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HANSARDShamima BegumMy Lords, would my noble friend reflect that, if a 15 year-old child commits a murder in this country, they remain anonymous? We do not know the name of the person, and he or she…27 Mar 2023HANSARDPrisons: EducationMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Blower, made the point about rehabilitation being so vital. Can my noble and learned friend publish statistics to show the variable reoffending…23 Mar 2023HANSARDHouse of Lords: Regional RepresentativenessMy Lords, the Bishops do have territorial responsibilities, of course. While I have every sympathy with the thrust of the point from the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, we must bear in…22 Mar 2023HANSARDHouse of Lords: Regional RepresentativenessThere is nothing shameful about that. It does not cut off their territorial links, any more than it would if the noble Earl, Lord Devon, decided to live in London.22 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewMy Lords, does my noble friend accept that a particular responsibility rests on the Home Office here? Will he take away an idea and discuss it with his colleagues? Namely, there…21 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Higher Education StudentsMy Lords, can we take it, following the Prime Minister’s brilliant negotiations over the Northern Ireland protocol, that we will now be participating fully in the Horizon project?21 Mar 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime CommissionersMy Lords, month after month and year after year, Ministers stand at that Dispatch Box and give wholly unsatisfactory answers. There is deep concern, as my noble friend Lord Deben…20 Mar 2023HANSARDUniversities: Impact of Industrial Action on StudentsMy Lords, as one who has three granddaughters who have been through university in the past three or four years—the last one is still going through—I know that they are being very…16 Mar 2023HANSARDDefence SpendingCan my noble friend clarify a statement she made in answering the noble Lord, Lord Campbell of Pittenweem? Did she really say that none of this money is going to be needed to…16 Mar 2023HANSARDAUKUS Defence PartnershipMy Lords, should we not derive some comfort from the fact that the crucial meetings in the United States took place immediately after a very amicable meeting between the Prime…16 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I will be very brief. I want to thank my noble friend on the Front Bench for the way in which he reacted to what I will always refer to as the Charlotte Lynch amendment.…14 Mar 2023HANSARDSchools: Data, Digital and Financial LiteracyMy Lords, while I agree very much with what my noble friends Lord Holmes and Lord Baker said, I ask my noble friend to look very carefully at the history curriculum. It really is…14 Mar 2023HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeMy Lords, has not the Prime Minister, two weeks ago over the Northern Ireland protocol and last week with a highly successful visit to France, shown the tone that we should now…13 Mar 2023HANSARDWhatsApp: Ministerial CommunicationsMy Lords, would we not have been spared a great deal of tedium had WhatsApping and twittering and tweeting been made automatic breaches of the Ministerial Code?08 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I express the hope that when the Prime Minister is discussing things with President Macron, they have two aims: first, to establish safe, simple, clean accommodation in…08 Mar 2023HANSARDWindsor FrameworkMy Lords, it is quite clear that this brilliant achievement by the Prime Minister deserves widespread support. Would my noble friend not agree that those who wish to serve the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDStormont BrakeMy Lords, in agreeing very much with what my noble friend the Minister and the noble Lord, Lord Murphy of Torfaen, have just said, do not all those in Northern Ireland who have…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAnd not for the first time. As the noble Baroness was talking about the dashboard, I could not help but just carry the analogy a little further. How much is hidden in the glove…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy noble friend interjects that I was right. Well, I may have been right, but I lost. We all lost. The fact is that we have devolved Administrations. Two of them are active and I…02 Mar 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Water PollutionMy Lords, I have raised before in this House the River Wye, which is one of the most glorious rivers in our country. We know why it is polluted; my noble friend the Minister has…01 Mar 2023