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HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Bates, on securing this debate. I declare an interest as chairman of the Halo Trust, the global mine and explosives removal charity.…13 Jan 2026HANSARDHillsborough LawMy Lords, like others, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for the opportunity to debate this important matter, and I shall be brief. The long and painful process of…13 Nov 2025HANSARDElections: Political Party SpendingMy Lords, I welcome the Minister’s undertaking to publish a strategy for electoral finance regulation. In so doing, may I encourage her to revisit the report by the Committee on…09 Jun 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I should declare that I am the former chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. The Committee…08 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewI do not want to comment on my predecessors in the role, but I point out that I have not appeared myself in the media to comment on that, despite many invitations. Rather…08 Oct 2024HANSARDAI Technology RegulationsMy Lords, artificial intelligence poses a risk not only to high-profile issues such as existential threats and safety, but also potentially to public standards—a matter on which…30 Jul 2024HANSARDZoological Society of London (Leases) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Featherstone, and I will echo a number of her comments and remarks. The Zoological Society of London is a tremendous…10 May 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I was not intending to speak in this debate, but it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lords, Lord Carlile and Lord Anderson. I will make two brief observations. First, I…23 Jan 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]Not at all. My Lords, I do not intend to make a long speech. This Bill proposes an important but, I suggest, relatively modest updating of the existing authorisation regime for…20 Nov 2023HANSARDNational Crime Agency Investigation: Javad MarandiMy Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, and I am grateful to the Minister for his reference to the report made by my…17 May 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Alton. I have considerable sympathy for what he says in view of the appalling behaviour of the IRGC. However, this…07 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I acknowledge the changes that have been made to Amendment 79 since it was introduced in Committee, but I still do not feel that it would be appropriate and right for us…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillIf I am being invited to comment on whether I would support a different amendment, I say that might well be the case. However, I do not support the amendment that is before us.01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. In 2021, my committee reviewed the regulation of electoral finance. I have to tell the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I must confess to being rather puzzled by some of the detail in Amendment 120 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer. When I got to proposed new subsection (4),…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillI thank the noble Baroness very much for that clarification; in that case, the amendment certainly needs some amendment itself. I am also puzzled as to the route proposed that any…18 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillOn the extent of the schedule of those to be included, unless I have misunderstood or misread, there does not appear to be any reference to senior members of the security and…16 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I listened with great interest to the argument made by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed. I wonder whether I could ask the Minister, when he replies, to clarify the…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 44 and 45A. It is striking that in the electoral finance regulations there is a great dissonance between what is required of political parties…21 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I have reservations about this amendment, because it seems to me that, for the reasons outlined by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, we are talking about a grey-zone…19 Dec 2022