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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lord, before the Minister replies, I ask my noble friend Lord Pickles one little point. He said that we cannot have Parliament decide on planning applications and that they are…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 28 and 36. The noble Lord, Lord Carlile, is not just a House of Lords expert on security and terrorist threats; he is a national expert with…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial Bill20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, Amendment 16 calls for the design of a new and appropriate memorial. As an aside, before I begin, in my 42 years in Parliament I must have heard hundreds, if not…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI beg leave to withdraw my amendment.12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe manifesto mentioned “disgraced” Peers. I know that the noble Baroness may be consulting on this, but can she indicate what she means by “disgraced” Peers? Is it only those who…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I consider this amendment quite important and a solution to many of the problems that have been posed by noble Lords on Monday and today; that is, that we may want to…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, once again we have had a fascinating debate. The Government may not have wished us to discuss this and to take an hour to do so, but noble Lords on all sides of the…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to every noble Lord who has taken part in this debate. Again, as with retirement ages on Monday, we might be seeing some consensus on the proposals from…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, the Labour manifesto said that “we will introduce a new participation requirement”. My Amendment 26, in the next group, deals specifically with the very small number of…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I rise to move Amendment 33 in my name, which would reduce the number of Bishops in the House from 26 to five: the most reverend Primates the Archbishops of Canterbury…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, if I may mix my metaphors, someone had to put on the suicide vest and poke his head above the parapet by putting down this highly controversial amendment for a drastic…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, if one thought that my last amendment was slightly controversial, it is nothing in comparison to this one. I and the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, can again say to the…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Amendment 34 intends to add representatives of five other faiths, so I accept that our amendments are not exactly the same. She talked about lots of other churches and…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for making that clear. It would be an instruction for the Minister to lay it as a statutory instrument but, of course, there would be…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, we have spent 15 minutes on this, so I hope we will not be accused of filibustering in this small but rather important debate. I take on board the complexities that my…12 Mar 2025