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HANSARDDemocracy Denied (DPRRC Report)My Lords, these are two excellent reports; sadly, they are not the first. As the noble Baroness, Lady Drake, has just reminded us, the Constitution Committee expressed serious…12 Jan 2023HANSARDRetailers: CashFollowing that answer, I say that there is a real problem with the non-acceptance of cash. We all find it at different times. It is not a problem for me, but it is for those who…15 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Women’s SportsMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Addington, on securing this short debate and on his excellent speech. Many national women’s teams in the United Kingdom have cause to…17 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, Amendment 60 follows on from what my noble friend Lord Willetts has said. We all seem to agree that we need a strong and effective regulator; that is absolutely at the…14 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendments 49, 50 and 52, which are premised upon Clause 4 surviving—I start from there. Amendment 49 would add some additional subsections to Clause 4. The…14 Nov 2022HANSARDMusic EducationMy Lords, music has played a vital part in the development of mankind. The Open University reminds us that Homer’s two great poems, the “Iliad” and “Odyssey”, the oldest in the…09 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the support that has already been given to Amendment 69 by the noble Baronesses. I can therefore deal with it quite quickly, just to explain what it…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s observations. I listened to his assurances and the issues he raised with interest. I would like to consider them carefully before…02 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, in this country, we accept the principle of peaceful assembly in public places as a foundation of our system of participatory governance based on democracy, human…01 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, the importance of this amendment is to put the duties towards academic freedom on a rather different basis from those currently in the Bill. New Section A1(5) says: “The…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 30. I should first apologise for not speaking at Second Reading. Because of other commitments I could not be there at the beginning and the…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillWhat we are concerned with in particular is people losing their employment, but I am happy to go further.31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I will address Amendment 26 and the consequential Amendment 71, which we need not look at. Amendment 26 effectively aims at much the same target as the noble Lord, Lord…31 Oct 2022HANSARDEuropean Court of Human RightsMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the Strasbourg court in Al-Skeini v United Kingdom made a fundamental and damaging error and acted inconsistently with the Vienna convention…05 Sept 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 105, the purpose of which is to ensure that parents can discover what their children are being taught in school. They must have access, we say,…18 Jul 2022HANSARDHuman Rights Act 1998My Lords, I welcome the chance to engage in this important debate on this important statute. I begin by declaring my interest as chair of research at the Society of Conservative…14 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools: Financial EducationMy Lords, the fraud Select Committee has heard that far too many scams succeed because of ignorance on the part of the recipient. The Centre for Social Justice report, to which we…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I hesitate to ask this, but I simply do not understand. The material has been relied on and shown to children in class. What good reason is there for parents not to be able to…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I too have put my name to Amendment 171F because, as your Lordships have heard, it is important that parents should be able to discover what their children are being…20 Jun 2022