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HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Impact on Human Relationships and SocietyMy Lords, in thanking the most reverend Primate the Archbishop for introducing this debate with such excellence, I refer to another spiritual icon of our age, from the cartoon…05 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Literacy (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, and her committee for this remarkably informed and necessary report. I say so as a former schoolteacher and teacher of religious…16 Mar 2026HANSARDBroadcasting: Recent DevelopmentsMy Lords, I join the multitude thanking the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, for his constant, passionate advocacy of public service broadcasting. At the moment there is a great debate…08 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as the founder and vice-president of Catch22, the largest community preventive agency for those young potential offenders. Before that, I was the…12 Nov 2025HANSARDIPP SentencesMy Lords, as the Minister well knows, much of the pressure on our prisons, including on IPP prisoners, comes from the constant probationary pressing of the panic recall button. I…15 Sept 2025HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will add just a line or two to all the statements so far. I immensely commend the noble Lord, Lord Woodley, for having the guts and fearsomeness of argument, the…04 Jul 2025HANSARDProtection of Prison StaffMy Lords, given that we all agree in this House that attacks on officers are reprehensible and cannot in any way be accepted, would it not be a regressive step to mass-provide…13 May 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Compensation SchemeMy Lords, it is a great privilege to be able to pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Elliott, for her wonderfully warm and family-loving speech, and for naming her children and…27 Feb 2025HANSARDPrisons: Imprisonment for Public ProtectionMy Lords, at the election we were promised change, and we constantly hear that that is the mantra of the Government, but what is fascinating is that this Government have carried…12 Dec 2024HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill [HL]My Lords, so far we are all in agreement, and we thank the noble Lord, Lord Woodley, for proposing this Bill. Earlier this year, around April, I met a man called Mike at a Harrow…15 Nov 2024HANSARDCommunity and Voluntary SectorMy Lords, we all love a debate of this nature, because it shows the very best of British brilliance, so I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, for allowing us to have this wide…31 Oct 2024HANSARDPedal CyclesMy Lords, this is one of those issues that we all feel intensely and strongly about. We are all obviously being afflicted by cyclists, bicycles or our own bad driving. The whole…12 Sept 2024HANSARDPrison CapacitiesMy Lords, if we are to cut prison numbers we need to cut reoffending. If we are to cut reoffending, prisoners need jobs, housing and hope. If they are to get jobs, housing and…12 Sept 2024HANSARDIndeterminate SentencesMy Lords, do the Government not feel ashamed of the obvious injustice of the continuing 16,000 former IPP residents in prison who are still on IPP sentences? This is a gross…29 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I too support this array of amendments on IPP, both the current amendments and the ones that will follow. As the Committee will know, I am a regular visitor—twice a…12 Mar 2024HANSARDWindrushMy Lords, all of us who have spoken so far in this debate have done so because of our profound respect and love for the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, but also because the…29 Feb 2024HANSARDReligious Education in SchoolsI am grateful to the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, for making us have this debate and for the context he set out. I declare up front that I was an RE teacher…18 Jan 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, we now know from the gracious Speech that the election is coming because, whenever an election comes, the ruling political party seeks to beat up on criminals and to…08 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate ChangeMy Lords, we are watching two very bizarre events at the same moment: the intense tragedy of people fleeing a burning Europe and trying, mid-holiday, to get out of a desperate…24 Jul 2023HANSARDWindrush Generation: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, this is a marvellous moment when we can celebrate remarkable lives, great sacrificial people, or fill our faces with the tears and sadness of the distress that they…07 Jul 2023