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HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillI ask your Lordships’ indulgence to make a few observations following events last week, in the context of Amendment 5 on poverty, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock.…02 Nov 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillMy Lords, it is with the greatest possible reluctance that I have felt compelled to join my noble friend and former colleague Lady Stroud in putting down this amendment, which is…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillMy Lords, this Bill is designed to control pension spending and I am broadly in agreement with its direction. However, as the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Durham has just…13 Oct 2021HANSARDPersonal StatementMy Lords, with the leave of the House I will make a personal statement. Today, the Commissioner for Standards has published a report into my conduct. The report relates to…09 Feb 2021HANSARDEmploymentMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Leigh on obtaining this debate. I would like to make some observations on the role of the changes to the welfare system in the record…06 Jun 2019HANSARDPoverty: MetricsMy Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend for securing this debate and, more significantly, for the achievement of setting up the Social Metrics Commission and for…21 Jan 2019