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HANSARDCrime 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 Bill09 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 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 2026HANSARDLocal Government Finance Act 1988 (Prescription of Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Regulations 2026My Lords, I add my name in support of all the noble Lords who have spoken in favour of the take-note Motion of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. I am grateful to him and to the…10 Feb 2026HANSARDLocal Government Finance Act 1988 (Prescription of Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Regulations 2026My Lords, we had to hit pause, but I shall resist the temptation to hit rewind and repeat what I said. I was echoing the points that have been made: a lot of the problems here are…10 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI have added my name in support of Amendments 127 and 129 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, and outlined so eloquently by her just now. I also signed her amendments on…28 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support all the amendments in this group and I am glad that my noble friends Lady Barran and Lady Morgan of Cotes have signed them on behalf of these Benches. I pay…27 Jan 2026HANSARDGrass-roots Music VenuesMy Lords, live music venues are the R&D incubators for our creative industries. Some 53% of venues made no profit last year, and the Government’s choices on national insurance…26 Jan 2026HANSARDUniformed youth groups: Promoting Skills and Resilience in Young PeopleThe Minister said in her initial Answer that the last Conservative Government set up the uniformed youth fund to give young people these life-changing skills and opportunities,…26 Jan 2026HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, was right to admonish us and to remind your Lordships of the need to stay focused on the matter in hand at this stage of the Bill’s…21 Jan 2026