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HANSARDFire and RehireMy noble friend has pointed out that unemployment levels are at an all-time low, but is he not worried about the rising number of those who are not seeking work?15 Jun 2022HANSARDConduct CommitteeI wish to follow up my noble friend Lord Cormack’s remarks about Valuing Everyone. The last course we had was, to be quite honest, absolutely farcical and a total waste of…24 May 2022HANSARDInternational Healthcare OutcomesDoes my noble friend the Minister accept that, last year, the United Kingdom spent, as a percentage of GDP, a higher amount than any other country in the EU? Does he, therefore,…19 May 2022HANSARDNHS: Abuse of NursesMy Lords, does my noble friend have any idea who the people are who are abusing nurses, how many of them are drunk and how many of them are mentally ill?05 Apr 2022HANSARDBAE Systems: Type 26 FrigateMy Lords, how much worse do things have to get in Ukraine before we substantially lift the 2% of GDP that we spend on defence?24 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateDoes my noble friend accept that it is rather unhelpful to describe lethal weapons being sent to the Ukraine as either offensive or defensive? Weapons can be used in either role;…10 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade Talks with India, Greenland and IsraelMy Lords, does my noble friend accept that however much Parliament oversees free trade agreements, it cannot amend them?09 Mar 2022HANSARDElderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill [HL]That the Bill do now pass.04 Mar 2022HANSARDElderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill [HL]My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Lilley, who is suffering from Covid, I beg to move that this Bill do now pass.04 Mar 2022HANSARDElderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill [HL]My Lords, I know that my noble friend Lord Lilley will be very grateful for the compliments from both Front Benches and he will be glad that he stimulated so much thought in the…04 Mar 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeMy Lords, I very much support the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, because I do not really buy in to this idea of the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, that we are all agreed that we do not want to…22 Feb 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeI stand corrected by the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. Clearly, we are not talking about powers being given to the Lord Speaker but, as she says, about duties. As you impose more…22 Feb 2022HANSARDMathematical SciencesMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Garden of Frognal, says that maths should be fun for women. Can it actually be fun for anybody, even if it is very necessary for everyone?08 Feb 2022HANSARDNorthern IrelandMy Lords, is it not right that, under the protocol, the tariffs on imports into Northern Ireland are a devolved matter?07 Feb 2022HANSARDNHS: Nurse RecruitmentCould the Minister say how many agency nurses are being employed by the NHS? Is he not concerned that so many are being employed when they are so much more expensive?27 Jan 2022HANSARDMigrant Crossings: Role of the MilitaryMy Lords, is the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, not right that until agreement is reached with the French to take them back, it does not really matter who picks them out of the water?20 Jan 2022HANSARDForeign Interference: Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006My Lords, should the Liberal Democrats not be particularly expert on the question of Russian agents and spies, because it was a Liberal Democrat MP who had a research assistant…19 Jan 2022HANSARDDiplomatic Influence Post BrexitMy noble friend Lord Balfe mentioned that we were absent from the EU defence committee that met the other day. How can EU defence come to anything if it does not have serious…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPrime Minister: Meetings with First Ministers of the Devolved GovernmentsFollowing up on the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, do the Government agree with the previous Labour Government, who said that devolution for Scotland would…10 Jan 2022HANSARDCare Workers: Professional RegisterMy Lords, was the Spectator right when it said that 25% of people over 65 were worth more than £1 million, and is it right that these people should have capped care costs of…10 Jan 2022