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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am happy to withdraw my amendment.10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to speak against this amendment very briefly. I agree wholly with my noble friend Lady Coffey. I also agree that the speech by the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, was…10 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise to oppose this amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, and its consequent Amendment 505. I believe it is an egregious interference…09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI warmly welcome the Minister’s remarks, because at the heart of this debate there seems to be a mischaracterisation and misunderstanding of Section 58 of the Children Act 2004…09 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly to my Amendments 212 and 213. Naturally, I wholeheartedly agree with the excellent points made from our Front Bench by my noble friend Lord…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who participated in this very interesting debate. I think you always know when your arguments are hitting home when you are admonished by the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillDoes my noble friend agree that our very serious concerns about this clause would be assuaged were the Government to have properly followed Cabinet Office protocols and updated…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am delighted to have the opportunity to move this amendment on behalf of my noble friend Lady Noakes, who is unable to be in her place today. I have to say that these…05 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI would gently advise the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, to have read the amendment before he pontificates down memory lane on his great campaigns of the past for equality. This…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I also support the proposition that Clause 31, on equality action plans, should not stand part of the Bill. We meet tonight with the knowledge that the OECD has…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise with the soothing balm of cross-party collaboration to support the excellent amendments put forward by the noble Lords, Lord Pitkeathley of Camden Town and Lord…03 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I offer qualified support for the Bill. I do so in the firm belief that, unless we seize this moment to regain credible control over all forms of migration, we shall…02 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank the Minister for his very comprehensive and helpful summing-up of the debate. He will understand that the current discussions around reforming the ECHR are germane to this…02 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support the very good amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Hampton. If we are spending significant amounts of money on collecting this data and…22 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI support Amendment 50, as well as the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, who gives his apologies to your Lordships’ Committee, as he is unable to be here to…22 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support the excellent amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Young of Acton. It is hard to adequately follow the tour de force and the passion and energy of—I…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to support the amendment ably and comprehensively moved by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Wirral, which would, as he explained, insert a new clause. It is an…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI defer to the noble Baroness’s expertise on human rights legislation, but we are considering this specific, bespoke legislation. There will not necessarily be a read-across…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWell, the noble Baroness will not be present at every employment tribunal and hear and adjudicate every case. As my noble friend Lord Young of Acton has said, there is a…19 May 2025