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HANSARDDevolved Authorities: Use of ResourcesMy Lords, following the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, about Wales being short-changed by the Barnett formula, is it not also the case that the north of England is…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI will certainly sit down.27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 38. I think Members of the Committee can probably all agree about at least one thing: it is not a usual Committee stage. Apart from anything…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, but they are different, and they have different relevance and values associated with them, because in essence they operate in different areas of law and/or…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, the point I was arguing was about the LCC Act 1900, which completely antedates the planning system and imposes some statutory covenants. My amendment is focused on the…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillFollowing up on what the noble and learned Lord said, I will paraphrase what the Minister has said: “You can rely on us. It’ll be all right on the night”. I do not think that is…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI am not Jewish, as I have explained to the Committee on previous occasions. I have found what I have heard in the debates around these amendments moving and interesting, but it…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I begin by thanking the noble and learned Lord the Attorney-General for his remarks about my amendment. He got the message I was trying to convey. All I would say, to…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, this is a probing amendment. What I am suggesting is a stalking horse, so the detail is not important other than to engender discussion and debate. It is the reasons…25 Mar 2025HANSARDMedia Freedom CoalitionMy Lords, can the Minister confirm that in the general context of media freedom, plurality in its own way is just as significant as freedom, narrowly defined?17 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I want briefly to endorse, in general terms, what has been said already, but I invite your Lordships to look at this slightly differently: from the perspective of land…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I want to speak in support of my noble friend Lord Carlile. I am a lawyer; I am also a chartered surveyor in the planning and development division of the RICS. I worked…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy point is quite simply that the outcome of the planning process, if planning permission were to be granted, could be that the scheme would be permitted, but subject to…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords—11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I feel slightly in the position of that well-known 16th-century Spanish jurist at the University of Salamanca who was arrested by the Inquisition when giving a lecture.…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, briefly, I support the last two speakers because one of the problems that we face in this Committee is that it seems we are being asked in this Bill to approve…11 Mar 2025HANSARDEast Coast Main LineMy Lords, does the Minister agree that, as well as the detail of the timetable, its accuracy is at least as important?11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillIt is of course open to the person determining the planning application and/or the appeal—depending on the circumstances—to impose conditions that fundamentally change the scheme…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, as someone who is not Jewish, as I mentioned earlier, I have been very moved by the debate I have just heard about the learning centre. I subscribe to the perspective of…04 Mar 2025