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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, as one of the younger Members of your Lordships’ House, I start by thanking the hundreds of citizens of this nation who have taken time out to write to us or email us. I…12 Sept 2025HANSARDGroup-based Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseMy Lords, I, too, put our record our thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, for the work she has done to date and for the further work I hope she will do in future. I follow up…04 Sept 2025HANSARDIndia and Pakistan: Peace RepresentationsMy Lords, I support the vital question from my noble friend Lord Hussain, and speak to a crisis that has profound implications for not just peace between India and Pakistan but…17 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillFrom the debate we have just had, It is clear noble Lords have a keen interest in school uniforms. I am going to keep my submission brief. I thank everyone; I think we are all on…03 Jul 2025HANSARDHousing Associations: Financial AssistanceMy Lords, a recent report by the social housing ombudsman highlighted repairs as a major problem. So my question to the Government and the Minister is: what will they do to fill…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, education is frequently described as a great leveller: a powerful force to close the gap between opportunity and background, between privilege and disadvantage. As…03 Jul 2025HANSARDIndia: MinoritiesMy Lords, I too want to express disappointment, as did my noble friend Lord Purvis, at the lack of human rights chapters in the trade agreement with India. If we look at the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDMiddle EastMy Lords, I welcome the Statement from the Minister and urge the Government not to follow the drumbeat of escalation and to learn the lessons of Iraq in 2003. On the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I speak briefly to the two amendments in this group proposed by my noble friend Lady Walmsley, which I have signed. In particular, I want to probe and press the…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 160 to this important Bill. Amendment 159 relates to the establishment of a child protection authority and is also signed by the noble…19 Jun 2025HANSARDIsrael and IranMy Lords, what is the Government’s thinking on the day after? We have observed this question a lot of times in the last 18 months in terms of the conflict in Gaza. Has any thought…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Berridge and Lady Barran, and the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, for their interventions and comments, some of which I…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Abuse and Rape Gangs InquiryMy Lords, I welcome the Casey review, but I urge the Government to take every opportunity possible to implement Alexis Jay’s recommendations—not only in the policing Bill but in…18 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportMy Lords, I fully support the comments of my noble friend Lady Brinton, particularly around the lack of action previously seen around the Alexis Jay report, but I will press the…18 Jun 2025HANSARDRegional GrowthMy Lords, like my noble friend Lady Pidgeon I support the announcement from the Government. I also support her call for the reinstatement of the £2 bus fare cap. I listened with…05 Jun 2025HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy Lords, I am not going to get into the issue of the numbers, but the fact is that it is 10 weeks since aid was allowed into Gaza. We cannot but be moved, not only this House but…22 May 2025HANSARDIndia-Pakistan: EscalationMy Lords, I welcome the Minister’s Statement and agree that it has been heartbreaking to see the loss of Kashmiri lives on both sides of the line of control. I declare an interest…07 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, it is with profound humility and sincere gratitude that I rise to make my maiden speech in your Lordships’ House. Never did I imagine, as a child born in Kashmir to…01 May 2025