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HANSARDCreative Industries: QualificationsMy Lords, in adjourning, I hope the House will indulge me in wishing all noble Lords, the clerks, the staff—especially the doorkeepers—and everyone involved in the House a very…23 Jul 2026HANSARDPrisoner Early Release SchemeTo be very clear, it is only right that the new Prime Minister has a look across the board at the Government’s policies. Nobody in your Lordships’ House will be in any doubt about…23 Jul 2026HANSARDPrisoner Early Release SchemeI thank the noble Lord for his question. We are all about restoring public confidence in the criminal justice system. That includes, as I said, making good the sore lack of…23 Jul 2026HANSARDPrisoner Early Release SchemeI pay tribute to the noble Baroness and the testimony that we have heard just now. We understand how difficult this is. I want to be very clear that more than 18,000 offenders…23 Jul 2026HANSARDPrisoner Early Release SchemeThe noble Baroness is correct, and I know that is why my noble friend Lord Timpson spent so much time focusing on probation, as well as the prison estate. That is why we are…23 Jul 2026HANSARDPrisoner Early Release SchemeMy Lords, before turning to the substance of the noble Earl’s Question, I first pay tribute to PC Andrew Harper and his family and friends, particularly his widow, Lissie, and his…23 Jul 2026HANSARDPrisoner Early Release SchemeI thank the noble Lord for his question. I was remiss in not doing so earlier, but I join him in paying tribute to my colleague, my noble friend Lady Levitt, and, indeed, to my…23 Jul 2026HANSARDPrisoner Early Release SchemeMy noble friend is right. One of the things that the Sentencing Act did was eradicate—I might even call it a travesty—Friday release, whereby people were released from prison with…23 Jul 2026HANSARDPrisoner Early Release SchemeI say to the noble and learned Lord that this is about ensuring that we have confidence in the whole of our criminal justice system, including the courts and the prison estate,…23 Jul 2026HANSARDPrisoner Early Release SchemeTo answer that last point first, this Government, like the previous Government and like every Member of your Lordships’ House, certainly consider the murder of police officers, or…23 Jul 2026HANSARDYoung People: Gambling HarmI apologise to the noble Lord, but this is a timed debate, so can he come to his conclusion?23 Jul 2026HANSARDConduct of Undercover Policing and Surveillance Operatives Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for tabling this Bill. As we have seen, it has rightly generated an impassioned debate across the Chamber on the important…17 Jul 2026HANSARDGenocide Determination Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Alton of Liverpool, for presenting this Bill. Like all noble Lords in today’s debate, I pay tribute to him for his tireless…17 Jul 2026HANSARDGenocide Determination Bill [HL]I apologise if I misunderstood my noble friend. To be absolutely clear, somebody can be very critical of the actions of the Israeli Government, as I am, but that should not be…17 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Security: Child PovertyThat is absolutely the case. Alan Milburn’s interim report set out starkly the real stickiness there. When young people do not go into work or finish a course of education or…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Security: Child PovertyMy Lords, social security provides a safety net to support families when they need it most. This is why we have removed the two-child limit, lifting 450,000 children out of…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Security: Child PovertyMy noble friend is right. We want to make sure that the social security system is there to support all families when they need it, while taking action to make sure that work pays.…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Security: Child PovertyThe noble Lord is right. We want to see everyone who can work working. That is why we have taken a number of actions to fix our broken social security system and to get people…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Security: Child PovertyThe noble Baroness is right about the impact of free school meals. The unprecedented expansion of free school meals that this Government are implementing will lift 100,000…15 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Security: Child PovertyMy noble friend is absolutely on the button. This is about not just improving the lives of children in poverty but future-proofing our country, our economy and our society. We…15 Jul 2026