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HANSARDIsrael/GazaMy Lords, unlike the last speaker, I do not accept that the Israeli response to date has been disproportionate, nor do I find it inconceivable that Hamas would conceal themselves…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIranThe UK Government rightly proscribed Hezbollah in 2019 and Hamas in 2021, both of which receive material support from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Can the Minister say…06 Jul 2023HANSARDDefence Policy (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)My Lords, I hesitate to speak in such distinguished company, but my short contribution today concerns the maritime domain, which the committee’s report rightly addresses. Over the…30 Jun 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as an honorary fellow of Balliol and as the incoming chair of Cancer Research UK, one of the country’s largest independent scientific funders of…19 Jun 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I was pleased to add my name to Amendment 241 tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham. I support the various amendments that the noble Lord, Lord Crisp, has…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThe contributions we have heard in Committee this afternoon get to the heart of the question as to whether the Bill, in practice, will have real-world impact. The discussions we…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIs the Minister willing to consider her department publishing for each local authority area the gap between the need for and availability of adult social care? That data is…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, so many authoritative and forensic speeches have been made this evening that I will not follow the advice of the noble Lord, Lord Clarke of Nottingham, that repetition…08 Feb 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, it is unusual, I suggest, in public policy to find an area where the case for faster action is as barn-door obvious as it is in this instance. We have a set of impacts…30 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, as we may be about to hear from the noble Lord, Lord Heseltine, the inequalities which divide our country are deep-seated and long-standing, so the Government are right…17 Jan 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I should take the noble Baroness’s prompt and declare my interest as an honorary fellow at Balliol. I was prompted to speak by what has just been said in respect of the…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, picking up that last point, I support the amendments in this group that expand the definition of what constitutes an academic, but I wonder whether the Minister in his…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI beg leave to withdraw Amendment 5.31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillThe noble Lord, Lord Willetts, sends his apologies for an unforeseen family emergency, so I will formally move Amendment 5 and speak to Amendments 7, 8 and 38 to 41. Given that…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillThe noble Baroness is making precisely the point I was seeking to draw out. As we discussed at Second Reading, freedom of speech is not the same as academic freedom. We need to…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as an honorary fellow of Balliol, my former interest as head of the largest employer of graduates in this country, and perhaps even my future…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillMy Lords, I welcome the draft mental health Bill. Prime Minister Theresa May was right to ask Sir Simon Wessely to develop these proposals, which command wide support across the…28 Jun 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I may be a relatively new Member of your Lordships’ House, but I suspect that the Second Reading of the Procurement Bill may not capture the public’s imagination today…25 May 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I will speak in support of Motion B1 on workforce planning and Motion C1 on the Secretary of State’s powers on reconfiguration. As the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege,…05 Apr 2022