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HANSARDSingle-Sex Spaces: EHRC GuidanceI say to the Government that the inexcusable delay in operating this makes it look like political party management is being elevated above the national interest. That is not good…02 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I agree with Clause 1. If there was a vote on it, I would vote for it. I may not carry the Committee with me but, having sat through Committee and one day of Second…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will give a specific example. On 8 January, at col. 1416, the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, made a short speech, which consisted of about six specific questions. One of…23 Jan 2026HANSARDGreat Western Railway: InfrastructureI warn my noble friend that this morning the Environment and Climate Change Committee took evidence from three water companies. We discovered that storing water in reservoirs is…21 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWith respect, he did not say that. The noble Lord, Lord Stevens, said it would not be done “in effect”, the implication being—I do not disagree with what the noble Baroness is…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the way to avoid introducing for the first time a guillotine Motion on a Bill in this House is for my noble and learned friend to specifically come within the next 10…08 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, specifically ruled out changing the age. He wanted to put qualifications on it; that was as far as he went.05 Dec 2025HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Supreme Court JudgmentTo ask His Majesty’s Government which departments have been involved in considering the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s code of practice on implementing the Supreme Court…27 Nov 2025HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Supreme Court JudgmentI thank the Minister for that Answer; it was a fairly simple Question. But does my noble friend understand that the delay and constant difficulty in giving straight answers to…27 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, in the circumstances, I do not feel that we can justify more than two hours on this group. I think we should move to wind up this debate.21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, in my modest experience of six departments in both Houses of Parliament, I have always come to the conclusion and repeated that Whitehall does not do devolution. By the…14 Nov 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower: Bureau VeritasI thank my noble friend for that, but is she aware that Bureau Veritas staff were inside flat 16 with the London Fire Brigade, as a contractor, before 1 am on the night of the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower: Bureau VeritasTo ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Khan of Burnley on 17 June (HL Deb cols 1897–8), whether they have investigated the role of Bureau Veritas as the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI have just a practical question, really. There is a Peer who came into this House and did not make a maiden speech for 10 years because he considered the peerage an honour. Then,…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, on a debate such as this, the House really misses the Countess of Mar—if only she was still here. I can recall her one day bringing a delegation to a department where I…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillDoes the noble Lord accept that most of those countries, which I have looked at as well, have a written constitution? We do not. That is the thing that would make it incredibly…02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, when I am at a college in the Midlands this Friday morning with the Learn with the Lords programme, the first thing I will say is that the House of Lords is nothing more…02 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillIf my noble friend the Minister does discuss it with Defra, she will find that Defra has nothing like the numbers of people with experience of farming that it had 10 years ago. It…01 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill26 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, the explanation of the amendment makes its intention clear, and so I will not take very long. I do not say that this amendment is a leftover—far from it—but, back in…26 Jun 2025