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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI am getting up to thank the Minister for her willingness to consider the timetable for the notification by the schooling parent of any changes in the educational plan, which they…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Wei, on all these amendments, but particularly on his Amendment 423. At an earlier stage in these proceedings, the noble Lord, Lord Nash,…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I think I have to correct myself, because I have said, on behalf of home-schooling mothers, that we favour the registry. I said that two years ago and during the Schools…03 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillLord Hacking.01 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I will explain how this amendment came about and be more definitive. It relates to the proposal in the Bill—I think it is in Clause 7—that when a landlord has obtained…01 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill01 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I put my name to Amendments 34 and 35 from the noble Lord, Lord Carrington. The noble Lord has given such a precise and detailed reasoning for all those amendments that…01 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I start off with my declaration, which is in the register, that my wife and I own five one-bedroom flats in the next-door house to ours, and we have been renting out…01 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, before I reveal my answer to the question just put to me by the Minister, I will make a few observations. The central one I have already made: under English contract…01 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill01 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI am easily forgotten.01 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I very much support Amendments 43 and 45, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, and supported by the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson. I can give a practical example of…01 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, my Amendment 41 was the first in line in this group. I still think that it was a good amendment and would have produced all of the right results without creating sorrow…01 Jul 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, while agreeing with the noble Lord who has just spoken, I would also like to agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, in her tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady…17 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI thank my noble friend for giving way. I was very interested to see this model, and we were told that it was to be here on the Monday. I forgot or failed to see it on the Monday;…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I am at a disadvantage because I have not seen the manuscript amendment, Amendment 4A, but I will make just a few comments. The noble Lord, Lord Herbert, has already…11 Jun 2025HANSARDPrimary and Community CareI thank my noble friend the Minister for her very positive reply, but I will take it a little further. Do the Government appreciate the enormous potential benefit of in vitro…05 Jun 2025HANSARDPrimary and Community CareTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support primary and community care settings to integrate in vitro point of care diagnostics.05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillHear, hear! It was a very good speech.19 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness. This should be directed also to the noble Lord, Lord Bird. As I read in Clause 1 of the Bill that all existing tenancies are…15 May 2025