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HANSARDSport England: Female ActivityIt is in the publicity, I am only quoting—it is the menopause and the menstrual cycle, but they are honestly portrayed in the advertising too. I wonder, therefore, in view of the…09 Mar 2020HANSARDSport England: Female ActivityMy Lords, the Question before us is not only ground-breaking but—let me confess it—in my case, mind-breaking, for I knew little about this campaign, and wish that I had. I…09 Mar 2020HANSARDBBC and Public Service BroadcastingMy Lords, this has been a truly remarkable debate. It would do us all well to read it in Hansard when it appears. I suppose that I should express some kind of a conflict of…05 Mar 2020HANSARDGambling Commission: Problem GamblingMy Lords, first, I echo what the right reverend Prelate has said about a levy. We must steel ourselves to the outcry from the gambling industry, and just do it. It has to pay for…05 Mar 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, we are coming to the end of a marathon—and for those of us who were here the first time the Bill went through, a double marathon. All the issues were thoroughly debated…04 Mar 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I believe that the conversations that the organising committee has as it deals with potential suppliers will put that point in the hope of achieving those results. However, the…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I take part in these proceedings for the first time. I have held a self-abstaining ordinance in previous discussions, since every point I might have made has been made…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not want to say very much—honestly, I do not—but I have grown increasingly impatient with myself as this debate has continued. We need a full-scale debate, rather…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]25 Feb 2020HANSARDOnline Harms LegislationMy Lords, I am grateful to hear that repeat of the reply in the other place. We have been building a narrative around these questions since April last year, when the online harms…13 Feb 2020HANSARDAlgorithms: Public Sector Decision-makingMy Lords, I am only too glad to add my word of thanks to the humble, ordinary, flesh-and-blood noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for our debate this evening. So many points have…12 Feb 2020HANSARDVictorian MillsMy Lords, these are such interesting questions, and there is such a diversity of interests around the House. I once taught Anglo-Saxon literature. “Beowulf” is full of allusions…11 Feb 2020HANSARDWales: European Structural FundsMy Lords, let me open by offering a word of gratitude, along with others, to the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, for giving us this opportunity, and a word of delight at seeing the noble…05 Feb 2020HANSARDBBC: TV Licence EvasionMy Lords, the Minister mentioned that an eight-week consultation is about to take place. In 2015, David Perry QC undertook detailed, evidence-based research. It took as long as it…05 Feb 2020HANSARDMedia and Lobby BriefingsMy Lords, I am amazed at the straight face the Minister kept throughout that Answer. I had little time to prepare myself to interrogate him and limited my research to visiting the…04 Feb 2020HANSARDEast Africa: LocustsMy Lords, I readily recognise the superior intelligence of the right reverend Prelates in the matter of locusts and plagues. I cannot help thinking of all that is happening to…04 Feb 2020HANSARDPublic LibrariesMy Lords, I have some confusion in interpreting the figures that are constantly put by one Minister after another giving an indication of the Government’s commitment to the…03 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, we resume the momentous Second Reading of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill. The delay we have experienced has allowed me to find and display a badge indicating my…03 Feb 2020HANSARDChurch of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) MeasureMy Lords, I am totally unsure about procedures at this point, but I hope that I am in order to address a word to this amendment. I approve of, entirely agree with, and understand…30 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that Statement and for the reassurance given in large measure by what she read to us. Of course, a number of questions are left open…28 Jan 2020