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HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I will raise a couple of broader points about where we are. A strong leadership system operates well when you have only two parties represented on a council. We are…23 Apr 2026HANSARDWorld Economic Outlook: UK Growth and InflationMy Lords, I declare an interest as a recipient of very considerable welfare payments in the form of my old-age pension and my wife’s old-age pension. The whole discussion about…22 Apr 2026HANSARDBusiness Improvement District Ballots: Digital VotingMy Lords, a quick look at international comparisons for introducing digital voting suggests that experiments in other advanced democratic countries have shown that it is okay at…20 Apr 2026HANSARDCivil Preparedness for WarMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Robertson, gave me a copy of his Salisbury speech last week. I want to quote the final sentence because, in some ways, that speech was a cry of…20 Apr 2026HANSARDStrategic Defence Review: FundingMy Lords, I say simply from the Liberal Democrat Benches that I cannot think how many times I have spoken to the noble Lord, Lord Robertson, in the last few months. We are fully…16 Apr 2026 Bills sponsored (6)