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HANSARDBurial Provision in England and WalesMy Lords, the excellent report last month from the Law Commission on burial and cremation law addresses the problems of burial grounds which are either full, closed, disused,…22 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will confine myself briefly to supporting Motion B. It is commonly agreed now that the pilots of the pathfinder model in selected family courts have been a success and…25 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I was going to be brief in agreeing with what the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, just said and in welcoming Motion D, because the Government’s proposed amendment in lieu,…25 Mar 2026HANSARDHumanist WeddingsMy Lords, the deficiencies and complexities of our marriage law were addressed by the Law Commission as long ago as 2022, followed by a government response three years later. The…16 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I have four amendments in this group, three of which, like that just proposed powerfully by the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, seek to explore the thinking behind the…09 Feb 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I begin by commenting on two parts of the noble Lord’s amendments. I find it difficult to understand how his Amendment 16 would work in practice. These orders have to be…09 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 221, cogently moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, to place child’s rights impact assessments on a statutory basis for the…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support Clause 31 and government Amendment 120. I also support Amendment 121A, which would extend the scope of what Clause 31 seeks to achieve, which is to prevent…28 Jan 2026HANSARDAsylum and Immigration: ChildrenMy Lords, would the Minister agree that this Question would probably have been unnecessary had the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child been embedded legislatively much sooner…27 Jan 2026HANSARDAge of Criminal ResponsibilityMy Lords, have the Government made any assessment of the carefully considered change enacted in Scotland in 2019, when the minimum age was raised to 12 with the intention of…21 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I strongly support Amendments 99 and 101, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran. These are designed to tackle the sad and difficult problem of successive…21 Jan 2026HANSARDDomestic Violence Against ChildrenMy Lords, it is a particularly sad feature of domestic violence cases that adults are doing what was done to them as children. Indeed, their children are in turn exposed to…19 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I wish to speak in support of Amendment 49, specifically relating to sibling contact, to which I have added my name. In doing so, I do not want to repeat what the noble…19 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I too support these amendments. The debate in Committee threw a light on the working of the deprivation of liberty jurisdiction, which, one could not help noting, was…19 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, we should be grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, for returning us to this important topic of family group conferences and for the refined amendments she has now…14 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill14 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, is unable to be here and has therefore asked me to lead on this amendment. It follows on from that moved by the noble…14 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am very grateful for the contributions to the debate on this amendment. It seems to me that the debate has exposed two possible problems. First, there is no sanction…14 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier, said, we really have to make a choice between court-based decisions and the panel, as the Bill provides for in its present…09 Jan 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I join in welcoming the Bill. The Long Title states that it is to “make provision about the experience of victims within the criminal justice system”. In that context,…16 Dec 2025