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HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I extend a very warm welcome to the noble Lord, Lord Roberts, who delivered such a wonderful speech with great economy and wit; it is not often that maiden speeches have…15 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Widows DayMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Loomba, for initiating this debate. I thought I would raise two issues with the Minister and make some other points. We have been talking…06 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS: Performance and InnovationMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, for introducing this debate. The NHS turns 75 in July this year. Right from the time it was born, it has been based on a simple…15 Jun 2023HANSARDHigher Education: Financial PressuresMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth, on securing this debate and introducing it with considerable erudition and eloquence. This debate has become…30 Mar 2023HANSARDRwanda: Memorandum of UnderstandingMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Hayter of Kentish Town for several reasons, of which three are particularly important. I hope the Minister will offer a satisfactory…06 Feb 2023HANSARDThe Importance of the Relationship Between the United Kingdom and IndiaMy Lords, India and Britain’s representatives have worked out a road map to deepen the ties between the two countries by 2030. That framework gives us some idea of where the…19 Jan 2023HANSARDWindrush: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, the history of Afro-Caribbeans in modern Britain begins with the arrival of the “Empire Windrush” on 21 June 1948, which brought hundreds of passengers from the…19 Jan 2023HANSARDHuman Rights Act 1998My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Whitaker on introducing the debate and my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti on ending her powerful speech with some extremely pertinent…14 Jul 2022HANSARDCommonwealthMy Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Howell of Guildford, and congratulate him on introducing this debate. We know his interest in the Commonwealth; he has spoken…30 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechLady Fox? No? My Lords, I am sorry—there seems to have been some confusion, because there is a speaker before me in the list, but I had not realised that she was not going to turn…12 May 2022HANSARDUkraine: RefugeesMy Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Helic, for securing this extremely important debate. I want to do something slightly different from the direction she gave…06 Apr 2022HANSARDAssisted Dying Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the Bill of the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, and think that it represents a step in the right direction. Like all Bills, it has its limitations, but I am…22 Oct 2021HANSARDStandards in Public LifeMy Lords, I begin by congratulating my noble and good friend Lord Blunkett on securing this debate and introducing it with great understanding and wisdom. Standards in public life…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHuman Rights Situation in IndiaI am happy to participate in the debate initiated by my good friend, the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, on the human rights situation in India,…22 Jul 2021HANSARDCultural and Education ExchangesMy Lords, an exchange has benefits of all kinds, both tangible and intangible. Among the tangible benefits, it increases the employability of the individual concerned, makes them…22 Jul 2021HANSARDOverseas Development AssistanceMy Lords, 0.7% of gross national income is a moral obligation, it is an international institutional obligation because of our membership of the United Nations, and it is also a…14 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, the problem that the Bill addresses has been with us for a very long time. Our education system has long been guided by a single model of human excellence: you start…15 Jun 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, every event that has occurred in Britain during the past two years must be seen through the prism of the coronavirus, and the Queen’s Speech is no exception. The virus…12 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy apologies.12 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, unlike most of my colleagues here, I want to address the question of culture, which forms part of the debate. I want to ask very briefly how our public culture has been…22 Oct 2019