrowden.…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this first group of amendments, in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Goddard of Stockport, and my noble friends Lord Sharpe of Epsom and Lord Hunt of Wirral, is…14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 10 and 11 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Goddard. We all understand that in shift-based work there is an expectation that, if someone is on the…14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support this group of amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Young. If these amendments are not accepted, I worry that we will see a sharp increase in cases…14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support my noble friends Lord Sharpe of Epsom and Lord Hunt of Wirral in some of the amendments in this group, and my noble friends Lady Coffey and Lord Jackson of…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I had no intention of coming here today to speak until I had dinner last night. Having put in a day’s work, I thought it was time to come here and express an opinion. I…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, it seems that, yet again, the noble Lord, Lord Barber, and I are not going to quite agree. I support both these amendments, particularly the one in the name of the noble…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I appreciate what the noble Baroness said, because this is about fairness and making sure life works. There are a lot of companies, big and small, where, to a great…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI am aware of a case of a small company that has got rid of four individuals in view of the legislation because those individuals are not doing a good enough job, but it could…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I stand with some trepidation at this stage to support very much the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe, and indeed I support the other…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 83, in the name of my noble friend Lord Young of Acton, and others in this group tabled by my noble friend Lady Noakes. I would like to reflect…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to speak in support of Amendments 127, 128 and 139 in the name in my noble friend Lady Penn. I would like to think that the birth of any child is an important day…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Penn. I declare an interest that I work for Marsh, a very large insurance broker in this country and around the world. I run a team of…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am not sure that it is the difficulty in recruiting that is the real problem for small and micro businesses; I think it is the fear of recruiting. That is a really…29 Apr 2025