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HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Impact on Human Relationships and SocietyMy Lords, I add my voice in appreciation to the most reverend Primate, not just for this excellent and timely debate but for her service as our archbishop. Stepping into a role…05 Jun 2026HANSARDNational Arts BankMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord John of Southwark, for securing this debate and for outlining it so powerfully. I congratulate him too on the impressive record that he and…04 Jun 2026HANSARDEU-UK Cultural Exchange ArrangementsMy Lords, we all want to see better cultural exchange, not just with the 27 members of the EU but with 200 countries around the world. Issues of visas, cabotage and carnets are…04 Jun 2026HANSARDNational Museums and GalleriesMy Lords, I am sorry to hear that this is a policy under active consideration in Whitehall. As the Minister said, it is a complex matter. As the Government look at this, will she…27 Apr 2026HANSARDCharity GivingMy Lords, as the report makes clear, this is the first reduction in giving for five years. If the British public were still giving at the level they were a decade ago, another…20 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, like others, I commend the Government for their Amendment 2. We had a good debate about this in Committee, with significant support from across your Lordships’ House for…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMedia Literacy (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, for introducing this debate. I thank her and her fellow members of your Lordships’ Communications and Digital…16 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I fear I am a wholly inadequate substitute for my noble friend Lord Attlee, who has now retired from your Lordships’ House after 35 years of dedicated service. During…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Addington and Lord Pannick, the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, in her absence, as well as to my noble friend Lord Cameron of…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, as I explained in Committee, I support the aims that the Government are seeking to achieve through Clause 137, which creates a new offence of climbing on memorials.…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for that response and I thank him again for the time that he and his officials gave me last week to discuss this in detail. I am…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill09 Mar 2026HANSARDClass Inequality in the ArtsMy Lords, in January, Exeter Cathedral School announced it would be closing its doors at the end of this academic year, after eight and a half centuries of training talented…05 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for the way he introduced these amendments. As he said, this is a government manifesto commitment, and it was evident in the pride with…04 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI cannot—not as a lawyer; I cannot refer to case law on this—but I would not rely on past example alone. If we are passing laws that seek to apply equality, we should seek to…04 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all those who have spoken in this debate. My noble friend Lord Black mentioned the disproportionate impact that this will have on older residents. Of…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friends Lord Black of Brentwood and Lady Stowell of Beeston, as well as the noble Lord, Lord Storey, for their support on this amendment. My…11 Feb 2026