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HANSARDMinisterial and other Maternity Allowances BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord True, to all his colleagues in Government and to the officials in his team for their decision to support my amendments. It has…25 Feb 2021HANSARDMinisterial and other Maternity Allowances Bill25 Feb 2021HANSARDMinisterial and other Maternity Allowances Bill25 Feb 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) BillMy Lords, I am attracted to the idea that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, has just advanced. After Second Reading, I had a very long and entertaining…24 Feb 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) BillMy Lords, as I said at Second Reading, I welcome the Bill. That the Government have chosen to encourage the provision of public lavatories is a great public good, because adequate…24 Feb 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill24 Feb 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) BillMy Lords, I urge the Government to take the opportunity to give the Bill some wording that expands its ambit, and to take advantage of the leverage that it gives them—as the noble…24 Feb 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend for his obiter dicta on the Government’s general intentions in this area, which I applaud. I can see that he has clearly understood…24 Feb 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, asked me to speak to Amendment 13 in her name. We very much share the sentiments just expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy. We…24 Feb 2021HANSARDEducation: Supply TeachersMy Lords, I am grateful that my noble friend acknowledges the role that the flexible workforce has played during the pandemic, but I echo the request from the noble Viscount, Lord…22 Feb 2021HANSARDMinisterial and other Maternity Allowances BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. Indeed, it is a great pleasure to be part of something that happens occasionally but is always wonderful…22 Feb 2021HANSARDSchools: Online TeachingMy Lords, since it looks as if we will have to cater for children working from home for several years as new variants of the virus emerge, will the DfE make a virtue of this…11 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillIt will be immensely helpful to have a process of gathering information ahead of the Law Commission report on whether extension of hate crimes to embrace misogyny will work, and…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I add my name to those saying that this is a change we should make, and now. I would like to be sure, which I am not at the moment, that the wording will cover an image…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill[ Inaudible . ]08 Feb 2021HANSARDBiodiversity: Dasgupta ReviewMy Lords, if we are to value nature in all that we do, then nature needs to be part of our education system. Will my noble friend therefore ask her friends in numbers 11 and 10…04 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I too welcome these amendments. However, if this law is going to be passed it should be accompanied by clear advice for the young. Having been guided around TikTok by a…03 Feb 2021HANSARDNational Risk RegisterMy Lords, one of the great successes of the vaccine programme has been bringing our level of manufacturing capability back onshore. Do the Government have similar plans for…03 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I should be very grateful if the Minister would provide details of the information that the Government anticipate will be collected by local authorities, as illustrated…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I welcome these amendments and support very much what has been said by other noble Lords before me. My particular interest is in data, and I am delighted to see in…01 Feb 2021