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HANSARDBrexitMy Lords, I rise in my place, but my heart is not here. My heart is with the hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens currently marching through the streets of London in…19 Oct 2019HANSARDReview of Investigative and Scrutiny Committees (Liaison Committee Report)Madam Chair, my Lords, it is a sweet courtesy in this House to thank the mover of a Motion. I want to go beyond that in thanking the noble Lord, Lord McFall, and his colleagues…03 Oct 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]My Lords, as one would expect, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, has made an extraordinarily powerful case. I really think that the Minister, as well as restating his case,…04 Jun 2019HANSARDBrexit: Movement of People in the Cultural Sector (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Black, I come at this topic from a music background. As he kindly mentioned, I was chair of the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance; I…15 May 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am a facts geek. I chair the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Statistics with Kelvin Hopkins in the Commons and am vice-chair of Full Fact, the fact-checking charity,…13 May 2019 Bills sponsored (2)