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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, will the noble Lord give way?21 Jul 2026HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am very grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. This is an historic speech on his part; this is probably the most momentous missing of the point since the crowd called for…21 Jul 2026HANSARDMusic Teachers: RecruitmentMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister, who is a brilliant Minister, for her reply. But she erred slightly in blaming the EBacc, which provides no constraint on choice. What…20 Jul 2026HANSARDBBC Royal Charter: Gaelic BroadcastingMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady MacLeod, has made a vital point. Gaelic as an indigenous language is not just an integral part of the culture of these islands but the means of…16 Jul 2026HANSARDPalantir: Public Service ContractsMy Lords, I am grateful, as ever, to the Minister for his lucid and authoritative response. When I was a Minister, I saw how Palantir’s technology helped to save lives in the NHS.…29 Jun 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseMy Lords, one figure emerges from these papers with his already high reputation enhanced. I refer of course to Sir Olly Robbins, the former Permanent Secretary at the FCDO, and I…02 Jun 2026HANSARDSteel Import RestrictionsMy Lords, I was delighted to hear from the Minister a brief summary of just some of the benefits that being outside the European Union has brought this country. Not only do we…02 Jun 2026HANSARDOffshore Oil and Gas: Venting and FlaringMy Lords, whatever improvements might be made in dealing with the consequences of extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea in environmental terms, it is undoubtedly the case…21 May 2026HANSARDPension SchemesMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Reid, made a very valid point. Capita was the organisation in charge of Army recruitment. It did such a bad job that even the MoD decided to…28 Apr 2026HANSARDBritish Industrial Competitiveness SchemeI congratulate the Minister on the beautiful complexity of a scheme that picks winners and allocates taxpayers’ money to those winners so that they can avoid paying a subsidy to…22 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support the points made by my noble friends Lady Barran and Lord Agnew. We are approaching the end of our consideration of this legislation, which comes as we all…20 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the inference from some comments during the course of this debate has been that somehow the issues raised in Wales and by the Senedd are peripheral to the centre of this…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI had concluded my remarks but I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising this point. Precision medicine, and the advances that it potentially holds for all of us, is a wonderful…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI want to clarify absolutely what the noble and learned Lord the promoter of the Bill is saying. I believe he is saying that, if the Bill passes, we could have a situation where…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAgain, for clarity, if it were the case that Welsh Ministers thought that NHS resources were better devoted to improving palliative care, for example, or to doing something else,…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am introducing six amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Frost. My noble friend sends his apologies to your Lordships’ House. He is unavoidably detained but…20 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillBefore the Minister sits down, he said that Amendment 4 is unnecessary because the Bill does not do what the promoters of Amendment 4 argue that it does. He did not say that it…16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am afraid that that answer is completely inadequate.16 Mar 2026HANSARDBusiness RatesOf all the U-turns that have been executed since the Minister joined the Treasury team, whether on the family farm tax, business rates or the winter fuel payment, which is his…29 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am wholly in agreement with the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, and my noble friend Lord Deben, that greater clarity, both from the promoter of the Bill and from the Front…23 Jan 2026