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HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMaybe the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, does not take prisoners either, but she always does it with a great degree of humour, and we are pleased to hear her speak. I remind Members…07 Oct 2024HANSARDSocial Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024My Lords, I do not believe that this was in the 1997 manifesto of the Labour Party. It was introduced by Gordon Brown, I believe, because he had a vision that everybody should…11 Sept 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT ExemptionMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, for initiating this debate which, of course, was tabled before the election. We are now catching up. I agree with noble Lords who…05 Sept 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I have seen a lot of concentration camps. I was in the European Parliament for 25 years, when I saw Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz and Dachau. We had our own pet one down the…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEuropean Social CharterMy Lords, will the Minister commit the Government to work towards ratifying? It really is time to get this ratified. We must recognise that a prosperous society is based on…03 Sept 2024HANSARDNHS Continuing HealthcareWhat action are the Government taking to hold integrated care boards to account to ensure that the National Framework f or Children a nd Young Persons ’ Continuing Care is…02 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Anderson, and the noble Lord, Lord Coaker. I do not think there will be any different response to my ideas from the…25 Jul 2024HANSARDEuropean Investment BankI thank the Minister for his reply. When we left the European Union, we left the agencies in a particularly violent way. We did not really deal with them at all, but there is…24 Jul 2024HANSARDEuropean Investment BankTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to seek a closer relationship with the European Investment Bank to encourage investment in the United Kingdom.24 Jul 2024HANSARDDefence SpendingMy Lords, in introducing the Statement, the Defence Secretary said: “we will remove 72,000 civil servants from the system, not because we do not think they are good…25 Apr 2024HANSARDPersonal Independence PaymentsMy Lords, does anyone give any attention to the many millions of trade unionists who are paying the tax bills for all this? We keep on about the need to do things, which I am sure…23 Apr 2024HANSARDAllowancesI welcome this proposal, and the points I wish to make are made in a friendly manner, not a critical one. I am concerned about the interpretation of the words “similar…27 Mar 2024HANSARDPrison Officer Pension AgeMy Lords, undoubtedly, people want prisons, but they should not forget about the people who have to run them. It is a very dangerous profession. There was a settlement in 2016…18 Mar 2024HANSARDForeign AffairsMy Lords, I begin by saying this is the first debate in which I have taken part to which my good friend the Foreign Secretary has been replying. He is a man of great wisdom—he put…05 Mar 2024HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Woodley, in this debate. I trust that what I say is fully within the guidelines laid down by my noble friend Lord Cameron…01 Mar 2024HANSARDWorkers (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I too begin by thanking my noble friend Lord Bridges for the report. It is an incisive report and is good at defining problems, but we are still left looking for the…08 Feb 2024HANSARDCare of Critically Ill ChildrenI thank the Minister for his reply. This review arose from an amendment to the Health and Care Act 2022, moved by my good friend, the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, that I helped to…29 Jan 2024HANSARDCare of Critically Ill ChildrenTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken, or propose to take, following the publication in September 2023 of the review they commissioned from the Nuffield…29 Jan 2024HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I begin by welcoming my noble friend Lord Camoys to our Benches. I am sure he will make a long and distinguished career in this House, and we will benefit much from his…26 Jan 2024HANSARDUkraine: ReconstructionMy Lords, is the Minister aware that one of the messages coming out of this is that this is not a safe place to put money and that countries such as Switzerland and Singapore are…25 Jan 2024