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HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly to speak to the amendment in my name, but only in passing, because I cannot better the excellent remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, and my noble…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister and all noble Lords who took part in the debate, in particular my noble friends. If I can just clear up an issue for the noble and right reverend…05 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am pleased to speak to Amendment 72 in my name and emphatically support Amendment 34 in the names of my noble friends on the Front Bench. The amendment seeks to…03 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThat is being polite. They have had 16 months to develop a workable strategy, yet the one-in, one-out strategy is an embarrassment and an international joke. Plans to spend vast…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will be brief; I had not intended to speak but I want to say a few words. First, I completely agree with my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe’s excellent amendment; I…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlant-based DietMy Lords, is the Minister in a position to update the House on the commitment to end the use of neonicotinoids, the toxic insecticides that have a particular impact on…28 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewMy Lords, I welcome the Statement, and I believe that there is a consensus across the House for a position where Heathrow can achieve its full potential as not only a national and…27 Oct 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, Clause 191 proposes an extremely radical change to abortion law. It was added on Report in the other place without due consideration and with only 46 minutes of…16 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy noble friend is making a very compelling case. Does she agree with me, in response to the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, that the context, to be fair, is that…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I oppose Amendment 165, although I will not detain the Committee with my views on it, and Amendments 173 and 203K. I will speak to the substantive amendment in the name…13 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her well thought through and considered response. It ranged wider than I expected, but just for the avoidance of doubt, of course I deprecate…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 485, 487, 488 and 489. Before I do, I warmly concur with and support Amendment 502YM in the name of my noble friend Lady Spielman, which I…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I oppose this amendment. Time does not permit me to properly debate and discuss Amendment 471, so I will confine my comments to Amendment 465. I thought that the…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend’s commendable Amendment 466. He is right about the misuse of the concept of commercially confidential contractual relationships between the…16 Sept 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, as we heard earlier, this past Wednesday was World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicide is always a tragedy, and its effects profoundly felt by whole communities as well as…12 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to the Committee’s deliberations. I say at the outset that Amendment 184 from the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill,…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords—11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillDoes the Minister agree that the problem with the amendment proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, is that the viability of affordable housing changes all the time? Because…11 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillIs my noble friend as pleased as I am by the news that the new Home Secretary is a keen reader of the amendments that His Majesty’s loyal Opposition have put down on this Bill?…08 Sept 2025