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HANSARDCategory 4 Steel Imports: Tariff-free QuotasMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his answers. He is always informative, courteous and diligent at that Dispatch Box. If it is true that we have, as reported, widened…22 Jul 2026HANSARDEuropean Entry and Exit SystemMy Lords, I sense this is going against the masochistic mood of the House, but how is a failure of the EU our fault? The noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, in asking her question, said…09 Jul 2026HANSARDForeign Interference in UK PoliticsMy Lords, I will take the Minister back to his answer to the noble Lord, Lord Haywood, who asked about the Minister’s fellow Old Alleynian, the coming by-election and the legal…09 Jul 2026HANSARDDemocratic Institutions: ThreatsMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Moraes, whom I have considered a friend for some 30 years. He was a great champion for those in the European…25 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Media: Use of X by Government DepartmentsMy Lords, I was a little alarmed by the Minister’s response to the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire. He does not like some things that are being said on X. He was not talking…23 Jun 2026HANSARDMaster’s Level History ScholarshipsMy Lords, I was very encouraged by the Minister’s excellent Answer to the excellent Question from the noble Lord, Lord Barber. We do indeed need to remember where we are from, and…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSteel TariffsMy Lords, the French economist Frédéric Bastiat said that the distinguishing feature of a good economist is looking beyond the visible and seeing the secondary consequences. There…18 Jun 2026HANSARDWelfare Reforms and Youth UnemploymentMy Lords, I declare my interest as the director of the Institute of Economic Affairs, the longest established free market think tank in the country. I recently came across…11 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hintze. His patriotism and clear-headedness are an inspiration. “An increasingly dangerous and volatile world…21 May 2026HANSARDSupermarkets: Voluntary Price CapsMy Lords, at a time of rising economic populism, there is a responsibility on all of us in this House, and especially Ministers, to be calm, factual and accurate. To follow on…20 May 2026HANSARDEU Directive: Adequate Minimum WagesMy Lords, we have been lucky enough to have a 30-year run of structurally low unemployment, which is now coming to an end, especially with younger workers—partly because of the…18 Mar 2026HANSARDBirmingham City Council and Unite: Refuse Workers’ PayMy Lords, is the truth not that these insanitary and insalubrious horrors being visited on our second city are the result of an act of grotesque judicial activism? Everyone…17 Mar 2026HANSARDImran Khan: ImprisonmentMy Lords, the Minister is, of course, quite right that Imran Khan is not a British subject, despite his long and deep connections to this country. None the less, I do not think…25 Feb 2026HANSARDDonations to Political PartiesMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, for introducing the debate and for being so frank about the proposal. As he said right at the end, the alternative to…12 Feb 2026HANSARDRetail and Hospitality SectorMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Monckton on securing this debate and will take us back to how she started—with the Woolsack, which is currently sustaining the…22 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, what are we here for if not to think again? We are wriggling painfully on a hook. In the early days, a lot of people, hearing that the Chagos Islands were to be handed…12 Jan 2026HANSARDShamima BegumMy Lords, previous speakers who have raised questions so far have made a big play out of the age of Shamima Begum. She was one of three Bethnal Green schoolgirls; they were either…07 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I add my voice to those of the noble and gallant Lords, Lord Craig of Radley and Lord Houghton of Richmond. It seems to me that this is precisely the kind of question…05 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 11, 12, 13 and 16, in the name of my noble friend Lord Lilley, who is detained by difficult transport situations in France—he is perhaps not…05 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren: Social MediaMy Lords, the Minister thinks that 16 year-olds should not have certain access. The noble Baroness, Lady Berger, if I understand her, thinks that they should be banned from social…10 Dec 2025