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HANSARDViolent Crime, Gang Activity and BurglariesI would like to congratulate those governors of certain prisons who, I have been told, are wise enough not to allow the release of prisoners on a Friday. This is because out of…20 Oct 2022HANSARDNitrate-free Bacon and HamIf noble Lords will forgive me, I will take this opportunity to “do a Lord West”. The noble Lord seems to be able to get ships in everywhere. Can I get poverty in here? Is the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDPrimary Care: Quality and Access ImprovementsIs it possible to look at the fact that 50% of the people who present in the NHS are suffering from food poverty? Of those suffering from cardiac arrest, for example, 50% are to…21 Jul 2022HANSARDFinancial InclusionDoes the Minister agree that if you fail 35% of our children at school, then you are going to have a lot of financial exclusion?11 Jul 2022HANSARDCrime, Reoffending and RehabilitationI welcome the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, to his new job. I hope that he does better than all the others ever did. Look at it this way: one thing that we are not…30 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing: Private RentersCan we look at this in a very cautious sort of way? I am glad that the Minister used the word “balance”. I remember the Rent Act 1965, which was so well-intentioned that it led to…22 Jun 2022HANSARDPrison Officers: Occupational PensionDoes the Minister agree that one of the reasons why prisons have become so dangerous over the years is that we warehouse people? We do not rehabilitate them: people go in bad and…16 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Homes for RentWill the Minister look very kindly at the idea of sociable housing, where you get sociable mix? The problem we now have is social ghettos of poverty. We need to create a mix, as…26 May 2022HANSARDHouse of Lords: AppointmentsCan I make a very unpopular suggestion? There is one way that we could really sort this out: that it does not matter how you get into the House; we should base it on what you do…18 May 2022HANSARDSocial Security System: Rising Cost of LivingIs the Minister aware that 50% of people presenting in hospitals with cardiac arrest and so on are in food poverty?17 May 2022HANSARDNHS: Abuse of NursesThere are many opportunities to stop the violence. My nephew is involved in security in a major hospital, and he says the pressure they are under is enormous. They have to work…05 Apr 2022HANSARDEconomy: Spring StatementI welcome the opportunity to talk about the Spring Statement. I take a slightly different angle because I am rather cheesed off with the debates that I have been in and which I…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomy: Spring StatementWith HS2 railways, you have a Treasury that can spend across the decades. That is brilliant, but does it ever use that same reasoning when it looks at social programmes or social…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomy: Spring StatementWould it not be true to say that what we are experiencing here is that it is very expensive to keep people poor?31 Mar 2022HANSARDSchools: Creative Subjects and the English BaccalaureateDoes the Minister agree that, if we are to create a world of resilient workers in the next generation, we need to look at how we create these people through a resilient education…29 Mar 2022HANSARDLobbying of MinistersThat is a very good Answer, my Lords. The only problem is that we have evidence over the past few months of ex-Prime Ministers, ex-Ministers and MPs trying to influence in a way…01 Mar 2022HANSARDLobbying of MinistersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure there is transparency about the lobbying of ministers.01 Mar 2022HANSARDCriminal Justice: Royal CommissionMy Lords, could we consider the possibility that we are looking at crime and prisons in the wrong way? There is a lovely printing term, arsy-versy—which is not a rude word. Can we…07 Feb 2022HANSARDWellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the many people who have been involved in the life of this Bill. It started very much as an imitation of our Welsh friends’ and cousins’ Well-being of Future…04 Feb 2022HANSARDWellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL]That the Bill do now pass.04 Feb 2022