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HANSARDPolice Reform White PaperMy Lords, Robert Peel talked about policing by consent, emphasising public approval, but his key recommendation was crime prevention, and a primary goal was dealing with disorder.…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak on Amendments 198, 199 and 230. I will give some historical background. The word “education” is derived from two Latin root words. The first is “educare”,…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am sorry if I sound like a dinosaur, but I will. Hindsight is always a harsh, cruel science. It makes us think, “If only we did not do this”. The evidence is very…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, will you allow me to introduce another voice—a voice that is not of this House? On 18 January 2016, Ian Russell, the father of Molly Russell, who took her own life aged…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI, too, support the shortest of all the amendments. My noble friend Lord Hogan-Howe’s Amendment 438A gets to what needs to happen without a lot of description. I have always felt…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I do not come from Wales. I am speaking because I have sympathy, and I have friends there. I remember somebody asking me, “Are you evangelical or Anglo-Catholic?” I…22 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I find myself persuaded by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier. This is a moment when, as legislators, we have to pause and ask where the balance really lies. For…22 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I agree with the wording as it is in the Bill. The word “serious” is quite important. Stop and search, particularly in the London area, has been abused. You are supposed…20 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I feel a strong need to speak on Amendment 61, this wonderful amendment, on “Amending the sufficiency duty to prevent children being moved far away from home”.…19 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I too support the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, on her amendment. In the Church of England, we had trouble with giving and passing information—having ways of doing…14 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, anecdotal evidence often does not help, but Margaret and I adopted a brother and sister because their mother had died of cancer. The boy was eight and his sister was…14 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI happen to support these clauses, but I have the same concern as the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, that this has been drawn rather too narrowly and there may be areas that may have…13 Jan 2026HANSARDUkraine and Wider Operational UpdateMy Lords, may I speak like a fool? I do not have all the facts, so I am speaking like a fool. Ukraine has spent a lot of hours in all those conversations and discussions about…12 Jan 2026HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI have a right to ask questions. What is most concerning, at least for me, is not the limit or the reducing of the compensation package—that is not the question—but the use of…16 Dec 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords—16 Dec 2025HANSARDResident Doctors: Industrial ActionMy Lords, one of the four priorities named in the Budget delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was reducing waiting lists. If this strike goes ahead, what increase would…15 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I agree with the noble and learned Lord about why we are focused on GP practices, because they are the hub of information. Since I arrived in this country, I have had a…12 Dec 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: Independent InquiryMy Lords, the last paragraph of the Statement says that “the chair and panel of an inquiry … will shine a bright light on this dark moment in our history. They will do so…11 Dec 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister, who is new at the Dispatch Box, for explaining things quite clearly. I am thankful for the Government accepting that amendment, which has clearly…10 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillDuring Robert Runcie’s time in the Church of England, he was exasperated that when matters became very difficult, the General Synod was called to set up a committee. He saw the…09 Dec 2025