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HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I was not satisfied by the answer, and I would like to test the opinion of the House.08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, my Amendment 75 is in this group and I wish briefly to speak to it. Things have moved on a little with investor visas since Committee. The Government have at last moved…08 Mar 2022HANSARDMusic Education in State SchoolsMy Lords, does the Minister have any figures on the number of schools without qualified, musically trained teachers attached to them? I declare my interests as a former chair of…02 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsMy Lords, I think that everyone in this House would like to compliment the Minister on the enormously valuable work he has done and continues to do on this; we all appreciate it.…01 Mar 2022HANSARDLobbying of MinistersMy Lords, the Sunday Times two weeks ago told us a lot about the donors board, which has unpublished, unremarked, unrecorded meetings with the Prime Minister and other senior…01 Mar 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I add my thanks. It is important that we conduct legislation in the House, and off the Floor in between the different stages, in the way we did on this Bill and I hope…24 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Tutoring ProgrammeMy Lords, global companies are not always best placed for local delivery. I recall that one of the major outside contractors for test and trace was a company headquartered in…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I always think about the inadequacies of the Government’s response to the Intelligence and Security Committee’s Russia report. I recall the paragraph that talks about…24 Feb 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, it is a very personal pleasure to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Moore, and say that I look forward to his maiden speech. When I was a student, the first by-election I…23 Feb 2022HANSARDEurope: Foreign Policy and Defence Co-operationMy Lords, could the Minister take back to the Foreign Office the strong message that it does not help the cause of close co-operation with France and Germany if Cabinet Ministers…21 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I hope the Home Office has consulted the FCDO on this issue. The Minister will be aware of the report from the Center for American Progress in Washington which…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 183, which I hope the Government may be willing to accept before Report. Investor visas were introduced in 1994. They became tier 1 investor…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I tabled this amendment last week and received a letter on Monday evening from the Minister that answers a number of my points. Therefore, I mainly wish to stress the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI am sure the Minister is aware that the House of Commons spent less than two hours in Committee, on Report and on the final stages of this Bill—so to say that it gave it…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI thank the Minister for repeating that statement. I stress that the revision of the manual should ideally come well before the timing of the next election, and I strongly support…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill09 Feb 2022HANSARDMathematical SciencesMy Lords, I second exactly what the noble Lord, Lord Birt, said about the importance of fundamental maths to a range of scientific disciplines. Risk analysis, neuroscience,…08 Feb 2022HANSARDAutocrats, Kleptocrats and PopulistsMy Lords, I say to the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, that we have to say something about the UK’s standing as a democracy because that affects our ability to respond to the current…03 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsMy Lords, the presentation in Washington has often been—as I have seen in recent days—that the United Kingdom has only really acted under American pressure. That does not look…01 Feb 2022