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HANSARDPolice AccountabilityMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I welcome the Minister’s typically sensible and pragmatic approach to this issue. Does he agree that we have to strike…28 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityMy Lords, I am old enough to remember the promise, under the last Labour Government, to build Titan prisons with 7,500 places—that never happened. Notwithstanding that, the…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEducation (Values of British Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome this Bill and the change in the language. The Bill rightly calls these principles “values of British citizenship”. They are civic values. Far from being a…18 Oct 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this important debate on the Bill. I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Leong, to his place on the Front Bench and congratulate him on his…08 Oct 2024HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations 1998My Lords, the Minister is a great asset to the Front Bench. This is a bipartisan issue, and I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, for his excellent work over the years.…11 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I welcome the new Ministers to the Front Bench—the noble Lord, Lord Hanson of Flint, for his pragmatism and common sense and the noble Lord, Lord Timpson, for his…24 Jul 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, briefly, I support my noble friend Lord Howard of Rising’s amendment. It is important to put on record some of the concerns about the marriage value and grandfathering…24 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I concede that I am the amuse-bouche of this debate, rather than the main course, as alluded to by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. If your Lordships’ House will allow me a…21 May 2024HANSARDFolic Acid FortificationMy Lords, 19 years ago I led a Westminster Hall debate on the fortification of basic foodstuffs with folic acid. I was supported subsequently by the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, in…16 May 2024HANSARDEnd of Custody Supervised Licence Scheme: ExtensionMy Lords, is it not incumbent on this and future Governments to focus on prolific offenders, those who have committed more than 16 offences, and hyper-prolific offenders, who have…13 May 2024HANSARDPrisons: Foreign National OffendersMy Lords, I welcome the opportunity to raise this important and timely matter—one that has been debated at some length both here and in the other place over recent months. My aim…25 Apr 2024HANSARDPrisons: Foreign National OffendersTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce the proportion of foreign national offenders incarcerated across the prison estate.25 Apr 2024HANSARDPrisons: Foreign National OffendersIncidentally, going back to the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, I once visited the San Miguel prison in Santiago, Chile, with the fabulous penal reform campaign of the…25 Apr 2024HANSARDCrime Statistics: Gender IdentityMy Lords, on gender data and empirical inquiries, will the Minister give the House an undertaking that we will never again have a situation, as we did with the Cass review, where…24 Apr 2024HANSARDCare Worker Visa RegimeMy Lords, following on from the very good question from the noble Lord, Lord Laming, do we not have a moral duty and a responsibility in terms of public policy not just to import…23 Apr 2024HANSARDImpact of Environmental Regulations on Development (Built Environment Committee Report)My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate and I congratulate my noble friend Lord Moylan and his committee on this excellent report. I also, of course,…19 Apr 2024HANSARDAfghan RefugeesMy Lords, notwithstanding the question from the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, we should not give the Pakistani Government a free pass. The third goal of the UK- Pakistan…17 Apr 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]My Lords, I commend my noble friend for tabling this Bill, which is on such an important issue. I had hoped that we would restrict our debate to empirical evidence on the merits…22 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]I say to noble Lords that the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The Shaws, had ample opportunity to make her points. She intervened on me and I put a very reasonable question back…22 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]I will not give way.22 Mar 2024