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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all those who have spoken, and of course to the noble Baroness the Leader of the House. We began today with what I thought was a generally very…03 Mar 2025HANSARDDefence and SecurityMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for repeating this eloquent and important Statement. In the three years since Putin’s tanks rolled into Ukraine, imagining then an easy…26 Feb 2025HANSARDUK-EU RelationsMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for repeating the Statement. Before I start, I will say that, while the timing was eventually agreed in the usual channels, it does not really…13 Feb 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, like the noble Baroness the Leader of the House, I very much look forward to hearing the maiden speech of my noble friend Lord Brady of Altrincham and the valedictory…11 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords: Numbers and EligibilityMy Lords, the noble Baroness rightly sets store by her party’s manifesto. The Labour manifesto pledged: “At the end of the Parliament in which a member reaches 80 years of age,…09 Dec 2024 Bills sponsored (8)