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HANSARDErasmus+My Lords, is not the Government’s attitude towards Erasmus and similar excellent schemes an example of the timidity shown by all Governments for many years in response to proposal…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPrime Minister and First Minister of Wales MeetingsIs it not a matter of importance what these conversations with the Welsh Government are about? Many fundamental questions have been totally ignored. One drearily familiar on this…07 May 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I will not take up much time, but very much agree, in general and in detail, with the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, and many other noble Lords who have spoken.…05 Nov 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, I would like to intervene because I frequently travel on the railways of France; my wife is French. The contrast between the railways in France—and, for that matter, in…21 Oct 2024HANSARDSouth AfricaMy Lords, it is a pleasure to address the former MP for Witney. I taught in South Africa, in Witwatersrand, and I think that one of the important aspects of this is not so much…21 May 2024HANSARDNATO: French Nuclear WeaponsMy Lords, would not collaboration in defence with President Macron be much more constructive if we used the well-established channels of the entente cordiale, which are over 100…09 May 2024HANSARDFamily Reunion Visas: GazaMy Lords, is not the policy of issuing visas being used deliberately to cut back the number of immigrants in the country—particularly those from India—with very severe damage to,…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEnergy: Welsh GovernmentMy Lords, is this not an opportunity for further investment in west Wales, which by comparison with east Wales, which is closer to the English border, has suffered considerably in…24 Apr 2024HANSARDEuropean Court of Human RightsMy Lords—amazing! There were no interruptions. I very strongly support the Question asked by my noble friend Lord Foulkes, who is in effect asking the British Government to obey…25 Oct 2023HANSARDLand Use in England Committee ReportI am sorry to interrupt but, as a point of information, the Labour Party did not propose to nationalise land after 1935.25 Jul 2023HANSARDHigher Education: Arts and HumanitiesMy Lords, this is a sad and very tragic event for the University of East Anglia, where I had the great pleasure of lecturing at one time—the time of our beloved friend Patricia…28 Jun 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I intervene not as an Irish person but as someone who comes from another Celtic country, which has found another way of dealing with potential and actual terrorism, and…26 Jun 2023HANSARDScotland: Meeting with New First MinisterMy Lords, the imprecision of the replies that we have heard indicates how poorly prepared the Government are to implicitly embrace devolution in the processes of government. We…29 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I had not intended to intervene in this fascinating discussion, but I will make one point and one point only. We are talking about the possible dangers of stop and…28 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Higher Education StudentsMy Lords, is it not lamentable—21 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Higher Education StudentsMy Lords, is it not lamentable—21 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Higher Education StudentsMy Lords, is it not—21 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Higher Education StudentsMy Lords—21 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Higher Education StudentsI am deeply grateful to the House for its delayed courtesy. It is surely lamentable that the number of university students from, particularly, European universities, has declined…21 Mar 2023HANSARDUniversities: Impact of Industrial Action on StudentsMy Lords, I became a university teacher in 1958 and I have never been on strike for a single day in that period, nor would I. However, throughout that long period, university…16 Mar 2023