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HANSARDDigital InclusionTo ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport whether digital inclusion is a priority for Her Majesty’s Government; and what plans the Secretary of State has…23 Jan 2020HANSARDDisabled Students’ AllowanceMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Government for saying that they will look again at the impact on performance tables of excluding children, and take action to keep the…08 May 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, my noble friend will know how unhappy I am with the state of the Bill as it is. We are greatly disadvantaging British sellers of knives and doing almost nothing to…19 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I too am grateful to my noble friends for the help that I have had in the course of the Bill and for the time that the Bill team have given me. I regret some of the…19 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I shall speak at the same time to Amendment 90. I am very grateful to the Home Office for bringing a large and intelligent team to listen to representations concerning…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, in Grand Committee my noble friend and I had a discussion on this subject and he said that he would do his best to find me the evidence that the Government were working…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, naturally I am very saddened to hear my noble friend’s answers, but I see no point in trying to pursue this further, so I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I entirely accept the strictures that the Minister has discussed concerning the wording and theme of my amendment but, as has been shown in this discussion, its…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, if we are going to have this arrangement whereby overseas sellers are advantaged, at least we need to make it effective. At the moment, if I was to go on to a foreign…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI appreciate the difficulties the Government are having in trying to get this clause right. I go back to the first amendment we debated today and the concern of the noble Lord,…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for substituting for me in my absence on the first day on Report. She obtained for me a very useful answer to the…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I add to this unanimity of voice. I entirely agree with what both noble Lords have said. The scheme that the Bill sets out enables people to buy knives from foreign…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons Bill04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I would be immensely grateful if my noble friend could point it out to me because no one else has been able to. That would certainly be helpful. As my noble friend has…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, yes, of course I am going to withdraw my amendment but before I do, I again urge the Government to look at the harm that they are focused on rather than the mechanism by…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI would be grateful if my noble friend could share that.06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I was talking about the two forms of rifle which are specifically addressed in the Bill. These are not .50 calibre rifles, but lighter ones, which are adapted for use by…06 Feb 2019