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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this debate has been more interesting than I expected. In looking at Amendment 65, we should acknowledge that the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, with his former ministerial…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThose are good points. Again, had the noble Lord seen an earlier episode of the soap opera of this Committee, he would have heard noble Lords from all around talk about firming up…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, the minute hand of legislation is approaching the blessed relief of adjournment, so I am going to reserve what I have to say about statutory sick pay to when I speak to…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, it is with some trepidation but some pleasure that I follow that speech. I rise to speak to Amendment 4, which is in my name, and to offer support to Amendments 7 and 15…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Carberry, may be relatively new to this House, but she is not wrong that purpose…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I think I am allowed to come back in Committee. I want to respond to the noble Baroness, Lady Carberry, because I probably did not articulate terribly well what I was…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 1, I will also speak to Amendments 283 and 327. In February 2023, Keir Starmer launched Labour’s five missions. The first is to get the UK’s economic…29 Apr 2025HANSARDUkraine War: London TalksMy Lords, last week in Grand Committee, we discussed in depth the 100-year partnership between Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Both during evidence and in that debate, the…28 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish SteelMy Lords, when we debated the fate of British Steel on 12 April, the sense of urgency from the Government was palpable. As subsequent events played out, that sense of urgency was…24 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish SteelMy Lords, I ask the Minister to reaffirm that the steel strategy is not mutually exclusive of the net-zero strategy but central to it going forward. There is an unfortunate…24 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish SteelIn that case, I withdraw the point. To make the statement true, the industrial strategy should explain how it is going to build the steel industry, what steels are needed and what…24 Apr 2025HANSARDOne Hundred Year Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and UkraineThat the Grand Committee takes note of the One Hundred Year Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ukraine. Relevant document:…22 Apr 2025HANSARDOne Hundred Year Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and UkraineMy Lords, this has been an important and valuable debate. I thank all noble Lords who have spoken and the Minister for his considered response. I will not try to summarise the…22 Apr 2025HANSARDOne Hundred Year Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and UkraineMy Lords, I am moving this Motion on behalf of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, chair of the International Agreements Committee, who sadly is unavailable today. The…22 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) Bill12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillMy Lords, I would just like to say a few words. I first thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for his kind words—which I had not expected—but, mostly, I thank the Government Front…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel IndustryMy Lords, it has been an unanticipated pleasure to have a debate with noble Lords today. Many of us following the British Steel saga expected to find ourselves debating the issues…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel IndustryMy Lords, I thank the Minister for those words. What this House seeks, rather than an update, is the opportunity to invoke these powers in a way that they appear to be intended.…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillEven more briefly, I hope, I thank both Front Benches for facilitating an open and very clear debate, which proceeded in the right spirit. I associate myself with the Minister’s…12 Apr 2025