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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I put my name to the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for a very simple reason. An awful lot of what we have been discussing today, and in recent…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support Amendment 208 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan. The reason is very simple. I do not know how many of your Lordships have seen a…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI will make an intervention in general about this rather lengthy debate. I draw your Lordships’ attention to paragraph 4.46 on page 63 of the Companion , entitled “Reading of…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI remind the House that if Amendment 138 is agreed, I cannot call Amendments 139 and 140 because of pre-emption. Amendment 13828 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am happy to have added my name to Amendments 121A and 131A by the noble Baroness, Lady Barran. I am grateful to officials from the Department for Education who had a…28 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise, first, to thank the Government, on behalf of myself and the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, for bringing forward Amendment 146, putting carers on the…28 Jan 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, this Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes.27 Jan 2026HANSARDTikTok: Bereaved British ParentsWill the Minister please draw to the attention of her right honourable friend the Secretary of State the following facts about TikTok? In June 2025, TikTok announced that it would…27 Jan 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessBefore we start the next debate, I would like to alert two of the noble Lords whose maiden speeches we are looking forward to that the speaker that they thought was in front of…22 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I remind the House that we are on Report, and I think some of the contributions are in danger of erring on the wrong side of self-regulation. We should stick to the…21 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Young, said, I tabled this amendment in Committee. I also pay tribute to Siobhain McDonagh for having pursued this for many years and the way in…19 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, in speaking to these amendments, I declare that I am a co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Adoption and Permanence, alongside Rachael Maskell, the MP for…19 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to speak in support of Amendment 62 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler. The case for this is, really, fairly straightforward. Children in care…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I will not follow the noble and learned Lord who has just sat down and go into the politics of this because I do not think this is the time or place. I do, however,…12 Jan 2026HANSARDBroadcasting: Recent DevelopmentsMy Lords, I regret to say that under the rules for time limited debates, the time allotted for this debate has now elapsed, and I am afraid I must put the Question on the Motion,…08 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I shall move to the Woolsack in a few minutes, so I shall be mute, for which many noble Lords will be grateful. Perhaps I might just point out to the noble Lord, and…08 Jan 2026HANSARDComputer-generated Child Sexual Abuse MaterialMy Lords, the Minister is again experiencing what happened during the stages of the Crime and Policing Bill when we discussed this subject, because of the strength of feeling…07 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 82, 83 and 86 in my name. This is a continuation of a discussion that we had in Committee, which is particularly focused on concern about the…06 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I rise, mercifully briefly, to come at this from a slightly different direction. Four years ago, when I was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe noble Baroness, Lady Fox, is repeating, to some extent, some of the perfectly sensible points that she made in the debate earlier in the year. I just point out that, in…17 Dec 2025