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HANSARDSocial Media Ban for Under-16sMy Lords, earlier today, I had the enormous privilege to co-host with the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, who I suspect will try to ask the question after me, a group of the bereaved…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, here we are again. It feels a bit like doomscrolling to keep returning to this subject. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Nash, and all those who have supported him for…28 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am sure that it will be source of huge disappointment to all noble Lords that I do not intend to give a valedictory speech.27 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIndeed. I thank the Minister for responding to the points I raised on educational technology at the last round of ping-pong. It has an awful lot of consultation in it, rather than…27 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I largely agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, who brings all the rigour that you would expect from an MBA from Harvard Business School to the analysis of this…20 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillBefore we have any other contributions, I remind your Lordships that there is a very clear rule here, that if one is not present in the Chamber for the beginning of a group it is…16 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Baroness to speak.16 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I point out briefly that the essence of where the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, is coming from is that she speaks directly from the experience of the victims who have…25 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, as mentioned earlier, Google and Meta were today found in the Supreme Court of California to be guilty of causing pain and suffering to a plaintiff who had brought the…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will be brief. I entirely support the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, on all her amendments. What I would say to the Government about their own amendment is that I have…18 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I rise briefly—conscious of my noble friend to my left—to pay tribute to the Minister for how she has handled her first Bill through your Lordships’ House with good…17 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillBefore anybody else intervenes, I should have said at the beginning of this group of amendments that the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, and the noble Lord, Lord…13 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 2 and 3, which were laid by the noble Lord, Lord Meston, who apologises for being unable to be in the House today. Rather courageously and…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I was very happy to put my name to the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Polak, not least because he and I, every Thursday morning in the post-legislative scrutiny…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 14; I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Polak, and noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for adding their names to it. It seeks to clarify the…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillGiven the incidence of appeals where initially it was ruled that it was not a crime of violence but, on it being investigated further, it was acknowledged that it did count as a…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I was pleased to add my name to Amendment 10, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton. I thank the Minister for the very helpful meeting that we had with the FCDO and…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I will comment briefly on Amendment 29. During the passage of the Sentencing Act, we discussed the concern about early release schemes for those categories of offenders…10 Mar 2026HANSARDVictims and Courts BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly. I put my name to both amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, which we first laid in Committee. In essence, what the Minister said…10 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I declare that I am a cyclist. I came in this morning and, as noble Lords can see, survived in one piece, miraculously. Secondly, I have to declare that the noble Lord,…04 Mar 2026