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HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, it is an honour to follow the intriguing suggestion of the noble Lord, Lord Brooke, about December—which I will not repeat at this moment. I declare my interest as a…01 Feb 2023HANSARDPrison CapacityMy Lords, the Minister has already said that if the Government had an alternative, they would put it in place. The issue of IPP sentences has been mentioned: 1,988 men are held…06 Dec 2022HANSARDBBC World ServiceMy Lords, my interests in the register as a BBC pensioner and a former head of public affairs for the BBC are well known. I thank my great friend, the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for…01 Dec 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, I belong to a generation of Caribbean young who had parents and grandparents who bemoaned the end of the Empire. My father was from Angola, but my mother was from…09 Sept 2022HANSARDFood Insecurity in Developing Countries due to Blockade of Ukrainian PortsMy Lords, I am deeply grateful, as always, for the piercing analysis and persistent pressure of the noble Lord, Lord Alton. He consistently reminds not just the House but the…21 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards of Behaviour and Honesty in Political LifeMy Lords, gratitude goes to the noble Lord, Lord Morse, for allowing us to have this debate. We all hope that in the end, the Minister will be truer to his instincts than to his…23 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, at Oral Questions in this House on 9 November 2020, my noble friend Lord Ramsbotham asked for the third time when Her Majesty’s Government planned to announce the chair,…12 May 2022HANSARDAutocrats, Kleptocrats and PopulistsMy Lords, while in preparation for this debate, for reasons I cannot explain, my phone decided to throw up some old pictures that I had kept in archive. A particular photograph…03 Feb 2022HANSARDChina: GenocideMy Lords, it is certainly interesting to follow the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Desai, and it gives us an opportunity to reflect on the hub of where our hearts are. Most of us…25 Nov 2021HANSARDAssisted Dying Bill [HL]My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dobbs, and to have listened to the erudite speech of my noble friend Lady Meacher. Like many in this House, I have…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEU Bilateral Agreements for Asylum SeekersMy Lords, is there not another question for the Home Office? Given the difficulties of last year’s endless reporting on Windrush and the Wendy Williams report that said the Home…06 Sept 2021HANSARDGlobal Education SummitMy Lords, grateful as we are for the Government’s commitment of £430 million to the replenishment fund, is it not likely that other Governments will also use the impact of Covid…14 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational TravelMy Lords, could the Minister please assist the House to understand what the Secretary of State for Transport attempted to say the other day about travel to the United States?…01 Jul 2021HANSARDUK Foreign Aid ProgrammeMy Lords, we are all grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, for allowing us to express our anguish and our fury at the contempt in which the Government have held Parliament and…01 Jul 2021HANSARDChild Trust Funds: People with a Learning DisabilityMy Lords, this Question raises the wider challenge of inadequate financial literacy for underage and mature individuals with special learning needs. As a parent of young adults…22 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation: Recovery Package and Catch-up ProgrammeGiven that the Government seem to have rejected much of the Sewell racism report, including the one positive recommendation of extending substantially the school day—barring a…21 Jun 2021HANSARDPublic Service Broadcasting (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate and I declare my interest as the BBC’s former head of public affairs from 1996 to 2003, notably from one…27 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, began this debate by saying that the wheels of justice never stop turning. I remind the House that in the last gracious Speech in December…18 May 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review: Development AidMy Lords, this weekend, the Defence Secretary, in anticipation of the first overseas tour by the Royal Navy’s new flagship carrier and six other Navy ships to tilt at the…28 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Pupil Referral UnitsMy Lords, given the proven likelihood that PRUs can be highways to hopelessness, driving vulnerable young people towards long-term criminality, what is the Government’s assessment…22 Apr 2021