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HANSARDTees Valley Combined Authority: Best Value NoticeMy Lords, this is a very serious issue. I met someone yesterday who told me that their father, who lives in the Tees Valley mayoral area, had decided they were going to vote for…02 May 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Missing from Registered AddressMy Lords, I froze on Skegness beach as a child, but I return to the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Smith. Under the Illegal Migration Act, anyone who comes here…02 May 2024HANSARDHigher Education: Arts and HumanitiesMy Lords, does the Minister agree that it would be crazy to restrict entry from overseas students to particular universities or particular faculties or courses within those…01 May 2024HANSARDCrown Prosecution Service: Racial BiasMy Lords, given the age profile of those who come up against the criminal justice system, would it not be wise to cross-reference with research that has been undertaken on school…25 Apr 2024HANSARDProperty Agents: RegulationMy Lords, the bad apples are giving legitimate, professional agents a very bad name, recently highlighted in my own city of Sheffield, where instances of adding charges that never…18 Apr 2024HANSARDCredit Card InvoicesMy Lords, last week I invited the noble Baroness to dinner, if we could find a restaurant with an accessible payment device. That evening, I went to a restaurant that had…26 Mar 2024HANSARDElectronic Payment DevicesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with providers of electronic point-of-sale payment devices to make them accessible for those with a visual…19 Mar 2024HANSARDElectronic Payment DevicesMy Lords, someone with low or no vision can access a smartphone because there is a Siri or voice-over function, and you can have several goes if you hit the wrong buttons the…19 Mar 2024HANSARDElectronic Payment DevicesMy Lords, I would like to invite the Minister out to dinner, and I promise to pay if there is a flat screen that I can access.19 Mar 2024HANSARDHigher EducationMy Lords, it is a very wise tradition that those who have moved take-note Motions do not make another speech at the end, but I shall just take one minute, if your Lordships do not…07 Mar 2024HANSARDHigher EducationMy Lords, I draw attention to my registered interests. I am very pleased indeed to be able to lead this debate, and thank all those who are about to contribute. Across different…07 Mar 2024HANSARDHigher EducationThat this House takes note of the contribution of higher education to national growth, productivity and levelling-up.07 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I rise to support the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich. I am glad that this evening I have started to understand the processes of the House of Lords, having been…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSkill Shortages in Business and IndustryMy Lords, last week, the Labour Force Survey had a set of statistics that I find staggering—namely, that 850,000 16 to 25 year-olds are not in education, employment or training.…28 Feb 2024HANSARDPeatlandsMy Lords, I did not intend to intervene but in view of the answers I am bound to ask the Minister whether, in a consensual and non-divisive way, he would mind approaching the Duke…22 Feb 2024HANSARDSchools: Gender-questioning ChildrenMy Lords, I commend the approach of my noble friend on the Front Bench, and I have some sympathy with the Government. In 2000, when we issued the first ever Sex and Relationship…22 Feb 2024HANSARDPavement ParkingI commend the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, for his Question. There is a major challenge; he and I are fortunate enough to have a degree of assistance in navigating cars and…21 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillPerhaps the Minister will answer two very simple questions. First, where else in the world have people been offshored but actually offloaded, as opposed to having the process…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendment 8 and associated Amendment 72 in my name. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, and to the right reverend Prelates the Bishop of Bristol and…12 Feb 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: ConvictionsMy Lords, will the Minister confirm that this is absolutely nothing to do with foreign courts? If the system, as outlined by the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, is broken, there have…08 Feb 2024