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HANSARDBBC World ServiceMy Lords, I echo my noble friend the Foreign Secretary’s comments about the BBC and declare my interest as a trustee of Tate and a radio broadcaster. One of the things that…12 Mar 2024HANSARDRegulator of Community Interest CompaniesMy Lords, my noble friend the Minister mentioned the importance of philanthropy. Echoing the spirit of these questions, I congratulate him wholeheartedly on a recent advertisement…11 Mar 2024HANSARDHigher EducationMy Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this debate. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, on calling it. I agreed with every word he said, and it took me back to when…07 Mar 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as a broadcaster on Times Radio, chairman of Marlow Film Studios and chairman of Common Sense Media in the UK. It is a great pleasure to follow…28 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillI look forward to supporting the noble Lord’s amendment.28 Feb 2024HANSARDPupil Mental Health, Well-being and DevelopmentMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak briefly in the gap. I had put this debate in my diary but failed to put down my name to speak—a schoolboy error for which I…22 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Black on his amendments and will respond to the excellent remarks made by my noble friend Lady Stowell. It is interesting how she ended…07 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI will briefly speak to my noble friend’s amendments. I declare an interest as a broadcaster on Times Radio, which is owned by News UK. The point is clear: the Government’s…07 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillOn a point of information, every time I make a speech where I am sycophantic about noble Lords, I end up in Private Eye . I hope my noble friend is aware of that.05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillOn that point, if the Minister is saying that charities should not be exempt from the law, of course we all agree. If an employee of a charity is treated badly, they are perfectly…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Mendoza, as well and declare my interest as a trustee of Tate. Everything that has been said is absolutely accurate. This…05 Feb 2024HANSARDArtsMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bragg, who has given so much to the arts over so many years. I briefly declare my interests as a trustee of the…01 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, as I have been cited by the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, it is incumbent on me to speak on the same principles as him. Everything that I want to say has already been said,…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI intervene on the point that the noble Lord, Lord Tyrie, made to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. There is a difference. The noble Lord was absolutely right to raise his…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI found my noble friend’s remarks very helpful, because they shone a brief light on the Government’s position. Is he saying that, by introducing an on-the-merits appeal for fines,…29 Jan 2024HANSARDUkraineMy noble friend was very reassuring on how the Ministry of Defence works with small enterprises in defence tech, if I can call it that. I would be most grateful if he could find…26 Jan 2024HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Camoys on the occasion of his maiden speech; it is an immense pleasure to welcome him to your Lordships’ House. I…26 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI want to get all the heckles out of the way; they have to be recorded in Hansard . I listened to the Minister’s explanation very carefully. He said that there is no single…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI wonder if I can just slip in before Members on the Front Bench speak, particularly those who have signed the amendment. I refer again to my register of interests. I support the…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillCan the Minister clarify for the Committee at some point, perhaps by letter, at what point the penny dropped within the department, with officials, that the word “proportionate”…24 Jan 2024