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HANSARDSchools and Universities: Language LearningMy Lords, like other noble Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Coussins not only for securing this debate but for the very constructive way in which she introduced the subject. I…08 Jan 2026HANSARDSchools: Mobile PhonesMy Lords, speaking on this subject after the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, is rather like Ruth gleaning after a combine harvester. I agree with absolutely everything she said in…28 Nov 2024HANSARDBiosecurity and Infectious DiseasesI am particularly glad to follow my noble friend Lord Carrington because he has enabled me to, among other things, shorten my own remarks. “Thanks noble Trees, our Entish Lord For…18 Jan 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, research done by the House of Lords Appointments Commission points to the fact that your Lordships’ House still has some way to go in the fields of diversity—in…14 Nov 2023HANSARDAdvanced Artificial IntelligenceThe noble Baroness has illustrated very eloquently the extent to which we already live in and are totally embraced by a technological system. I add my congratulations to my noble…24 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, we have had a survey of the vast canvas set out by this Bill, especially from the Minister. Like many of your Lordships, I have many interests in the themes that have…17 Jan 2023HANSARDChannel Islands MeasureMy Lords, I am very glad to follow those comments by the noble Lord, Lord Kirkhope. He raises some very pertinent questions, which I shall attempt to address as someone who…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Recovery StrategiesMy Lords, as other noble Lords have said, there is obviously a risk that, as the lockdown eases, we shall be tempted to return to those old ways of thinking and behaving which are…11 Jun 2020HANSARDTree Pests and DiseasesMy Lords, many noble Lords have already spoken with great practical experience—I think of the noble Lord, Lord Carrington—and my education has been vastly improved by membership…13 Feb 2020HANSARDInterfaith DialogueDoes the Minister agree that British universities, with their diverse student and staff bodies, are particularly hopeful and unexploited places in which to do precisely what the…17 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Foreign Policy in a Shifting World Order (International Relations Committee Report)My Lords, it is indeed an excellent report, which analyses the reasons why the world order is shifting. However, behind the turbulence, the growth of great powers and the decline…21 May 2019HANSARDBrexit: Stability of the UnionMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, recalled the irritation of Governments when Parliament entered a kind of seminar state. However, I have found this seminar immensely…17 Jan 2019