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HANSARDUK Newspapers and News Magazines: Foreign State Investment FundsMy Lords, I sympathise with the position that the Minister is in, but it is more than a year since the House passed what is now the Media Act 2024, and, even accounting for the…27 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, the passage of this Bill through your Lordships’ House has indeed been a game of two halves—there are more puns coming, I am afraid. We began our deliberations on the…26 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friends Lady Laing of Elderslie and Lord Brady of Altrincham for their amendments. My noble friend Lord Brady seems to have pulled off the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI note that I did not hear an answer to my question about the Government’s view on the ideal number of former special advisers and Members of Parliament. As we pass this Bill,…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I very much agree with the final words of the Leader of the House and what she says about Ministers. I see how hard-working her team of Lords Ministers are. When they go…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, after what I acknowledge was not a popular measure, I hope that this one will find more support on both principal Benches of your Lordships’ House. My Amendment 90 seeks…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply and for the most generous defence of special advisers that I have heard outside of the Thursday evening drinks we used to…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 87 I will also speak to my Amendments 88 and 89. These amendments have elicited a lot of attention from my noble friends since I tabled them. My…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe point I was making with my amendment was not necessarily to make the case for all—I take the arguments that the Minister and others have made about a slippery slope—but to…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I agree with what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, has said. Like him, I spotted the omission of the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and…25 Mar 2025HANSARDVictory in Europe and Japan: 80th AnniversariesMy Lords, we on these Benches warmly welcome this Statement. It is clear that the Second World War continues to cast a long shadow. Names of the fallen are etched in stone in…20 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, particularly for all the time that she has spent on this niche but important issue. I am also grateful to the Bill team for…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 80, which relates to my favourite topic of heraldry, has already been debated. At the end of that debate on the first day on Report, the Minister very kindly…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, although I am mindful of the rules of debate on Report, I am sure that noble Lords will understand if I preface my remarks with a short, two-hour encomium to Newcastle…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Goddard of Stockport, has just said, and we are grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, who has spoken up for the…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, is right that the congratulations that have been coming my way for Newcastle are entirely misplaced. However, I am sure that the…17 Mar 2025