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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI hear what the Minister says, but even the economic analysis says there will be a 15% increase in individual enforcement cases in employment tribunals arising from litigation…19 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 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI concur with the comments across the Chamber about what a professional job the Minister has done in piloting the Bill and engaging with Members. At Second Reading, she made…15 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I shall contribute very briefly to the debate on this important amendment. I say at the beginning that I defer to no one in my admiration for the noble Lord, Lord Bird,…15 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Scott on the Front Bench and reiterate her very strong arguments and those from my noble friend Lord Marlesford just now. We have seen a…14 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this debate takes me back to my own student days and the work that I did as a student. It was not very glamorous, I have to say. I did the overnight shift shelf-stacking…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Lord. Not for the first time, he has mischaracterised what I said. It is very clear, and I was quite emphatic, that I support reasonable requests for flexible…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWill the noble Lord give way?08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWill the noble Lord give way?08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWill the noble Lord give way very briefly at this juncture?08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to oppose the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Watson of Invergowrie, which was so ably enunciated by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grady. I think that…08 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to have the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. I welcome the Minister to his place and look forward very much to the maiden speech of…07 May 2025HANSARDPupil AbsenteeismTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support teachers and schools to reduce pupil absenteeism.07 May 2025HANSARDPupil AbsenteeismThe Minister will know that the cohort of children who are severely absent—those who miss more than 50% of their classes—which amounts to about 120,000 pupils, are the most at…07 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, this portmanteau Bill has its strengths, which I concede and welcome, particularly on child protection and safeguarding, pupil absence and kinship care—an area close to…01 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI thank the Minister for those comments. I, too, remember when we sparred on regional television many years ago. We did it in English—not Latin, unfortunately, or even in Russian.…24 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill24 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I am grateful for that clarification from the Government Whip. On that basis I declare again that, as in the register of Members’ financial interests, I receive a rental…24 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I support the amendment tabled in the name of my noble friend Lady Scott of Bybrook, to which I have added my name. I will make some general observations. This amendment…22 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in this very important debate in Committee and to support my noble friend Lady Scott of Bybrook on this amendment. The amendment is about…22 Apr 2025