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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I will make two very brief points: one specifically aimed at the noble Lord, Lord True, and the other a more general point about the House and its procedures. The point…14 Oct 2025HANSARDChinese Espionage: ParliamentDoes my noble friend recall that we once had a Chancellor of the Exchequer called George Osborne? Among the many things he said—this was 10 years ago, in the dying days of the…13 Oct 2025HANSARDGaza: UN Commission of Inquiry ReportMy Lords—18 Sept 2025HANSARDGaza: UN Commission of Inquiry ReportMy Lords—18 Sept 2025HANSARDGaza: UN Commission of Inquiry ReportMy Lords, the exchanges here, as is often the case, really do not reflect the horror of what we see on our television screens night after night after night, which constitutes what…18 Sept 2025HANSARDGaza: UN Commission of Inquiry ReportMy Lords, it is time for this side. The Front Benches do not come first.18 Sept 2025HANSARDUndocumented MigrantsDoes my noble friend agree that we would be in a far better position to deal with issues like border security, access to services and knowing who is in the country illegally and…16 Sept 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am afraid I am going to break the melancholy mood that we have heard from previous speakers. I thought that this day, when this Bill do now pass, would never come. It…21 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS England: Staff CostsMy Lords, I was very taken with my noble friend Lord Hunt’s forensic analysis of the coalition Government’s performance on health. He mentioned the £3.5 billion figure. I know…21 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIf the noble Lord, Lord True, cannot see the difference in category between a life Peer who can sit in here and legislate and a life Peer who cannot, then we are going to have…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I will risk the possibility of being called risible by the noble Lord, Lord True, for disagreeing with him, but I think he has failed to spell out precisely one point…09 Jul 2025HANSARDARIA: Scoping Our Planet ProgrammeI have a question for the Minister; I am pretty sure that the answer will be that he has no idea, and that will not be any reflection on him because I do not have any idea either.…08 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, this is such an absurd, fanciful and imaginative suggestion. By way of evidence, can the noble Lord explain to us how 667 hereditaries being removed overnight in 1999…02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am finding it difficult to compute exactly what is going on today, because Friday after Friday, Bill after Bill, to a three-quarters empty House, which is…02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords—02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillAs far as I know, although I do not know the intricacies of the mechanism that brought me here, there were probably more than three people who thought that it was okay. I would be…02 Jul 2025HANSARDUK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos ArchipelagoMy Lords, I have been here quite a long time, but it is a first for me to find myself following both a maiden speech and a valedictory speech by father and daughter. If I were to…30 Jun 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMy Lords, I welcome and admire the way my noble friend the Minister has presented the case for the Government today, in his calm and measured way—in stark contrast to the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDHS2 ResetMy Lords, this is a necessary but pretty depressing Statement announcing, as it effectively is, that when it comes to major infrastructure projects, whether they are railways or…19 Jun 2025HANSARDPolitical Parties and Elections Act 2009Does my noble friend recall that, before the last election, the Conservative Government—for reasons that slightly bewildered me and I think some others—decided to massively extend…12 Jun 2025