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HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I will, with great pleasure. The noble Lord—a greater expert on sport than I will ever be, both on and off the track—makes an important point. I tabled this amendment because the…09 Jul 2019HANSARDMigrant Children: WelfareThe right reverend Prelate has reminded us that it is 30 years since Section 17 of the Children Act placed a duty on local authorities to safeguard and promote the welfare of…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I just add that similar provisions were included in the London Olympics Act and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act. Speaking personally, the affirmative procedure is…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I do not want the Minister to think I am not completely in favour of the transport plan or not completely in favour of everything he set out about functions. I simply do not…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the amendment of my noble friend in sports. I declare an interest that, until I was recently rotated off, I was a member of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]In moving Amendment 3, I shall also speak to Amendment 15. I inform the Committee immediately that these amendments do not arise from personal preference but are strongly…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I do not want to get into too great a debate with my noble friend on this subject. Suffice it to say that this is not a personal preference; it is an amendment tabled for the…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister for giving the Committee a comprehensive review of the importance with which the organising committee and the…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise briefly to support the speeches of both noble Lords. This matter has taken us many hours of parliamentary debate, the Government’s argument being that we should…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for that comprehensive explanation. I am more than happy to withdraw my amendment.09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 2 and speak to Amendment 12, both standing in my name. I hope that, in the spirit of bipartisanship, the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths of Burry…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendments 7, 8 and 17 are in my name. I can deal with Amendment 7 rapidly since the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, has eloquently covered the key elements of the legacy plan,…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]This short amendment requests that the Government focus on visa and immigration rules for elite tournaments, not least given the possibility that this event will be under a…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I am grateful to my noble friend for updating us on this. One takeaway point from this afternoon’s Committee is that a whole range of issues are important in the context of…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]In moving Amendment 13, I will speak also to my Amendment 14, on match fixing and anti-doping. We have heard much today from the Government and from my noble friend Lord Coe that…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I am grateful to my noble friend. This was a probing amendment, but it was an important one. We are talking about something in the order of £13 billion of total betting on sport,…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, under the impressive leadership of president Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee has added human rights protections, anti-corruption and sustainable…25 Jun 2019