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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI had finished my remarks but will respond to say that I would love that to be the case.02 Jul 2025HANSARDPeers’ Entrance Security DoorMy Lords, last week when we were discussing this issue I made a silly mistake. I suggested that the wretched front entrance had cost as much as Grenfell Tower. I am sorry; I…02 Jul 2025HANSARDPalace of Westminster: Restoration and RenewalMy Lords, I welcome the emphasis on cost-effectiveness and timeliness, and welcome the mention by the noble Lord, Lord Harris, of frivolousness. Are there any lessons on…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice ServiceMy Lords, I come from a family of four generations of police officers. I am proud to refer to that, as a matter of interest. The Labour manifesto promised to lower all sorts of…11 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice ServiceTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking in response to concerns expressed by the leaders of the Police Superintendents’ Association and the Police Federation of…11 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, of course the Government have the right to do what they intend to do, but that does not make the Government right to do what they intend to do. As a mark of our…11 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Before the noble Lord sits down, on Monday I asked almost precisely the same question of the Government and asked for a guarantee that no side deals or side understandings, or…04 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, I need to declare my interest. I was in a bookshop and a lady of, let us say, a certain number of years scuttled over to me and…04 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have spent a delightful half an hour or so listening to some very pertinent, brief speeches, and I intend, with the leave of the House, to make my own. I thank the…02 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for her indefatigable efforts. She has argued persuasively, patiently and passionately—and there is nothing wrong with a bit of…19 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, what is a pet? That is a central question to everything that we are discussing. Some noble Lords will remember that there once was a parrot—a Norwegian Blue, to be…06 May 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI was wondering. I bet a fiver that that lot at the other end of the building are not sitting. If they are sitting in front of a television at home, they are not sitting in that…01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I will be incredibly brief. My name is on the amendment, along with that of my noble friend Lord Blencathra. It is an issue I raised at Second Reading. It is something…01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, a great and very wise public servant once said that the House of Lords is a disgrace and the enemy of good government. He explained why: it is filled, he said, with…01 Apr 2025HANSARDHeathrow Airport Closure: Resilience and SecurityMay I link the previous Question that the Minister has just answered with the current one about security? Is it true that, in this dash for installing green energy, solar panels…26 Mar 2025HANSARDFemale Genital MutilationMy Lords, I believe that the figures for female genital mutilation reported by the National Health Service are considerably greater than the figures the Minister just gave us.…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend Lord Hannan, but we do have a problem with numbers. We are constantly being compared with the Central Committee of the Chinese…12 Mar 2025HANSARDEast Coast Main LineMy Lords, since the train drivers were given a very substantial pay increase, what has happened to train drivers’ productivity and train punctuality?11 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I shall say a few words in support of the amendment in my name and that of the noble Earl, Lord Devon. I hope I shall be forgiven, and not accused of parliamentary…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHumanist WeddingsThe Minister must be feeling that it is Groundhog Day yet again, and it will continue, as the noble Baroness says, until we get a response on this—please. The Minister keeps…03 Feb 2025