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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a privilege to speak in a debate with those who have such deep understanding of financial services and markets, including a Minister with transformational business…08 Jun 2026HANSARDChildren’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships StrategyMy Lords, most children who appear before the criminal courts display evidence of serious educational needs and an alarming number of those children show signs of florid…08 Jun 2026HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Code of PracticeOn the subject of proportionality so eloquently spoken of by the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, does the Minister agree that there have been only four reports of alleged criminal…03 Jun 2026HANSARDFor Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish MinistersMy Lords, will the Minister tell the House what the Government propose to do to restore the legitimate expectation of those who obtain gender recognition certificates? Section 9…01 Jun 2026HANSARDYouth JusticeMy Lords, can my noble kinswoman the Minister confirm that the Government reject the miserably pessimistic and defeatist view of the youth justice system expressed by the noble…20 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, what a pleasure and what a privilege it is to speak after four brilliant maiden speeches. It is a special personal honour for me to follow my friend, the noble Lord,…19 May 2026HANSARDSupreme Court Dillon JudgmentDoes the Minister agree that the Supreme Court judgment has not affected the intended role of Article 2 of the Windsor Framework as the lodestar of human rights considerations in…19 May 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I express my agreement with the concern of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, that the Committee stage of the Bill should have been completed. I wanted to be…24 Apr 2026HANSARDHouse of Lords: Legislative ProceduresDoes the Leader agree, in relation to Private Members’ Bills starting in the House of Commons, that we should move toward standard pre-legislative scrutiny of the workability of…21 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I speak as a signatory of Amendment 189 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser. I am strongly in favour of it for reasons that I will explain briefly. I am not a…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am the son of a general practitioner who, by the way, was not any old general practitioner. Even the noble Baroness, Lady Gerada, knows that the skills of general practitioners…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy answer to that is that they jolly well should be. I do not see at all that that is a point against the argument I am making. I would say exactly what I am saying in relation to…27 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)I apologise for intervening again, but will the Minister agree to meet me to discuss a way in which EUR-Lex change can be incorporated in the one-stop shop, possibly including…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)My Lords, I will give a short wind up, because we have had a very full debate and I am very grateful to all those who have spoken. I start, however, by correcting an earlier…25 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel Supplies: War in IranMy Lords, I declare my interest as part of a consultancy that provides geopolitics analysis to the Government of Qatar. Does the Minister agree that the continuity of fuel…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Northern Ireland after Brexit: Strengthening Northern Ireland’s voice in the context…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, has pulled out of the debate because she has a Motion in the Chamber. It is a great privilege to chair the Northern Ireland Scrutiny…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)I was just dealing with some points about the one-stop shop that our colleague the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, had raised. First, the one-stop shop really must emphasise…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)I apologise for interrupting the Minister. Is she saying that something better than EUR-Lex will be part of the one-stop shop, and that legal problems will therefore be solvable…25 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, as a former member of another place who represented 2,900 square miles of Wales, I have the feeling that we are getting into a horrible conceptual muddle in this debate.…20 Mar 2026