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HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the last, albeit inadvertent, public service that Peter Mandelson delivered was to enable to be laid bare for public scrutiny the…02 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Alexander. It is also a pleasure to speak on the same day as so many distinguished maiden speakers, particularly my…19 May 2026HANSARDMiddle EastMy Lords, I do not think I can be the only Member of this House who has close family members living and working in the Gulf region who find themselves in possible physical…02 Mar 2026HANSARDCivil Service: InternsMy Lords, does the Minister accept that the biggest contribution to social diversity in the Civil Service would be to create genuine parity of esteem between the so-called policy…02 Sept 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and right reverend Lord. As the new football season approaches, those of us who are season ticket holders at these debates relish…15 Jul 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I apologise for not having been present for the Second Reading debate on this Bill—it is a subject rather dear to my heart—and for not being here at the beginning of…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 5 and 6 in the names of my noble friends on the Front Bench. As I have said, I was the Minister for the Cabinet Office for five long years,…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillThe noble Lord’s point about what we mean when we talk of a public authority is really important. I make a distinction between entities that are part of central government—where…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDisruption at HeathrowMy Lords, I should probably declare an interest as one of the tens of thousands of people who, in the small hours of Friday morning, had his flight turned round in mid-air and…25 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 8 is in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Goodman of Wycombe. I do not need to detain your Lordships for long on this. The amendment puts into the Bill…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise merely to add my support to what has been said, and to commend the Government for having been on a journey to recognise some of the points made in Committee,…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I think there is a severe danger of there being a consensus around the sentiments, at any rate, reflected in this group of amendments. The point has been made by a…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Of course, it is right that it is usual for an adverse vote in a Select Committee where there is pre-appointment scrutiny to be only advisory. I cannot remember, but there may…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions to this important debate. On the comments made at the outset by the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, I am open-minded about…11 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend, and indeed the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, who is a neighbour of mine in Sussex. I had the pleasure of him being a…29 Jan 2025HANSARDPolitical Parties: Donations from AbroadMy Lords, will the Minister give an undertaking that his Government will follow the practice in the latter part of the last Labour Government, where Jack Straw, who had…22 Jan 2025HANSARDCivil Servants: Compulsory Office AttendanceMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Farmer for introducing this topic and giving us a chance to debate something that is important, because it relates to the…09 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I have some concerns about what the noble Lord advocates in this amendment. He advocates setting up a central fund in one of his other amendments, and the purpose of…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]What the noble Lord says is simply not the case. When the European Super League was proposed, what stopped it from happening and what made the clubs drop it like a red-hot potato…18 Dec 2024