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HANSARDIntegrated Care Boards: BudgetsMy Lords, I hope my noble friend will forgive me for concentrating on the South Yorkshire ICB because of the considerable difficulties that have been experienced locally. I know…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDYoung People and WorkMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for that excellent response. As she knows, I have been obsessed with this issue for many years, and I strongly welcome the fact that the…04 Jun 2026HANSARDYouth OffendingI know my noble friend will want to do the right thing, but is it not a fact that the only part of the criminal justice system that has worked really effectively over the last…21 May 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI think it was near the end.05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I shall be very brief for the reasons that we all know about—the number of votes that have taken place in the House this afternoon. I offer my support to the movers of…05 Mar 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I am sure the Chief Whip and my noble and learned friend Lord Falcolner would agree that it is impossible to improve a Bill if you do not get to a point where you can…27 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank my noble friend for that response. I shall of course not press my amendment at this stage. I cannot promise the Liberal Democrats what I shall do when we reach Report, not…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI am putting the proposition that Clause 59 and Schedule 27 should not stand part of the Bill. I was very grateful to my noble friend and her colleagues last September for the…11 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I apologise to the House and to the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, for not being here at the beginning of this group. I have a member of staff who lives a…03 Feb 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessBefore my noble friend responds, I just want to say that when I have not been able to sit in the House in Committee, I have followed the debate. Does my noble friend agree that it…30 Jan 2026HANSARDAsylum and Immigration: ChildrenWould my noble friend accept that politics is given a very bad name when people condemn Britain and say it is broken, when they were Ministers in Government—in fact, were Home…27 Jan 2026HANSARDRare Cancers BillMy Lords, may I take one minute of the House’s time? I commend what was just said by the noble Lord, whom I was pleased to work with many years ago, when he was the Minister. I am…16 Jan 2026HANSARDRare Cancers BillMy apologies.16 Jan 2026HANSARDRare Cancers BillI apologise to the House for my premature and ill-timed intervention earlier. After 10 years in the House, I need to go back and sharply revise my understanding of procedure. I am…16 Jan 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025I do not want to put my noble friend the Minister on the spot, but will she take cognisance of what has happened with the noble and learned Baroness’s interim report in relation…15 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, my contribution this evening will be brief, only because there is a long evening ahead for the many noble Lords on the Front Bench and no lack of enthusiasm and…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillBefore my noble friend on the Front Bench replies, could he also reflect that this took place on a Court of Appeal ruling two years after the implementation of the Act in 2005?…03 Dec 2025HANSARDForthcoming Fiscal ChangesDoes my noble friend agree that the investment in Sheffield Forgemasters, and through BAE Systems in other aspects of defence procurement in Sheffield, has substantially improved…25 Nov 2025HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) BillMy Lords, before my noble friend from the Front Bench responds, I ought to say, in the spirit of this morning, that there is a four-legged member of this House here beside me who…21 Nov 2025HANSARDLearning Disabilities Mortality Review ReportsWould my noble friend accept—13 Nov 2025