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HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseMy Lords, I welcome the Statement repeated by the Minister and pay tribute to the campaigners who have campaigned for nearly four decades. There is an urgency to this issue: as we…19 Dec 2023HANSARDLGBT Veterans Independent ReviewMy Lords, the Minister questioned why I asked that the process be widened to those discharged before 1967. To clarify, as the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, intimated, we widened and…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingMy Lords, I welcome the list of measures, on which we have now heard from the Minister, but point out that spiking affects people of all ages, and men as well as women. There was…19 Dec 2023HANSARDLGBT Veterans Independent ReviewMy Lords, I welcome the reply from the Minister. I reflect that I have been working on this issue for 32 years, since I first gave evidence to the Select Committee in 1991, and…19 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipMy Lords, will the Minister give the House an assurance that the Government will not the disapply the rights of others and other minorities should judgments come from the European…07 Dec 2023HANSARDSchools: SafeguardingMy Lords, I start by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Jenkin of Kennington, on her opening speech. There was very little in it that I disagreed with. I want to associate…07 Dec 2023HANSARDNational Health Service: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of London, particularly given her experience in the NHS—and, may I say, her recent intervention in…30 Nov 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Sexual Orientation or Gender IdentityTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have (1) to maintain, and (2) to enhance, the protection of asylum seekers who would risk ill-treatment if returned to a country of…25 Oct 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Sexual Orientation or Gender IdentityMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. I ask this Question in relation to assurances given during the passage of the Illegal Migration Bill through your Lordships’ House,…25 Oct 2023HANSARDCreative and Cultural Industries: Impact of Visa and Immigration PoliciesMy Lords—25 Jul 2023HANSARDVeterans UpdateMy Lords, I first became involved in this issue in 1991 when, along with Robert Ely and Elaine Chambers, the founders of Rank Outsiders, I gave evidence to the Armed Forces Select…20 Jul 2023HANSARDIndependent Review: Armed Forces Homosexuality BanMy Lords, I too commend this report and congratulate the noble and learned Lord on what, as the Minister has said, is a deeply harrowing yet forensic report. I think it will put…19 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Burt of Solihull. I will not repeat the arguments that she has laid out before your Lordships. I have not spoken…13 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly to the amendment in lieu, in Motion G1, in the name of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton. Taking what the Government have said at face…12 Jul 2023HANSARDUganda: LGBT PeopleMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the register and I welcome the response thus far from the Minister. However, the assurance I seek from—05 Jul 2023HANSARDUganda: LGBT PeopleMy Lords, I sense that the House would like me to continue. I seek assurances from the Minister that our high commission is in contact with and supporting Sexual Minorities…05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords—05 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I accept the principle of non-refoulement to a country—a Ugandan going back to Uganda—but there is the wider issue of a gay Ugandan being sent to a country such as…28 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I speak in support of the amendments in this group, particularly the amendment to which I have added my name and which the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, so…28 Jun 2023HANSARDArts and Creative Industries: Freelancers and Self-employed WorkersMy Lords, we are indebted to the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, for securing this extremely important and timely debate. I declare my interests as set out in the register,…15 Jun 2023