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HANSARDDeath of a Member: The Lord Bishop of GuildfordMy Lords, I regret to inform the House of the death of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Guildford on 3 March. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to the right…04 Mar 2026HANSARDRetirements of MembersMy Lords, I should like to notify the House of the retirement with effect from yesterday of the noble Lord, Lord Turnberg, and with effect from today of the noble Lord, Lord…02 Mar 2026HANSARDLord Speaker’s StatementMy Lords, before we come to the Statement on the Government’s response to the House of Commons humble Address, I remind the House that various police investigations have been…24 Feb 2026HANSARDRetirement of a Member: Lord Browne of LadytonMy Lords, I should like to notify the House of the retirement, with effect from today, of the noble Lord, Lord Browne of Ladyton, pursuant to Section 1 of the House of Lords…23 Feb 2026HANSARDRetirement of a Member: Lord MandelsonMy Lords, I announced in the Chamber yesterday that the noble Lord, Lord Mandelson, had given notice of his retirement. I now formally notify the House of his retirement, with…04 Feb 2026HANSARDTributes: Lord Wallace of TankernessMy Lords, I would like to say a few words of my own in tribute to Lord Wallace of Tankerness, or Jim as he was known to his many friends both inside and outside Parliament and…03 Feb 2026HANSARDLord Speaker’s StatementMy Lords, given the public interest and for the convenience of the House, I have decided to inform the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments has today received notification from…03 Feb 2026HANSARDDeath of a Member: Lord TriesmanMy Lords, I regret to inform the House of the death of the noble Lord, Lord Triesman, on 30 January. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to the noble Lord’s family…02 Feb 2026HANSARDTributes: Lord McFall of AlcluithMy Lords, I wish to add a few words of my own in tribute to my predecessor, the noble Lord, Lord McFall. I have known him since the 1980s, when the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch…02 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Inquiries: CostsMy Lords, I hesitate to go too far back in the past, but the key to the inquiry following the Piper Alpha disaster and the Dunblane inquiry, which I commissioned, was appointing a…19 Jan 2026HANSARDElection of Lord SpeakerMy Lords, I am most grateful for these very flattering tributes from all the Front Benches. My father would have been astonished and my mother would have believed them. I am…12 Jan 2026HANSARDEmployment Gap for Blind and Sight-impaired PeopleMy Lords, is the issue here not that the Equality Act applies to the staff in this House but not to the Members? Should that not be sorted so that Members are given the kind of…17 Dec 2025HANSARDEmployee Car Ownership SchemesMy Lords, I appreciate that the Minister is new to his post, but would he have a word with his colleagues? The car industry in our country is being destroyed by this determination…08 Dec 2025HANSARDAIDSMy Lords, as a junior Minister back in the 1980s, responsible for health in Scotland, I was acutely aware of the wonderful work of the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, in leading the…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSchools: FundingMy Lords, will the Minister please answer the question that my noble friend Lord Effingham asked? Is this money being ring-fenced or not? Ring-fenced means ring-fenced, not part…25 Nov 2025HANSARDTelegraph Media GroupMy Lords, has this uncertainty for the staff and for a great national newspaper not gone on long enough? Should the Secretary of State not use her powers to get the Competition…19 Nov 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax: PensionsMy Lords, does the noble Lord accept the principle that it is wrong to raise any tax of any kind on people who do not have the cash to pay it?17 Nov 2025HANSARDBarnett Formula: WalesMy Lords, does the Minister recognise that this is not actually about the amount of funding going to Wales but about fairness? I draw his attention to the 2009 report of this…12 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic/Private Partnerships: SharesMy Lords, does the Minister agree that where public/private partnerships have gone wrong is in there not having been people in the public sector with the procurement skills and…03 Nov 2025HANSARDChinese Espionage: ParliamentMy Lords, do the Government accept that China is a security threat to our country?13 Oct 2025