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HANSARDEuropean Political Community SummitMy Lords, my noble friend the Minister will be aware of the discussions about collaboration and co-operation with the EU on defence and security matters, known as PESCO, which…12 Dec 2023HANSARDSchools: SafeguardingMy Lords, the purpose of schools is to educate, but if there is an even important purpose it is to safeguard the children in their care. The vast majority of teachers take that…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipMy Lords, will the Minister confirm for the House that this country has a dualist regime? We do not just cut and paste international treaties but pass legislation in our domestic…07 Dec 2023HANSARDAviation (Consumers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I shall speak briefly in this debate. I feel rather lonely as one of the few English Members here; we have north and south Wales’s finest and other Members as well, and…06 Dec 2023HANSARDHome-ownership RatesMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Naseby is undoubtedly right that the mortgage market is broken. Do we not also need fundamentally to look at the planning system as well as fiscal…06 Dec 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023Does the noble Lord concur with me, having been involved intimately in the Brexit negotiations in 2017 and 2018, that proposals had been worked up by Lars Karlsson, a customs…04 Dec 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate, but I think it is important to follow the lead of the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and examine the wider…04 Dec 2023HANSARDResidential Leasehold for FlatsMy Lords, the Autumn Statement contained a commitment to take forward reforms to residential estate investment trusts. Will my noble friend take forward the support the House has…30 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement 2023My Lords, it would be churlish not to admit that the Government have faced some very difficult headwinds with the Covid pandemic and Ukraine. That is, of course, the economic…29 Nov 2023HANSARDNutrition for Growth Summit 2024Following on from the question from the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, about overseas aid, is it not better, when considering reinstatement of the 0.7% target, that we look, as…29 Nov 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Operational IndependenceMy Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my own policing interests. Would the Minister recapitulate his comments earlier that operational independence is not an absolute, either…09 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in the debate on the gracious Speech. I congratulate my noble friends Lord Houchen of High Leven and Lord Bailey of Paddington on their…08 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechI fully understand that my noble friend was not able to answer the specific and niche issues I raised on the Crown Prosecution Service’s legal guidance, but will he endeavour to…08 Nov 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human RightsMy Lords, the House will know that the Minister of the Interior in France has speculated on the use of primary legislation to disapply some aspects of the European convention in…25 Oct 2023HANSARDUK-EU Relationship (European Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I welcome this report, which I think is reasonable, balanced and realistic. I also welcome the Government’s response. I speak as a veteran of the Brexit wars, having…20 Sept 2023HANSARDTeacher ShortagesMy Lords, in the last academic year, 94,900 children were listed as missing from education. The recruitment and retention of teachers is hugely important, but so is that of child…06 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateMy Lords, I welcome the Government’s initiatives in this policy area, in particular the 10-point plan, the 20% reduction in arrivals and the deal that was secured with Albania.…06 Sept 2023HANSARDVeterans Advisory and Pensions Committees BillThat the House do now resolve itself into Committee.05 Sept 2023HANSARDVeterans Advisory and Pensions Committees BillMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton and at his request, I beg to move that the House do now resolve itself into a Committee upon the Bill.05 Sept 2023HANSARDWorker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Hannan in his opposition to Clause 1 standing part of this Bill and support the amendment to Clause 2. I apologise for not being present…14 Jul 2023