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HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 6 I shall speak also to the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, and the noble Lord, Lord Addington. In effect, we are…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 in this group, standing in my name. I will speak to them all since they refer to the same item, in view of the…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for that response. I will take her up on her offer to discuss further the points that she has raised. With that commitment from her,…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 5, 19 and 20 in the first group. In so doing, I echo what the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said: all of us are united in believing that the Games…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I hear what the noble Lord—my noble friend in sport, as I always call him—says on that subject, because of that interpretation of what was said. However, I believe that the…03 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Hornsey. She highlights issues that I have had the opportunity to discuss with her—key issues of concern…03 Feb 2020HANSARDGene EditingMy Lords, it is impossible to follow that outstanding speech by the noble Lord, Lord Winston. I hope the House will forgive me if I focus on this subject as it applies to…30 Jan 2020HANSARDSport and Recreational FacilitiesTo ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to improve access to sport and recreational facilities and opportunities (1) during,…23 Jan 2020HANSARDSport and Recreational FacilitiesMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Secretary of State, and no one could be more delighted than I am that responsibility for sport is now in this House—sport has come…23 Jan 2020HANSARDFootball Association and Bet365My Lords, this Urgent Question reflects how much has changed since this third-party contract was signed in, I believe, 2014-15 and was rolled forward in 2017. When the Secretary…09 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, the commitment to ensure that children get an active start to life through an investment programme in primary school PE teaching, and ensuring that the subsequent…09 Jan 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]Before the Minister leaves that point, can he also ask the organising committee, when it is in the process of developing this welcome accessibility strategy, to take fully into…24 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, 24 hours ago I was in Smackover, Arkansas, talking to a 10 year-old, Ramsey Wilson, who could not quite understand why I was leaving to go to London to participate in…24 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]24 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I also welcome the Minister’s announcement on the affirmative procedure for compensation claims. We looked at this in some detail in Committee and I am very grateful to…24 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, in echoing the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Addington, I want to say as a former member of the DPRRC that I particularly welcome the Written Ministerial Statement…24 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 1 and 6 on accessibility, standing in my name on the Marshalled List. I thank noble Lords from all sides of the House for signing these…24 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]09 Jul 2019