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HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillThe noble Lord, Lord Adonis, is always a pleasure to listen to. As a matter of fact, I am not in favour of this amendment, but I want to ask the Minister a question. One of the…14 Nov 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Accommodation and SafeguardingMy Lords, does my noble friend accept that however difficult this all is, these are people? Many are people in considerable difficulties. Therefore, for them to have to wait the…09 Nov 2022HANSARDClimate Change: Behaviour ChangeI declare an interest as chairman of the Climate Change Committee. Why do the Government find it so difficult to help people to eat not 20% less meat but better meat, particularly…03 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillWill my noble friend accept this, just to get the two noble Lords together—if I may put it like that? The fact is that nobody in Northern Ireland is going to accept measures that…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, in declaring an interest as chairman of the Climate Change Committee, I wish to follow on from what has just been said. As the Democratic Unionist Party knows, we have…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI am sorry to interrupt my noble friend, but when he replies to the points made by the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, will he answer the question not just whether the Government…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, has done the Committee a great favour by detailing this particular aspect of the Bill. She has shown that the powers which the…31 Oct 2022HANSARDCOP 27Can my noble friend help me? Can we now expect that the Cabinet committee chaired by the Prime Minister will continue, that the Prime Minister will chair it and that it will be…27 Oct 2022HANSARDHousing: Manifesto CommitmentI thank my noble friend for the answer on insulated homes, but since the Government went back on the promise of zero-carbon homes, we have built 1.5 million homes that have to be…26 Oct 2022HANSARDHousing: Manifesto CommitmentMy Lords—26 Oct 2022HANSARDWorking from HomeDoes my noble friend accept that most sensible employers—I count myself as one—have a balance in this? They bring people in, say, two days a week when everybody works together and…04 Jul 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]I am old enough to have been through all the debates on the flags. There was no doubt whatever that what was being upheld was the flag of the United Kingdom, to be flown in…22 Jun 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]My Lords, I oppose this proposal simply because it is not something for this Parliament. We are here only because there is no Northern Ireland Assembly. I have to say to my DUP…22 Jun 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]I was talking about Northern Ireland, which is the constitutional phrase for the six counties which make up—22 Jun 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]My Lords, I wish to associate myself with those noble Lords who are sad that this is not being debated in the Assembly. Let me say how sad I am that it is not recognised by some…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]In that spirit, will my noble friend also discover whether the Government have the power to use the money they give to these individual schools in a way which could in fact insist…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I have listened with great care to the amendments. There is a common note here which my noble friend might wish to take up. There are few happy points in the…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I am rather attracted by the concept that the Government should be very clear about the reasons why this kind of change takes place and how it would benefit the children’s…15 Jun 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Removal to RwandaWould my noble friend be kind enough to tell the House whether the Home Secretary has yet had time to write to the most reverend Primate the Archbishop to apologise for the way…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]I do not think we should add too many details, so that the thing becomes a Christmas tree. Although I think I agreed with every suggestion that my noble friend Lord Holmes put…14 Jun 2022