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HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for his question. I am embarrassed to say that I do not know the answer, because these are their seats and they are entitled to sell them as they think fit.…19 Oct 2023HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]My Lords, I felt I was reasonably experienced at doing Bills from my career in the Commons and my experience here. I have taken through quite a few Government Bills, usually with…19 Oct 2023HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]Other than the fact that ongoing conflicts are discussed—it is not the conflicts that have come out in that council meeting, it is future conflicts. However, I accept there is an…19 Oct 2023HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]My Lords, I have never been in a debate where I have been complimented so much at the beginning of everyone’s speech and then had almost everything I said disagreed with…19 Oct 2023HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.19 Oct 2023HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for that. He made it clear that he felt that his Benches would not be able to support the Bill in its current form, but I do not think that is particularly…19 Oct 2023HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]My noble friend makes his point clearly and with great lucidity, as ever. Quite a few points were made about the Covid loan—as has been said, it was given according to the…19 Oct 2023HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]The trustees recognise that. The noble Lord’s point is one for any cultural institution of any sort. They are conscious of that point, and the number of performances that are put…19 Oct 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I too thank my noble friend the Minister for securing this debate, and I pay tribute to the contributions of my predecessors. I cannot opine in any way comparable to…21 Sept 2023HANSARDNew HomesMy Lords, the work done on the National Planning Policy Framework by my noble friend Lord Pickles, Brandon Lewis and Greg Clark was in my view one of the major achievements during…12 Sept 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Accommodation in HotelsMy Lords, the Minister will be aware that the Homes for Ukraine scheme has led to 150,000 refugees from another country being settled in this country in people’s homes, while…21 Feb 2023HANSARDHousebuilding: Government TargetsMy Lords, the National Planning Policy Framework from Greg Clark, when he was Secretary of State, gave government the power to impose targets locally if the local authority could…16 Jan 2023HANSARDArts: Energy Cost SupportMy Lords, I declare my interest as a trustee of the Royal Albert Hall. I would like to ask the Minister to grant it and other such institutions the same sympathy and consultation…20 Oct 2022HANSARDUkraine Refugees: Mothers and Dependent Children Arriving in the UKI shall keep my head down and get on with the rest of this speech.07 Jul 2022HANSARDUkraine Refugees: Mothers and Dependent Children Arriving in the UKThank you very much. Right, I have no excuse at all now. I am really not trying to get out of this at all; it is just that I have been going through things quickly to try to get…07 Jul 2022HANSARDUkraine Refugees: Mothers and Dependent Children Arriving in the UKOh fine, thank you very much. I will try to use them properly.07 Jul 2022HANSARDUkraine Refugees: Mothers and Dependent Children Arriving in the UKI wish I had that much influence with NatWest. I do not recall it being on the list, but TSB and Halifax are, for example. They are all quite well-known banks, but it is not just…07 Jul 2022HANSARDUkraine Refugees: Mothers and Dependent Children Arriving in the UKMy Lords, I thank everybody for their contributions, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Loomba. To put this in perspective for me—this is a personal statement, in a way—I started…07 Jul 2022HANSARDUkraine Refugees: Mothers and Dependent Children Arriving in the UKI had heard of the Vodafone Foundation in the context the noble Baroness mentioned, with a lot of noise, et cetera. I am very happy to meet it. In fact, I had a meeting yesterday…07 Jul 2022HANSARDUkraine Refugees: Mothers and Dependent Children Arriving in the UKI have nothing but encouragement, as my noble friend knows, but they have not proceeded to the extent that I want. I had extensive conversations with the DfE about it, as he…07 Jul 2022