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HANSARDCivil Service: PoliticisationMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Butler, on introducing what is a very important topic for debate. I hold him in the highest esteem. Indeed, when I first became a…28 Nov 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I will focus on economic growth and the need for investment to achieve this. Weekend reports suggest that the Government intend to cut business taxes in the Autumn…13 Nov 2023HANSARDLegacy of Northern Ireland’s PastMy Lords, it must be right in principle that every family bereaved in the conflict should have access to an effective investigation and meaningful process of justice, regardless…20 Jul 2021HANSARDInclusive SocietyMy Lords, I express many congratulations to my noble friend Lady Lister on this debate. Events test a country and this pandemic has revealed that we need to be far more resilient…14 Apr 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland and Great Britain: TradeMy Lords, the Government are in real danger of blundering around in Northern Ireland on these sensitive trade issues. The unionists feel, understandably, that putting a trade…25 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Orchestras and Cultural VenuesI declare my interest as chair of the Design Museum in its new premises in the former Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington. Perhaps I may acknowledge the emergency…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Museums, Galleries and Historic BuildingsMy Lords, I chair the trustees of the Design Museum, which opened in 2017 in the iconic former Commonwealth Institute building. There is no other design museum like it in the…21 May 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, I must say I am slightly lost for words and do not know quite what to say in—05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI think it is the turn of this side, but there is plenty of time.05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, with whom I have seen eye to eye on almost all business questions—certainly the majority of them—in the past. Before I…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillNor am I. I am not so sure that we should just push them all to one side as though they have absolutely no potential whatever. That is not my view. My view is that they are not…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillI do not remember any of those intricacies, highways and byways being set out by anyone at the time or since—but, of course, the House will be interested in what the noble…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillPerhaps my recollection is at fault, but I do not remember a huge amount of debate about the respective merits of a soft and hard Brexit, let alone a no-deal Brexit. In…05 Sept 2019