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HANSARDNational Security BillSeveral speeches have stressed the importance of informing and educating the public about the dangers of foreign interference in British elections. One of the reasons why people…21 Dec 2022HANSARDCross-government Cost-cuttingMy Lords, I am glad to be able to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Watson, who has returned after his three-year leave of absence from Westminster. He will find returning a little…21 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I apologise for intervening yet again. My point was simply that the level of controls and identity verification we have now introduced for domestic voters under the…21 Dec 2022HANSARDBoardman ReportMy Lords, I declare an interest as someone who worked at a think tank for 12 years and at universities for rather longer, and as the Minister who took the transparency of lobbying…20 Dec 2022HANSARDBoardman ReportTo ask His Majesty’s Government what actions they have taken in response to the recommendation of the Boardman Report into the Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance (and…20 Dec 2022HANSARDBoardman ReportI apologise. Does the Minister agree with the recommendations—20 Dec 2022HANSARDBoardman ReportMy Lords, I recognise that the Boardman review had a large number of recommendations that will take some time to work through, but does the Minister recognise the point that think…20 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, the noble Lord obviously did not know that the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, had not sat down, but he perhaps ought reasonably to have known. This exchange has focused my…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillI am reassured. I declare a certain interest: I have a number of relatives in aspects of scientific research. My son tells me that he is a systems biologist, but I note that…19 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I have three amendments in this group. I suppose I should declare interests in relation to the amendments of my noble friend Lady Ludford. I have been stopped by the MoD…19 Dec 2022HANSARDPublic Services: Workforce (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this report and I hope that the Government are taking it seriously. It describes both the workforce crisis in our public services and the…16 Dec 2022HANSARDCabinet Manual: Revision (Constitution Committee Report)My Lords, I, too, start by welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Hennessy, back. It is tremendous to see him again. We have missed him greatly. I gather he was compared to Bagehot, not…16 Dec 2022HANSARDCabinet Manual: Revision (Constitution Committee Report)Yes, certainly.16 Dec 2022HANSARDPublic Services: Workforce (Public Services Committee Report)More?16 Dec 2022HANSARDVoter Identification Regulations 2022I wanted briefly to make one other point. I am holding the National Security Bill, which we will discuss in Committee next week. Clause 14 and Schedule 1 are on foreign…13 Dec 2022HANSARDVoter Identification Regulations 2022My Lords, my local politics are in Bradford, where elections are often quite boisterous affairs, and in some cases threatening. I do not entirely accept the classification that…13 Dec 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister. I also thank the noble Earl, Lord Howe, for the way in which he handled Committee and Report on the Bill, and the various consultations. It was a…13 Dec 2022HANSARDAjax VehiclesMy Lords, a lessons-learned study was announced in May this year on what went wrong with the Ajax project. Can the Minister tell us what progress is being made with that study,…12 Dec 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillIn speaking to my Amendment 5, I shall comment briefly on the previous speech. In all my experience of universities, the problem has usually been getting academics to stop…07 Dec 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, one of the Second Reading speeches that most impressed me was from the noble Viscount, Lord Eccles, whom I see in his place. He reminded us that Conservatives are in…07 Dec 2022