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HANSARDStockton to Darlington Railway AnniversaryAs we celebrate our heritage railways and the tremendous achievements of British engineering across the world, does the Minister also acknowledge the importance of the heritage…11 Oct 2022HANSARDLondon Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012: LegacyMy Lords, is not one of the huge benefits of the circumstances in which the Olympic Games took place the fact that they were available on free-to-air television as one of the…10 Oct 2022HANSARDWater Companies: BorrowingsWill the Minister now respond specifically to the question put to him by my noble friend Lord Hain: why is the record in Wales so much better than the one in England?05 Sept 2022HANSARDFour-Day Working WeekDoes the Minister acknowledge that a reduction in the working week has been a trend overall—although there have been hiccups—in people’s working experience over the last 100…05 Sept 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I gently remind the noble Lord of the Companion , which says that speakers “are expected to keep within 15 minutes”. That is not a formal limit but an advisory one. It says that…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, sitting where I am, I have repeatedly felt genuinely sorry for the Minister, who has done so much to try to improve the Bill or respond to concerns that have been…18 Jul 2022HANSARDHS2: Speed RestrictionsMy Lords, is the Minister as weary as I must admit I feel from time to time of endless questions about the difficulties and problems associated with building a railway? Some 180…13 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I say very briefly that amid the myriad arguments on this group and, indeed, throughout the Bill, there is, if it does not sound too pompous, a philosophical difference,…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]If that is the case, I must have dozed off at some stage. Does it not say “Report be now received” on the Annunciator? I am sure the noble Baroness is right, but the procedure…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, can we just be clear about where we are? We have not yet agreed to consider the Report stage of the Bill.12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I should like more clarity from the Minister about the procedure that will be adopted as and when the Bill comes back from the Commons. That is according to the current…12 Jul 2022HANSARDHereditary Peers By-electionMy Lords, as is traditional on these occasions, I would like to say a few words. I have been in politics long enough to know that the results of these by-elections may not make it…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeThe noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, knows that the number of occasions when there are votes between nine and 10 at night is very much a minority of the sitting days of the House. Of…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeCan I just answer that?05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeNo Green Party.05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeI am sorry to be accused of being cheap for discussing this with members of staff. I do not pretend that it was a representative sample or represents the majority—I cannot know…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeIt is a job share with us.05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeThe noble Lady’s argument is very London-centric, if she does not mind my saying so. You cannot have an outside interest in Newcastle, Stoke, Scotland or anywhere else and…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeMy Lords, just to try for a moment to inject a sense of proportion into this debate, we are discussing in essence whether on two days of the week instead of finishing at 10 pm we…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeAll I can say is that, if the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, backed the proposal I put forward at the time, he did it in a very opaque way. Check the record, by all means, but I…05 Jul 2022