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HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025My Lords, I add my voice to the swelling chorus, the paeans of praise, to the noble Baroness, Lady Lloyd. It is no small thing to make your maiden speech at that Dispatch Box, and…23 Oct 2025HANSARDShanghai Cooperation OrganisationMy Lords, we often talk about the way in which liberal democracy is in retreat in the part of the world that we have just been hearing about, particularly in Russia. I wonder…16 Oct 2025HANSARDRoad PricingMy Lords, returning briefly to my noble friend Lord Young’s question, I noticed that the Minister has unwontedly not mentioned the £22 billion black hole. Can he tell us what the…18 Sept 2025HANSARDSickness Benefits: In-person InterviewsMy Lords, how does the Minister explain some of the following statistics, all of which come from government sources? The number of people expected to go on to long-term benefits…10 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, last week the chairman of the junior doctors—or, now, resident doctors—committee of the BMA put out a tweet saying, “You do not have to tell your employer if you are…21 Jul 2025HANSARDTax IncreasesMy Lords, does the Minister accept that there is a point when higher tax rates lead to lower government revenues? We heard an example from my noble friend Lord Leigh in the last…10 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesMy Lords, in his first answer, the Minister used the phrase, “lost control of the economy”, which is familiar from the election. It is a very telling phrase. Which bits of the…08 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Constitution: Oversight and Responsibility (Report from the Constitution Committee)My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the fresh and humane takes of the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths of Burry Port. The public see a collective political failure: that…04 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, again I feel that I am slightly swimming against the tide in opposing this amendment, which seems to me rooted in the outlook that I think of as “good chappery”— I am…02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillNot all the speeches, no: my noble friend Lord Howard was indeed one who spoke in favour of the education centre. It seems to me that, once we start making these changes, the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDFood AllergensMy Lords, is the Minister aware of studies showing that exposure to trace amounts of potential allergens builds resilience? I think specifically of the Learning Early About Peanut…26 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I promise not to detain the House for long. I want to come back on the exchange between my noble friends Lord Pickles and Lord Robathan, because the insinuation was made…11 Jun 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military BasePerhaps I might take the Minister back to the questions asked by the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and the noble Baroness, Lady…03 Jun 2025HANSARDGulf States: Trade and Human RightsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her answers to the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, and the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed. Will she confirm that…03 Jun 2025HANSARDUS Tariff on UK FilmsMy Lords, His Majesty’s Government have had a very good week on trade. We have just signed a deal with India, the fourth biggest economy in the world—about to become the third…08 May 2025HANSARDArm’s-length BodiesMy Lords, my noble friend asked which arm’s-length bodies might be abolished. I am not sure I have heard the Minister answer. Maybe I could suggest one or two off the top of my…01 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, what a privilege and a pleasure to follow two such outstanding maiden speeches, one from my former Euro colleague, the noble Lord, Lord Mohammed of Tinsley, and one from…01 May 2025HANSARDBirmingham: Waste CollectionMy Lords, rats are spawned by DEI, are not they? They are the fell and monstrous product of equalities law. There was an utterly perverse ruling that said that although there was…24 Apr 2025HANSARD“Hillsborough Law”My Lords, I am sure the whole House will share the Minister’s admiration for the steadfastness of the Hillsborough victims and his horror at the police cover-up, but will he take…22 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel IndustryMy Lords, the question posed by the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, and then repeated by my noble friend Lord Moylan hangs in the air of your Lordships’ Chamber, brooding and…12 Apr 2025