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HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: Local GrowthMy Lords, I refer to the paragraph from Build Back Better headed “Changing the way we invest in places”. For a town such as Eastbourne, what will be the empowered local…26 Apr 2021HANSARDBiodiversity EmergencyMy Lords, if we are to make a difference to the trend in biodiversity, we need to make a difference to all our children. We need interest in biodiversity, familiarity with…22 Apr 2021HANSARDCommission on Race and Ethnic DisparitiesMy Lords, will my noble friend join me in thanking all those millions of people who, over the last 50 years that I have been politically conscious, have made this country a much…21 Apr 2021HANSARDGender-balanced Parliament and Male PrimogenitureTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Prime Minister’s statement on 20 November 2020 supporting a 50:50 gender-balanced Parliament, what plans they have to amend male…20 Apr 2021HANSARDGender-balanced Parliament and Male PrimogenitureMy Lords, I am very grateful for my noble friend’s reply. Does he agree that small, symbolic issues matter in our gradual progress towards female equality? The monarchy having…20 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 16 and I thoroughly support its intent. I have been chair of the Enforcement Law Reform Group for more years than I care to remember, and for…14 Apr 2021HANSARDInitial Teacher Training Market ReviewWill the Government put in place a system to ensure that students interested in entering ITT have a clear view of the quality and reputation of the provider as perceived by…14 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, it is clearly acknowledged that there is a problem. It is evident to me that this is exactly the sort of problem that the Government ought to sort out because, as my…14 Apr 2021HANSARDUnited Nations Biodiversity ConferenceMy Lords, in demonstrating our commitment to biodiversity, can we in the UK put more emphasis on the diversity part? To take the example of what we are doing with woodlands, it is…13 Apr 2021HANSARDGypsies, Travellers and Roma: Racism and DiscriminationMy Lords, I am delighted by the answers my noble friend has given, but will he make it clear that, when the police Bill eventually leaves this House, its provisions will fully…25 Mar 2021HANSARDTuberculosisMy Lords, does not our success in creating a vaccine for Covid in very short order suggest that maybe now is the time when, if we put our shoulders thoroughly to the wheel, we can…24 Mar 2021HANSARDRegistration of Marriages Regulations 2021My Lords, I too welcome these regulations and I hope that they indicate that the Government are in a mood to consider further changes to our arrangements for weddings in this…23 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as the editor of the Good Schools Guide . I thoroughly support this Bill and congratulate the noble Baroness on having been chosen to bring it…19 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Bus Strategy: EnglandMy Lords, it is very nice to have three minutes each for Back-Bench questions. I hope to take less than that. I start by congratulating the Minister on the publication of Bus Back…18 Mar 2021HANSARDLevelling UpMy Lords, I congratulate the Government on the superb structuring of this fund: the insistence on collaboration; the way in which councils and MPs are involved; and, in…18 Mar 2021HANSARDUK-EU TradeMy Lords, there are clearly problems with companies not being used to the new procedures. I know from experience how helpful BEIS and HMRC can be to a European company that has…18 Mar 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) BillMy Lords, I thoroughly support the amendments, not to the point of wishing to divide on them but to say that the provision of public toilets is something that Parliament should…17 Mar 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee: Carbon Budget ReportMy Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that, since we are asking for long-term, fundamental and voluntary changes in behaviour, we should do that on the basis of trust…16 Mar 2021HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, I am so conscious that Sarah Everard could have been my daughter or, indeed, any of our daughters. To be subject in that way to random male violence is a terrible thing.…11 Mar 2021HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyMy Lords, should we be looking at leveraging the great success that we have had in developing online medicine during the pandemic to provide women with unmediated, immediate and…09 Mar 2021