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HANSARDLove Matters (Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households Report)It was me.08 Dec 2023HANSARDLove Matters (Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households Report)It still is, is it? But it does not call itself that. In the past, it has highlighted—the study ran for about a decade—how children want to be with both parents. I think it found…08 Dec 2023HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationMy Lords—06 Dec 2023HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationMy Lords—06 Dec 2023HANSARDLiving in a COVID World: A Long-term Approach to Resilience and Wellbeing (COVID-19 Committee Report)My Lords, I shall of course be brief because I am speaking in the gap. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Lane-Fox, and her committee for producing this report. I congratulate her…29 Nov 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I belatedly welcome the noble Earl to his place and remind him that we once shared Chelsea barracks, nearly half a century ago. The Government have been very good and…28 Nov 2023HANSARDArmed Forces: Troop LevelsDoes my noble friend not understand that one of the problems with serving in the Armed Forces at the moment is a perception that they are in part of a declining industry? This is…21 Sept 2023HANSARDHereditary Peers By-electionMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lords, Lord Meston and Lord De Clifford, and hope they contribute well to this House, notwithstanding the excellent and amusing comments of the…20 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillThey do. Because people are urging me to, I think I will test the opinion of the House.12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillYes, I am indeed aware: none. Which was a pity, and it was especially a pity that my noble friend Lady Fookes did not come to hear what had to be said by people who actually know…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillAnyway, to go back to the matter in hand, I would say that, when I and several other noble Lords here met a delegation from countries from sub-Saharan Africa, as I recall, there…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillThis is a Private Member’s Bill, not a government Bill, apparently, and on the Opposition Benches we have five to one—sorry, six to one; maths is not necessarily my strong point.12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I beg to move the amendment standing in my name. I do not wish to repeat everything that has been said before; it is getting late, and I am sure many people, like me,…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillYou got one, but you were there for longer than I was.12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I note that almost all the speeches have been in favour of this amendment. That is because it is about conservation. I am a conservationist—I think everyone who has…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI am grateful to my noble friend because I will come on to a compromise in a minute. This Bill is of course a manifesto commitment left over from 2019. It was probably put in,…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI was in the House of Commons for 23 years. I do not know if I achieved anything useful; I did try. During those 23 years, I got an enormous amount of correspondence—letters and…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI am younger than Joe Biden. However, my wife and my children in particular tell me how old I am.12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI understand what the noble Baroness is saying, but is she really implying that those people, such as myself, who put down amendments have no right to express an opinion on this,…12 Sept 2023