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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI added my name to these two amendments. I will add very briefly to the remarks that have already been made by the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, in moving his amendment. I referred…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I added my name to this amendment because it seems a brave attempt to bridge a gap between two very entrenched positions. Having sat through most, if not all, of the…11 Jun 2025HANSARDEx-offenders: ReintegrationMy Lords, I ask the Minister about progress on de-bunching prisoner releases on Friday. He will be aware that prisoners who are due for release on Saturday or Sunday are released…15 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemWhen the Minister comes to report to the House in a couple of years’ time, what will success for this package of measures look like? With the present policies, the current…15 May 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I just say a few words in support of my noble friend Lord Strathcarron’s Amendments 8 and 17. Projects such as this are always liable to mission creep. This has already…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. As I understand it—and I am prepared to be corrected—neither of these amendments amend the plan. They just say that the plan must…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 15, particularly the use of the words “surrounding area”. The Minister and my noble friend Lady Scott placed great emphasis on the…20 Mar 2025HANSARDIntegration and Community CohesionThat was a rather sobering speech from the noble Baroness, which I listened to carefully. It was a more uplifting speech from my noble friend about her personal journey. There…13 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I shall just say a few words in support of my noble friend Lord Blencathra’s Amendment 11. If, along the way, I gently chide my noble friend Lord Finkelstein, who I…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, will he just accept that if 3,000 to 4,000 people come every day—those are the numbers we have been given—that will affect the way the park…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I want to say a word or two in support of my noble friend Lord Eccles and his amendment and my noble friend Lord Blencathra. Much of what I was going to say has been…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillOn that question, given the number of bodies on the sheet of the National Audit Office, will the Minister write to Members of the Committee to say, “These are the people involved…11 Mar 2025HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness and her committee for all the work they did. My few remarks are based on the work I undertook in the City, where I was involved in the first…05 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillWell, my Lords, that just shows that you should never speak after my noble friend Lord Blencathra, because of course he is right. I hope I made it clear that I thought the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 29 and 31 in this group. My noble friend Lord Blencathra has, as my noble friend Lady Fleet just pointed out, spoken with great…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I was half way through explaining my position on the proposals of the Bill. I believe that there should be a memorial to the Holocaust and that it should be in Victoria…04 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I have not spoken on the Bill before but I add, very briefly, my support to the proposals from the noble Lord, Lord Londesborough. I have spent a lifetime in the city…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, the number of times that I have heard debates in this House calling for a greater degree of post-legislative scrutiny—seeing whether we got what we thought we were going…25 Feb 2025HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, the noble Lord, Lord Bassam of Brighton, and the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for putting their names to…29 Jan 2025HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]29 Jan 2025