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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I did not intend to respond at length, or indeed to respond at all to the debate. It has been a thorough debate—two hours and 10 minutes. I raised the point about the…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, Amendments 11A and 11B would amend the Lib Dem Amendment 11 to say that we should first consult on the role of the Lords, if it were elected, and have a referendum to…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillThe right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Saint Albans has had to go to another meeting and asked me, with noble Lords’ permission, to speak to his Amendment 23. It is about an…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI offer my sincere apologies to my noble friend.04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I am a member of Conservative Friends of Israel and a supporter of its current fight against the new attempts to destroy the Jewish homeland from the river to the sea. I…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial Bill04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I do not think I can recall this Committee Room being so packed out with colleagues, on all sides, for such an important and controversial debate. As the Minister would…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy noble friend makes a good point. I visited them almost two years ago, and they are extraordinary. The good thing about the museum is that it has physical artefacts, although…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI appreciate that. I apologise for going over 10 minutes, but I did not expect to have to do two minutes on the amendments tabled by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy noble friend mentioned the Jewish Museum in Camden, which has closed down. Is he aware that it says that it has 28,000 items and artefacts—including Jewish art, and examples…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillThe noble Lord mentioned the shoebox. Is he aware that, if I remember correctly, the Holocaust Commission wanted a campus of between 5,000 square meters and 10,000 square metres,…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillCan the Minister confirm that the Government looked at 50 sites before deciding on Victoria Tower Gardens? Is it not the case that Victoria Tower Gardens was selected first and a…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillWe will deal with this issue more extensively in the third group of amendments, but perhaps it would help to quote from page 11 of the National Audit Office report, which sets out…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Soames and agree with everything he said, particularly his praise for the two excellent speeches we had at the beginning. We are removing…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillBut it is worth knowing the names of all those hereditaries who have been working their socks off in this place for years and will be thrown out. There is the Earl of Leicester,…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillCan I correct the noble Lord on one factual error that he has made—quite inadvertently, I am sure. According to the Library list, leaving aside the one mistake in the case of my…03 Mar 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]05 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I begin by saying to the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, in the nicest possible way, that I feel she did me a disservice in her remarks in the…05 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Motion 1A by the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, to amend Commons Amendment 1, and my own Motion to disagree with Commons Amendment 2. Before I begin, my…05 Feb 2025HANSARDAvian InfluenzaMy Lords, as the shadow Secretary of State said in the other place on Thursday, this is a very difficult time for bird-keepers and farmers, particularly those whose birds have…04 Feb 2025