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HANSARDBroadcasting: Recent DevelopmentsI begin by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, on introducing this debate with great erudition and wisdom. I will concentrate on some very important issues. The recent…08 Jan 2026HANSARDAutumn Budget 2025My Lords, I shall speak not so much about the results of the election but about its consequences and two important features that came up in the course of the debate: namely, the…04 Dec 2025HANSARDIndia and Pakistan: Peace RepresentationsMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hussain, on securing and initiating this debate. I will not pay particular attention in this address to the question of Kashmir. For…17 Jul 2025HANSARD80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over JapanMy Lords, as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, it is important to remember what it actually signifies. Every act of memorialisation or…09 May 2025HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, it is a privilege and pleasure to participate in this debate. As is almost customary—it happens year after year—the debate has an overwhelmingly large number of female…06 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy Lords, I want to share a few thoughts on the question of the Holocaust memorial. However, before we talk about it, we need to ask: why do we want to remember the Holocaust?…13 Feb 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayThese are the lessons we need to learn, and I hope that we will start learning them fast.13 Feb 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformMy Lords, when we embark on this momentous task of reforming the House of Lords, we ought to be very clear about what we are interested in. For me as a philosopher, the question…12 Nov 2024HANSARDCommunity and Voluntary SectorMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Drefelin, on initiating the debate so very well. Basically, we are concerned with exploring the relationship between…31 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VATMy Lords, we need to look at this thing from a wider perspective. I suggest that we look at it in terms of what it is trying to achieve. Basically, it is concerned with achieving…17 Oct 2024HANSARDHigher Education (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, I congratulate the Industry and Regulators Committee on its excellent report, which raises some important issues. Precisely because it ranges over a large number of…21 May 2024HANSARDNHS: Long-term SustainabilityMy Lords, the NHS is neither a leader nor a laggard, as shown in a comparative study of several countries. I think that broadly captures what many of us feel about the NHS. It…18 Apr 2024HANSARDHigher EducationMy Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, for securing this debate and congratulate him on introducing it with such wisdom and insight. We have been talking…07 Mar 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Singh of Wimbledon. It is not that I was too keen to stand up and say my bit but simply that I mistook his place for mine. I am…02 Feb 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy Lords—02 Feb 2024HANSARDArtsMy Lords, I too begin my comments by thanking my noble friend Lord Bragg for introducing this fascinating subject with great eloquence and passion. I want to do two things. The…01 Feb 2024HANSARDSchools: Financial EducationMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Sater, on securing this debate and introducing it so well. In two minutes I can do no more than raise three important points…31 Jan 2024HANSARDReligious Education in SchoolsMy Lords, I thank my good friend the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, for securing this debate and introducing it with characteristic eloquence. The…18 Jan 2024HANSARDSir Edward Heath: Operation ConiferMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, for securing this debate and for introducing it with such eloquence and erudition. Operation Conifer was an investigation by…17 Jan 2024HANSARDParliamentary Democracy and Standards in Public LifeMy Lords, we are discussing very serious issues, and therefore it is important that they are tackled in a meaningful way. One way would be to have some kind of constitutional…11 Jan 2024