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HANSARDIndependent School Fees: VATMy Lords, what are the Government to say to the mother of a child with special needs whose independent school is closing because of their education tax? She writes to me:…13 Mar 2025HANSARDIndependent School Fees: VATTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the results of imposing value added tax on independent school fees on 1 January.13 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I will add briefly to the powerful comments that my noble friend Lord Black just made on Amendments 69A and 69B, to which I have added my name, in order to pay tribute…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillThe Minister has spoken at length about the Government’s hopes, intentions and plans. Surely, having done all that, it becomes more important to find out what happens in reality…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 54A, I will offer explanatory comments that also apply to Amendments 55A, 59A, 69C, 69D, 77 and 78. All are cast in the same form and have the same…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, please forgive me: I forgot to make a declaration of interest at the outset. I am a former general secretary of the Independent Schools Council and the current president…27 Feb 2025HANSARDMusculoskeletal Health: ChiropractorsMy Lords, is it not the case that chiropractic treatment is included in the World Health Organization’s guidance on MSK conditions? Will the Government keep that guidance clearly…26 Feb 2025HANSARDMusculoskeletal HealthMy Lords, did not the Health Secretary give an unequivocal commitment at last year’s general election that there would be universal fracture liaison services by 2030, with…30 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I continue the discussion about independent education. I do so with some temerity in view of the fine speeches made by my infinitely more distinguished noble friends in…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Trust ActsTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to review the National Trust Acts.21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Trust ActsMy Lords, in view of the importance of this famous institution, which has come in for considerable criticism in recent years, would it not be prudent to review the legislation…21 Jan 2025HANSARDImmigration: Human RightsMy Lords, in view of the increasing threats to journalists in different parts of the world, are the Government contemplating action to give effect to the recommendation of the…13 Jan 2025HANSARDIndependent Office for Police ConductMy Lords, why, after 18 months, is there no sign of the outcome of this organisation’s gross misconduct proceedings against Mr Steve Rodhouse? Inexplicably, he was made…18 Dec 2024HANSARDIndependent Office for Police ConductTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the work of the Independent Office for Police Conduct.18 Dec 2024HANSARDDomestic Animals: WelfareCan the Minister tell the House when the regulations to ban the use of cruel, remote-controlled electronic shock collars for cats and dogs, which inexplicably failed to gain…16 Dec 2024HANSARDMaintained Schools: Term DatesThe Minister mentioned the importance of co-ordination between maintained schools and academies. How widespread is that desirable co-ordination, and what plans do the Government…09 Dec 2024HANSARDChildren with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMy Lords, I declare my interests as a former general secretary of the Independent Schools Council and the current president of the Independent Schools Association, one of the…09 Dec 2024HANSARDNorthern IrelandWill the Government publish a checklist of the measures in the Command Paper that have now been implemented, together with an indication of when the other measures will be…27 Nov 2024HANSARDWest PapuaMy Lords, should we not be concerned about the Indonesian colonisation of West Papua, which, as the noble and right reverend Lord said, has led to the deaths of tens of thousands…13 Nov 2024