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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am sure noble Lords will be relieved to hear that my speech will be much shorter on this occasion. I leave it to my noble and learned friends and other noble Lords to…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill—we would never dream of kicking her out of this place. She was absolutely right to say that all hereditary Peers should be given a life peerage. That would kill this nonsense…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Eccles in his Amendment 5 and will speak to my Amendment 33. When I first saw the department’s plan to manage this, I was tempted to ask…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMay I just make sure that the record reflects accurately what the Infrastructure and Projects Authority actually said? On 16 January this year, it said: “Successful delivery of…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy noble friend said that we have not yet had a planning application. Would she care to join the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, in pressing the Minister on this yes or no question:…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy noble friend Lord Robathan has made a very good point, and my noble friend Lord Pickles is right that there is only one Holocaust. But the briefing for this centre says that…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillThis will be my last comment of the evening. Is there anyone in this Room who seriously believes that the Minister will pick the option of a fresh planning application to…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI think the Minister said that the Secretary of State will be in charge. Do I take it, therefore, that the delivery body will be the Secretary of State and the department? The…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, in supporting my noble friend, I will speak to my Amendments 11, 12 and 37 in this group. As my noble friend Lord Strathcarron said, this well-known memorial…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Finkelstein said that this is a modest memorial. It may be a modest underground centre, which is inadequate for the purpose, but it is 23 giant…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, in the nicest possible way, I will not challenge my noble friend Lord Finkelstein but merely comment that he must have better eyesight than I do. When I look at the…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I too wish to support what the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, said, though I may say it less elegantly. The reason we are talking about planning in this Committee is that we…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillThat is reassuring.11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but the infrastructure authority did not say that the only reason this project is undeliverable is that we did not have a Bill. It listed a…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillThe noble Lord referred to me in his remarks and I wish to respond. It is a matter of numbers. I came through the park today, as I do every day, and there were a few people out…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, we always say, “This has been an interesting debate”, and when I put down these amendments I expected it to be a fascinating debate, which it was. The Government always…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, this is one of those rare occasions when I can honestly look the Leader of the Lords in the eye and say, “I am not from the Government, but I am here to help you”. I can…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill10 Mar 2025