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HANSARDModern Slavery Act 2015 Committee ReportMy Lords, it was a privilege to serve with colleagues under my noble friend Lady O’Grady, and the committee was brilliantly supported by our clerk Sabrina Asghar and her team.…28 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am very pleased to welcome the maiden speeches of four new colleagues, each of whom will clearly make powerful contributions in the years to come in your Lordships’…27 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I would like to say a few words on Amendment 17 just moved by my noble friend the Minister. I tabled an amendment in Committee to try to ensure that the players appeared…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, was briefer than I had anticipated; I had intended putting this point to him. We have had a lot of discussion about the intervention of UEFA in…11 Mar 2025HANSARDEducation (Assemblies) Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Burt, on her success in bringing the Bill forward to Second Reading. In doing so, I commend her tenacity because I well remember…07 Feb 2025HANSARDEducation (Assemblies) Bill [HL]Just in response to the noble Baroness, I understand what she is saying about teachers reflecting the current situation in classroom. That is why I support the Bill—because things…07 Feb 2025HANSARDSchool Accountability and InterventionFurther to the comments by the noble Baronesses, Lady Barran and Lady Berridge, about the need for forced academisation, does my noble friend agree that there is no evidence that…06 Feb 2025HANSARDEurope: Youth MobilityMy Lords, it is an honour and a particular pleasure for me to follow the maiden speech of my noble friend Lord Moraes. We share something, inasmuch as we spent our early years in…30 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren and Young People: LiteracyI thank my noble friend for that Answer but, notwithstanding it, reading levels among school age children have plummeted recently. That is not just because of the prominence of…23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren and Young People: LiteracyTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the National Literacy Trust’s 2024 annual literacy survey showing that children and young people’s reading for…23 Jan 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit (Standard Allowance Entitlement of Care Leavers) Bill [HL]My Lords, I commend the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester for securing this debate and for the passion that he put into his opening speech, which set out the…17 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord may be surprised and not too pleased to hear that I support this amendment. It makes sense not to have in-season changes. This message needs to be got through to…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I had not intended to speak to this group of amendments, but the noble Lord, Lord Markham, has prompted me to do so. He said just now that he does not think the Bill or…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]If I have got that wrong, I unequivocally apologise to the noble Baroness. I was reading an article about football supporters, including of West Ham, who were protesting about…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]The noble Lord is now making a distinction between solidarity and paternalism.15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, with all due respect to the noble Lords, Lord Pannick and Lord Markham, is it not rather disingenuous to suggest that UEFA might have some concerns with this legislation…15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Is the noble Lord familiar with the concept of solidarity?15 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for that, but I do not thank him for mentioning MK Dons, which, as a supporter of AFC Wimbledon, strikes a bit of a raw nerve with me. But I understand the…15 Jan 2025HANSARDCivil Servants: Compulsory Office AttendanceMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for enabling us to discuss this topical issue, though I am unable to endorse the approach that he adopted in introducing it. The…09 Jan 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I would like to say a few words in support of my noble friends Lady Taylor and Lord Bassam, some of whose amendments I have signed. I also want to pick up on the point…18 Dec 2024