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HANSARDNew Towns: Laying the Foundations (Built Environment Committee Report)My Lords, I join others in paying tribute to my noble friend Lord Gascoigne for his report. I recognise the need for new homes, and the role that new settlements can play in that…10 Jun 2026HANSARDTemporary Skilled Worker Visas: Creative OccupationsMy Lords, on a similar point to that raised by the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, I am a trustee of the National Opera Studio, which trains brilliant young opera singers and is…04 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I draw attention to my entries in the register of Members’ interests as chairman of the Countryside Alliance and related positions, and I add my congratulations to the…19 May 2026HANSARDHealth and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, I want to add to the comments and questions made by my noble friend Lady Harding about the potential impact of this regulatory change on horseracing. It is a very…15 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests showing that I am the chair of the College of Policing. We are broadly in agreement about the way forward.…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillOkay; that is helpful. I thank my noble friend, and I am sure the Government will respond to that. But if part of the purpose of this is to ensure that it meets the concern my…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillBut my argument was against the proposal that these offences in their entirety should be rejected by this House—that the Government’s proposal in its entirety should be rejected…04 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful for the noble Baroness’s intervention. This issue merits further and deeper discussion, which is a matter for the Government to address. Yes, of course, the whole…04 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests. I chair the College of Policing, but I am not speaking in that capacity, nor have I spoken to policing…04 Mar 2026HANSARDAnimal Welfare Strategy: Rural CommunitiesMy Lords—12 Feb 2026HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I too am puzzled why it is not possible to include this wording in the Bill. Given that the Bill makes provision for the construction of a Holocaust memorial and…21 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I draw attention to my declaration in the register of interests that I am chair of the College of Policing. As I said at Second Reading, we need to remember that there…20 Jan 2026HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, in the two minutes I have been allotted, another four people globally will die from tuberculosis. That is 1.25 million people a year. It is the world’s deadliest disease…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I draw attention to my interest declared in the register as chair of the College of Policing. For our police service, founded on the principle of consent, to be…16 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, earlier this week, this House earnestly discussed in Oral Questions how to reduce suicides. Suicide has not been a crime for over six decades, but we still think that it…12 Sept 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, sustainable development goal 3.3 says that HIV, AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis must be beaten by 2030. On the current rate of progress, TB will not be beaten for 100…21 Jul 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, some years ago I visited the Dachau concentration camp just outside Munich. It made a huge impression on me, as did visiting the memorial and learning centres in…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI would like to interrogate the argument, which is an important one, that, to use the noble Baroness’s phrase, the location of the learning centre next to our Parliament is…11 Jun 2025HANSARDFor Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers: Interim UpdateMy Lords, the advance of equality for lesbian and gay people over the course of the last half century has largely become settled because it was achieved without diminishing the…01 May 2025HANSARDHIV/AIDS: US Withdrawal from WHOMy Lords, tuberculosis is the single biggest cause of death for people with HIV/AIDS, killing 1.25 million people a year. It is the most deadly infectious disease of all. Given…20 Mar 2025