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HANSARDMusic EducationMy Lords, I should mention my interests as listed in the register as a composer, broadcaster and trustee of various musical organisations, including festivals. I commend both the…09 Nov 2022HANSARDEast Kent Maternity Services: Independent InvestigationMy Lords, all too often we hear sentiments of regret and apology—“we have learnt lessons”; “it must not happen again”—and of course, in a sense, what else can you say? My noble…24 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Heritage Act 1983My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson. I think he has aged rather better than the Act. This is a timely and important debate. This very week, a team…13 Oct 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, I will talk about music, but will concentrate largely on animals, which were so loved by our late Queen, as we have already heard from all around your Lordships’ House.…10 Sept 2022HANSARDChannel 4: Annual ReportMy Lords, is the Minister at all concerned that privatisation might mean that artistic innovation is sacrificed? Very often, that is where money can be lost, simply in terms of…21 Jul 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police ServiceMy Lords—29 Jun 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police ServiceMy Lords, I apologise to the noble Baroness for jumping the gun earlier. However, perhaps I can compensate for that by building on something that she said which I agree with.…29 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to embellish a couple of points particularly pertinent to the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, and my noble friend Lady Meacher. Some noble Lords may remember that a few…22 Jun 2022HANSARDImmigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) and Licensing Act 2003 (Personal and Premises Licences) (Forms), etc., Regulations 2022My Lords, given what we have heard from my noble friend—I certainly support his Motion—it occurs to me that where these unfortunate people have language problems, it follows that…07 Jun 2022HANSARDNorth East Ambulance ServiceMy Lords, does the Minister agree that we have to be much more proactive in encouraging people to have the courage to be whistleblowers? It is the only way we are going to learn.…23 May 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will make a few comments to amplify the remarks of my noble friend Lady Meacher. I have just been reading a most remarkable book by a doctor, who as an eight or nine…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure and privilege to make this trio of noble Lords—of naughty boys—into a quartet led by the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, because I strongly support all the…10 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I always enjoy listening to the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, because he has an absolutist way of delivering his ideas. But his ideas here have prompted other noble Lords…09 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIn that case, will the Minister accept that, in a way, and given what we have heard from other noble Lords, particularly my noble and learned friend Lord Brown, it is part of the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I too spoke in Committee, and I have been copied in on the very helpful response from the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson. I felt he was trying to embrace this important…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, perhaps I might amplify, somewhat more bluntly, the points made by my two noble friends, and indeed the noble Lords, Lord Faulks and Lord Cashman. I have been to prisons…10 Jan 2022HANSARDSchool Curriculum: First Aid Training and Home NursingMy Lords, I wonder if I could draw two answers together by asking the Minister if she agrees that, apart from the important health benefits already mentioned, there is a social…16 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Entertainment and Arts VenuesMy Lords, given that so many freelancers fell through the Government’s welcome support network during Covid, the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, promised from the Dispatch Box…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, with regard to Amendment 58, I welcome the fact that the Government are taking to task the causing of death through careless driving or being under the influence of…13 Dec 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, I would have some concerns about Amendment 62 and what that might lead to in terms of random breath testing. I am sure that the…13 Dec 2021