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HANSARDSpending Commitments to Local CouncilsMy Lords, will the Government look carefully at whether the burden of funding homelessness could be more equitably distributed between councils?22 Jul 2024HANSARDHigher Education (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, I congratulate the committee on an excellent report. However, as someone whose life revolves around schools—as in the Good Schools Guide —and parents, noble Lords will…21 May 2024HANSARDSkills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of LifeMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, for the chance to have this debate. I work very closely with the Better Hiring Institute, an organisation I recommend to noble…09 May 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI am sorry. I assumed that my microphone was on.22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI will try to line up with it better. Amendments 202 to 205 flag concerns with proposed new Regulation 6B, which sets out to remove cookie banners automatically when the…22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMight I also hope for the meeting that I referred to?22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I am grateful for that assurance from my noble friend. On the first amendments, clearly, we are dealing with something that is quite tricky and technical. My noble…22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillOkay. It does not quite reach me up here; I could sit down if that would be helpful.22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information Bill22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 199, I will also speak to the other amendments in this group. In so doing, I declare an interest as the principal proprietor of the Good Schools…22 Apr 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024My Lords, I say thank you to the Minister and his Home Office team, which drafted this order, for including a clear and comprehensive exemption for objects of historical…18 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I would much rather not. We are due to end at 8.15 pm and I should like to hold to that. We seem to have some while before anything is going to happen. Shall we not just…17 Apr 2024HANSARDMidwives: BullyingMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his replies. I am much more grateful to the many midwives who have helped my family over the years. They give an extraordinary…16 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 127 in this group. I do not hold, in any particular way, to my choice of wording, but I am fairly sure the Government’s choice of…13 Mar 2024HANSARDGender Pay GapMy Lords, since we have made such progress in dealing with the gender pay gap, might we also turn our attention to trying to persuade employers of the importance of helping…27 Feb 2024HANSARDConversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL]My Lords, I think the noble Lord makes a most serious accusation that there are people who have spoken today who do not honour LGBT people as full members of society, worthy of…09 Feb 2024HANSARDConversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL]My Lords—09 Feb 2024HANSARDSuccession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Northbrook on bringing forward this Bill. He is right to say that I am unaffected by it, as I have a Scottish title, which in…09 Feb 2024HANSARDConversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL]My Lords, this is Second Reading: we are not time limited. I hope that noble Lords who need more than five minutes will feel free to take it. I entirely agree with what the noble…09 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I very much support this amendment. We are a capitalist society, and capitalism relies on a return on capital being provided to the people who provide the capital. In…07 Feb 2024