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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I put my name to the amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, and will briefly support them. I state my interest as a governor of Coram, the children’s charity.…10 Dec 2024HANSARDTackling StalkingMy Lords, I welcome the Statement yesterday by the Government. I was taking part in an online conference organised by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust yesterday morning and the Minister,…05 Dec 2024HANSARDSchools: Mobile PhonesMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Kidron on her insight, expertise and unflagging focus on this issue. I also welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Cass, to our Benches.…28 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I will be brief. The noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has made a fairly persuasive case for this. I would hope that to a large extent what he is looking for is already…27 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I shall quickly respond to the noble Lord. One of the reasons why I asked the Minister for some detail about the breadth and depth of the consultation his department has had with…20 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 17 and 127 in my name. I also would like to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, on moving from the calm waters of the Home Office to the…20 Nov 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, for injecting a bit of reality into this discussion. I declare my interest as a governor of Coram. I thank the noble Lord very much…19 Nov 2024HANSARDIndependent Pornography ReviewMy Lords, as the Minister will be aware, a great deal of the efforts of those of us involved in the passage of the Online Safety Act were focused on safeguarding children. Given…14 Oct 2024HANSARDRelations with EuropeMy Lords, I will focus my speech on the Council of Europe. I suspect I am preaching to the converted because the Minister and I actually met as joint members of the Parliamentary…10 Oct 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I echo the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Foster, in thanking the Minister for the way that he introduced the Bill. I welcome the Bill, principally because it gives…08 Oct 2024HANSARDPedal CyclesMy Lords, I also thank my noble friend Lord Hogan-Howe for kicking this off. If he was to have another debate on this I might advise him to rename it “Safety and regulation issues…12 Sept 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I have three reasons for speaking at Second Reading today. The first is that one of my great grandfathers, in December 1938, after Kristallnacht, put his name to…04 Sept 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly. I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, for her persistence and skills in negotiating with her own party, which is possibly easier…23 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I will bring the House to the safe harbour of the Cross Benches and take us away from the world of politics—we will have quite enough politics in the next month or so…23 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I am very happy to add my name to both these amendments, and I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, for the many years that she has pursued this…21 May 2024HANSARDRelationships, Sex and Health Education: Statutory GuidanceMy Lords, I declare my interest as a governor of Coram, and for 24 years I was the chair of the largest provider of health education to primary schools in the country. It is…16 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support all my noble friend Lady Bull’s amendments. The world has changed somewhat since about a century ago. My great-grandfather, Stanley Baldwin,…08 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I was happy to add my name to this amendment, to which several of us spoke at Second Reading and in Committee. I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, and…30 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am happy to add my name to these two amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton. There is no need to speak at length about them; it is essentially about trying to ensure…30 Apr 2024HANSARDArrangement 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.29 Apr 2024