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HANSARDTransparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014My Lords, my question complements that of my noble friend Lord Grade. Given that the 2014 Act did not increase transparency and was focused not on lobbying but on lobbyists—the…22 Apr 2021HANSARDConstitution, Democracy and Human Rights CommissionMy Lords, given the sheer scale of the disparate constitutional reforms that have taken place in recent decades and that derive from no intellectually coherent approach to…14 Jan 2021HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, I am delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate and I apologise for not being able to contribute in my allocated slot. I was very keen to add my name…11 Nov 2020HANSARDUnion with ScotlandMy Lords, in its 2016 report, The Union and Devolution , the Constitution Committee stressed that the four nations of the United Kingdom are stronger together than apart, and…04 Nov 2020HANSARDDevolution in EnglandDoes my noble friend agree that while we do not necessarily need rigid uniformity in the distribution of power to areas throughout England, there does need to be some degree of…22 Sept 2020HANSARDHouse of Lords: Number of MembersDoes my noble friend accept that an upper limit on the size of the House would impose a valuable discipline upon the Government in selecting nominees to fill a vacancy, and,…16 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill10 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all those who spoke. The noble Baroness, Lady Smith, just made two of the points that I was going to make but that will not stop me making them anyway.…10 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Cormack, who is a signatory to the amendment, sends his apologies for not being able to be present today, but has asked me to stress his support for…10 Sept 2020HANSARDDevolution: EnglandMy Lords, in 1996, the CPC national policy group on the constitution, of which I was a member, argued that local government should live up to its name, with power driven as far…28 Jul 2020HANSARDHouse of Lords: RelocationMy Lords, moving the House of Lords to York will not bring Parliament closer to the people. Could my noble friend answer my noble friend Lord Young’s question? Has Civil Service…14 Jul 2020HANSARDMedicinal CannabisMy Lords, the report of NHS England and NHS Improvement, commissioned by the Secretary of State, was published last year. Very little appears to have been done to implement its…06 Jul 2020HANSARDHigher Education (Fee Limits and Student Support) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020My Lords, I declare my interest as professor of government at the University of Hull. I want to make three quick points. First, it is vital to stress the value of higher education…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: UniversitiesMy Lords, I declare an interest as an academic at the University of Hull and as chair of the Higher Education Commission, which produced a report on the value to the United…30 Jun 2020HANSARDHouse of Lords: SizeMy Lords, to implement the “two out, one in” principle, there have to be two out in the first place. Will the Senior Deputy Speaker commit to the Procedure Committee revisiting…23 Jun 2020HANSARDFixed-term Parliaments Act 2011Given that the Government have a manifesto commitment to remove the Fixed-term Parliaments Act from the statute book, as indeed do the Opposition, and given that one has to put…15 Jun 2020HANSARDFixed-term Parliaments Act 2011To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will announce the membership of the committee to review the provisions of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 as provided for by section…15 Jun 2020HANSARDMinisterial CodeMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, on initiating this debate. It is, I think, worth emphasising that the Ministerial Code has developed over decades, emanating…12 Mar 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, like several noble Lords who have spoken, I will focus on the proposal for a constitution, democracy and rights commission. Commissions take different forms. Having…08 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, the gracious Speech is welcome in identifying a range of measures of domestic importance and not focusing exclusively on Brexit. However, Brexit is the fundamental issue…21 Oct 2019