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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for his analysis of my amendment. I certainly do not intend to press it today, but I very much look forward to taking up the issues when…08 May 2025HANSARDEngineering Biology (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the gap and even more grateful for the leadership of the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Cambridge, in what was a most…28 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have spoken on their other amendments and to the noble Lord, Lord Collins, for his response. I was here for the previous Bill, of…01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 95, I will speak to my other amendments in this group. I very much hope that we will be able to amend this Bill so that the House of Lords, as it…01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWe were taken to task in an earlier group, and answers were given just to the amendment rather than to the width of the discussion.01 Apr 2025HANSARDBirmingham City CouncilMy Lords, I am very pleased to hear what the Minister said about restoring audit, because the best value commissioners’ report is an astonishing catalogue of failures in…01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for addressing the debate as well as just the amendment. Will she assure us that that is the general policy of the Government?…01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I express my support for the last speech made by the noble Lord, Lord Newby, on his approach to what might happen on Report, and encourage him to reflect on the…01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 111 in this group. Over the last four days of debate, I think I have been convinced that there are better ways of achieving this.01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, that is an interesting concept, but I do not think there is a vested interest of mine in this set of amendments. I very much support what the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood,…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI have Amendment 40 in this group. I find myself very much in agreement with the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, which is a travesty of history. My route forward would be by Amendment…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 37 in this group. I think we have Members of extreme expertise in here but, unlike my noble friend Lord Hailsham, that we do not want to hear from them…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillCan I ask the noble Baroness a couple of questions? First, as I read my noble friend’s amendment, the duty on the Government would be to put the matter to the vote, not put it in…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I find this a very attractive way of approaching the amendments proposed previously by the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, because it moves the initiative back to the House…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, it seems to me—and this is certainly something that I would want to take through to Report—that, if we are to have a House that is totally appointed by the Prime…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, it would be a really useful flexibility in our system if life Peers could be appointed without the right to sit in the House of Lords. Frankly, there are people who…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I understand what the Government’s policy is; I think it is profoundly mistaken. As my noble friend on the Front Bench said, I do not think that people perceive someone…12 Mar 2025