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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I tabled my Amendment 50 before the Government tabled their own Amendment 49 in this group. Both seek, as the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, said, to leave out Clause 41.…22 Oct 2025HANSARDMaccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanMy Lords, this is a shameful state of affairs, sending a message that groups of fans and indeed groups of people across our country are not safe on the streets of Britain. Can the…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering, the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and others who have expressed their…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill20 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for the further information she set out, and to noble Lords, particularly the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for their support for my…20 Oct 2025HANSARDMusical Instrument CertificatesMy Lords, the Independent Society of Musicians has called this proposal “disappointing” and “incomprehensible”. We have just heard about the dismay it has caused to the Musicians’…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 7A in this group, which, like my noble friend Lord Lansley’s Amendment 5, is an amendment to government Amendment 4. I welcome many of the changes to…20 Oct 2025HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: OwnershipMy Lords, we know from the witness statements released overnight that the Deputy National Security Adviser considers that China “presents the biggest state-based threat to the…16 Oct 2025HANSARDChinese Espionage: ParliamentMy Lords, have His Majesty’s Government had any discussions with the Crown Prosecution Service about the wording of the Official Secrets Acts, in light of the collapse of this…13 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering. Her Amendment 95 may be modest but it is very sensible, and I congratulate her on the way she…04 Sept 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Act 2025: ImplementationMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Birt, said, many people across football are looking forward to working with David Kogan, but one of the difficulties that he and the new…03 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, as my noble friend Lord Lansley says, I signed his Amendment 55, but I am also broadly supportive of Amendment 54, in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Pinnock and…24 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, and others who have tabled amendments, and I congratulate them on persevering to Report on this important issue. Like the noble…23 Jul 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025My Lords, it feels like a long time since I stood at the Dispatch Box opposite, taking part in similar debates on what became the Media Act 2024 and the Digital Markets,…22 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, the other amendment in this group, Amendment 5, is in my name. It is a small change, consequential to the amendment your Lordships made during our first day on Report.…21 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, Amendment 126 stands in my name and the names of the noble Lords, Lord Faulkner of Worcester and Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, and the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty. The…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who spoke in this short but important debate, particularly to the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, who spoke with…21 Jul 2025HANSARDNewspapers: Foreign OwnershipMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for the letter that she sent to the noble Lord, Lord Pack, and others who have an interest in this, ahead of this Question, drawing…16 Jul 2025