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HANSARDDraft Statutory Guidance on the Meaning of “Significant Influence or Control”My Lords, my noble friend Lady Debbonaire said that the Bill originated as a Tory proposal when she was a shadow Minister. I do not think she had joined your Lordships’ House a…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBritish Embassy in DamascusI thank my noble friend for that response, and I note the positive tone. She will be aware the President Trump has already met twice with President al-Sharaa, most recently at the…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBritish Embassy in DamascusTo ask His Majesty’s Government when they intend to re-open the British Embassy in Damascus.02 Dec 2025HANSARDProtection of Children Codes of PracticeMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, began with an apology and I must do the same, because I did not leave my office soon enough and I missed the first few paragraphs of the…30 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank my noble friend for that very full response to Amendment 505C. I am not a lawyer, so I cannot say at this stage whether I accept the reassurance. I would like the…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, if my Amendment 505C appears something of an outlier, it is only because it is. It would have been more appropriate for it to have been introduced in Part 1 of the Bill,…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 479 in my name. Before doing so, I offer an apology to noble Lords, in particular the noble Lords, Lord Addington and Lord Holmes of Richmond.…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillAmendment 456 in my name would require new state schools opened after this Bill enters the statute book to have a limit on faith-based selection for admissions of 50% when the…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak in favour of Amendment 435, to which I have added my name. I am also happy to signify support for Amendment 436ZZB. I am less enthusiastic about Amendment…10 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI simply want to ask the noble Baroness whether she can explain what the very detailed description she is giving has to do with border security, immigration or asylum.08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am indebted to the noble Lord, Lord German, for mentioning the very unfortunate accident that the noble Lord, Lord Alton, suffered. I was not aware of that. Many noble…08 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am in favour of Amendment 196, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hampton. That may surprise my colleagues on the Front Bench—to some extent, it surprises me—but I…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI have listened with interest to what the noble Lord said, as I always do. I prefer the politics of his father, the author of the 1945 Labour manifesto, rather more than his own,…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am pleased to speak to Amendment 209 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Young, to which I have added my name, and I thank him for introducing it so effectively. A…03 Jul 2025HANSARDSchool LibrariesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Index on Censorship survey which found that 53 per cent of school librarians reported being asked to remove…30 Jun 2025HANSARDSchool LibrariesI thank my noble friend for that Answer. This is an issue essentially about intellectual freedom and opposing censorship. The School Library Association believes that it is a…30 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I have Amendments 183D, 186A and 187A in this group. I am delighted that the Bill will deliver on Labour’s manifesto commitment to offer universal breakfast clubs for…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillRegarding cross-party support, I am willing to indicate support, but I want to clarify a point the noble Lord makes in his amendment about a boarding school place “in a state…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, noble Lords often say in this Chamber that it is a pleasure to follow whichever noble Lord or noble Baroness. I cannot say it is a pleasure to follow the noble and…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe noble Lord was too quick for all of us. I want to speak on the same subject as he did, that of unregistered accommodation— I have been caught unawares and have the wrong notes…17 Jun 2025