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HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Impact on Human Relationships and SocietyMy Lords, like the noble Lord, I congratulate the most reverend Primate on this very timely debate and her powerful speech, which will repay reading carefully. I also am delighted…05 Jun 2026HANSARDCabinet Manual: Guidelines for Government FormationMy Lords, will the Minister accept on behalf of this one member of the Constitution Committee, which has repeatedly asked for the manual to be updated, that it is singularly…03 Jun 2026HANSARDRetirement and Participation CommitteeMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the well-argued speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Mattinson. I suspect we will have plenty more argument on that subject. However, today…18 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the well-argued speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Mattinson. I suspect we will have plenty more argument on that subject. However, today…18 May 2026HANSARDMiddle EastWould the Minister accept that many of us applaud the caution of the Government in this situation? I was proud to visit, in a previous generation, the Armilla patrol, but the…19 Mar 2026HANSARDQuantum TechnologyMy Lords—24 Feb 2026HANSARDQuantum TechnologyWill the Minister acknowledge that our theoretical physicist community, which is powerful and underpins so much of the sensible things the Minister has been saying, is feeling…24 Feb 2026HANSARDSubscription Contracts: Right to CancelMy Lords, I support my noble friend in his Question and welcome the tone of the Minister’s thoughtful reply. As a proud member of the British Museum scheme, I think there is a…02 Dec 2025HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Additional ReportMy Lords, I declare an interest, I suppose, as a former Secretary of State for Health and a witness before Sir Brian’s inquiry. May I associate myself with what the noble Baroness…24 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Constitution: Oversight and Responsibility (Report from the Constitution Committee)My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, whose wisdom on many subjects is welcome in this House and I hope may be welcome for much longer. I was…04 Jul 2025HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseMy Lords, in joining with the moving testimony of those on both sides of the House who have done so much, I will just end with one tribute. I gave evidence to Sir Brian…21 May 2025HANSARDMathematical SciencesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support mathematical sciences.02 Apr 2025HANSARDMathematical SciencesI thank the noble Lord for his Answer and indeed for the courtesy of his noble friend the Minister, who met me recently to discuss these issues. Does the noble Lord agree that the…02 Apr 2025HANSARDUnited Kingdom: Global PositionI join in congratulating my noble friend Lord Howell. On this occasion, as on many others in his long career, he has shown himself to be one of Parliament’s thought leaders. I…13 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Lytton. He speaks with immense knowledge on these matters. I join in sending condolences to the noble Lord, Lord Khan, as…29 Jan 2025HANSARDChagos IslandsMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the net result of the negotiations has been to introduce instability? The word is out to the Mauritian Government that if they go back to…23 Jan 2025HANSARDSyriaMy Lords, I welcome the tone of the Minister’s Statement in another place and of the Front-Bench spokesman today. I do not envy him the decisions that are coming in the next few…12 Dec 2024HANSARDCivil Service: PoliticisationMy Lords, I too thank and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Butler of Brockwell, who will be embarrassed when I say that he is one of the pre-eminent public servants of this era,…28 Nov 2024HANSARDUniversitiesMy Lords, it is a delight to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rees. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick, on securing this debate. When I was a very junior member of the…14 Nov 2024HANSARDScience and Technology: EconomyMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow one of our great civil engineers and to precede one of our distinguished science communicators, who I am sure will add greatly to the…31 Oct 2024