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HANSARDCharities: National Minimum WageThe noble Baroness is right that these are eye-watering figures. As people live longer and the pressures on local authorities to deliver social care grow, we can see the…29 Feb 2024HANSARDCharities: National Minimum WageYes. My right honourable friend Stuart Andrew, the Charities Minister, regularly meets charities. I will ensure that the noble Lord’s point is passed on, so that he can have those…29 Feb 2024HANSARDCharities: National Minimum WageMy Lords, charities are vital to the delivery of social care services and to the support of families and carers across the country. His Majesty’s Government have made available an…29 Feb 2024HANSARDCharities: National Minimum WageThe noble Lord rightly points to the 9.8% increase to the national living wage, a record cash increase of £1.02 an hour from 1 April, which will give a pay rise to around 3…29 Feb 2024HANSARDCharities: National Minimum WageI will pass on my noble friend’s representations; he is right. The impact assessment for the increase in the national living wage shows that the cost to charities and voluntary…29 Feb 2024HANSARDCharities: National Minimum WageMy noble friend speaks with great authority as the president of the Independent Schools Association, as he mentioned. He is right to point to the valuable work that independent…29 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.28 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the widespread support that has been expressed for the Bill from across your Lordships’ House, and the recognition of the important difference that it…28 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillThrough debates such as the one we have had today, and through Questions, which I am always happy to answer from this Dispatch Box on behalf of His Majesty’s Government to set out…28 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillWe have set up the review because there are important questions to consider, and it is worth considering them properly. As I say, there is a complexity here in striking the right…28 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillIf I may, I will point the noble Lord to the answers we have given which set out some of the timelines; there are different timelines under the different Acts and the work that…28 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillAs it falls to my noble friends Lord Camrose and Lord Offord to take that Bill through, it will be more fruitful to have the discussions with them—they will be having them on…28 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to move the Second Reading of this Bill. I do so at a time when the UK’s media landscape faces enormous technological change, but in the face of…28 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillThat the Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House that they consider the Bill in the following order:…28 Feb 2024HANSARDS4CI am afraid I would not be able to provide much of an answer, other than to say “diolch yn fawr”.08 Feb 2024HANSARDS4CMy Lords, speaking in minority languages is an important contribution from our broadcasters across the UK. The Government support the Welsh Government’s ambition to reach the…08 Feb 2024HANSARDS4CYes. The convention is currently before Parliament and, subject to the approval of your Lordships and Members in another place, I look forward to going to UNESCO to sign and…08 Feb 2024HANSARDS4CThe noble Lord speaks with the poeticism and lyricism of the Welsh language, even in the English tongue. He is right about the lessons that S4C can provide to other broadcasters…08 Feb 2024HANSARDS4CI certainly join my noble friend in extending our congratulations to the noble Baroness. I also agree with her on the hugely important contribution that Sianel Pedwar Cymru makes…08 Feb 2024HANSARDS4CMy Lords, His Majesty’s Government are committed to supporting S4C, which plays a vital role in the UK’s broadcasting sector. The recent events at the channel raise serious…08 Feb 2024