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HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, said it all, in the sense that this has been an extremely wide-ranging debate covering many topics, even though, as I said at the…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEuropean Football Championships: TravelMy Lords, many thousands of fans have tickets for the games at Wembley. Business supply chains and workers have been preparing for them for a long time. Perhaps UEFA should…21 Jun 2021HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]21 Jun 2021HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, I apologise. I apologise doubly for being late and for failing to unmute. I missed the Minister’s explanation as she introduced this group, but a few points occur to me.…21 Jun 2021HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, this amendment is grouped with others that will have a similar effect, which is to secure reports on the operation of the dormant assets scheme. I think that we are all…21 Jun 2021HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, I have nothing to add except that government Amendment 12 is described as a “verbal error”. I am not quite sure that you can have a verbal error in a piece of written…21 Jun 2021HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, it is always nice to be able to agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes. We have crossed swords many times, but I very much share one thing in common with her, and…21 Jun 2021HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, this useful set of amendments will help us to tease out the relationship between Reclaim Fund Ltd, Parliament, the Treasury, and the Government. My probing amendment is…21 Jun 2021HANSARDPublic Service Broadcasting (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, before I get into the subject matter, I too would like to join my good friend the noble Lord, Lord McNally, in congratulating my noble friend Lady Merron and welcoming…27 May 2021HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I start by drawing the House’s attention to my interests as set out in the register. I work as a director for the charity Business in the Community. I am also a…26 May 2021HANSARDDigital Identification ProtocolMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, on pursuing this issue so doggedly, and I challenge the Minister’s assertion that the Government are moving at…20 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I declare my interest as the vice-chair of an FE college, which has some bearing on this debate. I join in both the general congratulation to our maiden speakers today…12 May 2021HANSARDMusic Festivals: Covid-19-related CancellationsMy Lords, the Minister is of course right that we should be continually guided by data, but slippage in the Government’s Covid road map will have a significant effect and impact…27 Apr 2021HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: Local GrowthMy Lords, the Industrial Strategy Council’s most recent annual report suggested that, for levelling up to succeed, it needed to include consideration of devolution. How much…26 Apr 2021HANSARDCreative Industries: Covid-19My Lords, I draw attention to my interests in the register, which include my membership of two trusts involved in cultural activities. In many of our most deprived communities,…26 Apr 2021HANSARDGambling: Early MortalityDoes the Minister agree with the comment of the Lancet Public Health last January, that: “Gambling disorders often remain undiagnosed and untreated”, and its call for a scientific…20 Apr 2021HANSARDFootball: European Super LeagueMy Lords, I thought Gary Neville spoke for millions of us football fans at the weekend when he condemned the Super League proposals. Can the Minister set out the sort of legal…20 Apr 2021HANSARDUniversity Students: Compensation for Lost Teaching and RentMy Lords, the disruption to university students caused by the pandemic and subsequent government restrictions has meant that students have not enjoyed the university experience…19 Apr 2021HANSARDHigher Education: New and Returning StudentsMy Lords, university students feel forgotten in the Government’s plans for leaving lockdown. What discussions have the Government had with university leaders and student…15 Apr 2021HANSARDAudiovisual Media Services (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, is right to say that this afternoon’s discussion is something of a dry run. If that is the case, there will be anxious people around…13 Apr 2021