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HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, the Prime Minister’s Statement ends with some important words: “I believe that all Russia’s fears could yet be allayed and we could find a path to mutual security…26 Jan 2022HANSARDCoronavirus Grants: FraudMy Lords, I express sympathy for my noble friend: yesterday he took the letter and today he has drawn the short straw. Does he accept that this matter really is important now?…25 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clashfern. He put this with beautiful simplicity and total clarity. He underlined the fact that, at the end of the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationMy Lords, there is great concern around the country. The graphic photograph of the Queen alone at her husband’s funeral, juxtaposed with other pictures, did cause a great deal of…25 Jan 2022HANSARDHouse of Lords: AppointmentsMy Lords, can my noble friend tell me whether the Prime Minister has read, marked, learned and inwardly digested the Burns report, which has been twice endorsed by your Lordships’…24 Jan 2022HANSARDOnline Sexual Harassment of ChildrenMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that one of the greatest crimes of the moment is the destruction of childhood innocence, in which the internet plays such an enormous part? It…24 Jan 2022HANSARDPost Office: Horizon CompensationMy Lords, I have several times urged my noble friend to put a terminal date on this. He talked about the “slowly unfolding” tragedy, and he is right, but it is a slowly ending…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, there does not seem to be anything about future plans for boosters. We all acknowledge that the vaccination campaign has been a triumph, but we still do not know for how…20 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006My Lords, one understands that, but, when inquiries are complete, will the Government make a Statement, not necessarily going into details but saying whether there is substance in…19 Jan 2022HANSARDConduct CommitteeAt the end insert “and as its first task it seeks to ensure the protection of freedom of speech so that nothing can prevent the full and frank exchange of honestly held opinions…19 Jan 2022HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, I am most grateful for what my noble friend Lord Gardiner of Kimble has said. I could ask no more in the circumstances. We do not have points of order in your Lordships’…19 Jan 2022HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, I am extremely grateful to every noble Lord who has taken part in this brief but important debate. I am grateful too to my former noble friend for what he has just, as I…19 Jan 2022HANSARDUnderpayment of Benefits: CompensationMy Lords, should it not be axiomatic that where somebody suffers as a result of maladministration there is automatically compensation? This is not a criticism of my noble friend,…18 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I wish to associate myself strongly with the splendid speech made by my noble friend Lord Deben, who was absolutely right. I hope that I would have been one of those…17 Jan 2022HANSARDRailway Timetables: DisruptionMy Lords, can the Minister say—she did not really answer the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, fully on this—when we can expect to have a reasonably certain timetable? Those who…13 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWell, my Lords, I had never really thought of the noble Baroness as a bleeding-heart liberal, but we all come in different guises, depending upon the subject. I find myself very…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I made a very brief reference to restorative justice in one of our debates on Monday. I am glad to have an opportunity to comment briefly on the amendment just moved by…12 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, in the absence of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, I take it upon myself to echo the trenchant observations of the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley. What do the…11 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I was very glad to add my name to my noble friend Lord Blencathra’s amendment, which he has moved with a convincing and passionate speech. I agree wholeheartedly with…10 Jan 2022HANSARDAuthors, Booksellers and Libraries: Economic RecoveryIf the Government genuinely agree with the noble Earl, when are we going to do something about this unfair competition between Amazon and the high street bookshop? Amazon may be…10 Jan 2022