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HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]It is a rich conversation, and it is really important that we learn this lesson. One of the things we did not achieve with the London 2012 Games—and it is no one’s fault—was to…24 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]I was not going to speak on this, but I thought I might follow the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, because we both spent many years of our lives grappling with the London Olympics. I…24 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for raising the point about us maybe sharing some of the knowledge we gained through the Olympics. I certainly would be really willing to do that, and I am…24 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]The noble Lord is correct on that point. It was the IOC that had the view on what should happen with the accommodation on the Olympic park. For example, it did not put kitchens…24 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, I support this amendment. But, when you have spent many years at the other end of the telescope of these large events and have responsibilities for building the kit,…24 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, I was not involved in this aspect of the Games, but I was aware of the conversations going on about it at the time in east London. The Government might benefit from…24 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, in response to the gracious Speech, I want to focus on health. This Government’s policy to move more services out of hospitals and into local communities is the right…20 May 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I support the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Young. Supporting a smoke-free society is the right direction of travel, in my view, but I also worry about contact…03 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, size really does matter. Big is not necessarily beautiful. I am a practitioner, as many know, looking up the telescope from place-making projects we are working on…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 133 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Best. I was involved in the London Olympics for 19 years, from day one. Our first meeting was at the Bromley…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I, too, support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, as well as what the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, has just shared with us. Earlier,…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I absolutely feel the pain of the noble Baroness, because we also feel the pain from the other end of the telescope. It is really difficult, and a lot of these systems…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I support this amendment because it opens up some interesting thoughts. Some years ago, I worked in east London on what had been for many years a dysfunctional housing…29 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI love your Lordships’ House because it is the place where all this detail comes on to the Floor of the House. Debates like this, even though they are complicated and difficult,…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI was just going to do that. I address the amendment because I worry that, while the amendment and the idea of a navigator seem very straightforward intellectually, I am trying to…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I said to the noble and learned Lord earlier that in some ways, this feels—from where I have spent a lot of my life, in the East End of London—like quite a white,…23 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, in this discussion, there is a lot of confusion between what I call the two Ds: democracy and delivery. I have spent over 40 years working in East End housing estates.…20 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI know that the Minister cares a lot about these issues around community engagement, which is always encouraging to people such as me. As a social entrepreneur, I have spent my…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe Minister talked about taking action. Those are very fine words, but every day, many of us watch e-bikes and ordinary bikes going past the outside of this building, driving…17 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, as the noble and learned Lord knows, I have spent a lot of my life working with people in housing estates in the East End of London. Research we did some years ago…21 Nov 2025