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HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillMy Lords, it is an eternal message: to him who has shall be given more, but from him who does not have will be taken away what little he has. We have money to give people stamp…13 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care Levy BillMy Lords, an advantage of being the last speaker is that everybody has to come back into the Chamber to listen to you, because that is part of the rules of the game. Let me say…11 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation (Assemblies) Bill [HL]My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. I am a humanist and, while not a Satanist, certainly not a God-ist. I consider myself very lucky that I did not have a British…10 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal CreditMy Lords, it is almost a universal law of poverty studies—I used to do that 40 years ago—that any level of payment at which the Government of the day fix as being necessary is 15%…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords Appointments CommissionMy Lords, I quite agree with the proposition that we should have a statutory commission, but I argue that that is not the problem with this House. The problem is that this House…06 Sept 2021 Bills sponsored (1)