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HANSARDAsylum AccommodationMy Lords, does the Minister agree with me that servicemen’s accommodation is in the terrible state it is in because the last Government privatised it?16 Dec 2025HANSARDSocial Media: Scam Adverts and Fraudulent ContentMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the regulators often use long consultation periods to do nothing and that the general public want action, not consultation?11 Dec 2025HANSARDMobile Phone and Broadband PricesMy Lords, can I bore the House again? Our regulators are some of the worst in the world and they are letting the public down. We are not holding them to account. Is it not about…09 Dec 2025HANSARDEmployee Car Ownership SchemesMr Lords, this is a difficult time for the British car industry and it is a welcome announcement that this matter has been put off for some time. Will the Government continue to…08 Dec 2025HANSARDData Adequacy Status: EU Data Protection StandardsMy Lords, is this not just another example of the disaster of Brexit, which was spelled out, in all places, in the Telegraph a couple of weeks ago, demonstrating the damage that…04 Dec 2025HANSARDSupply of Blood and Blood ProductsMy Lords, we are seeing reductions in the number of donors, whether it be in blood or in organ donation. Are we not getting to a serious situation where the Government need to…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSubscription Contracts: Right to CancelMy Lords, while we are on this subject, is it not the case that our regulators and our consumer rights are letting Britain down, and that we are in what we call rip-off Britain?…02 Dec 2025HANSARDNHS Industrial ActionMy Lords, is it not the case that under the last Government, the health service was wrecked, and doctors’ salaries were controlled to such a level that they fell behind previous…02 Dec 2025HANSARDWalking, Wheeling and Cycling PathsMy Lords, while the Minister is on this subject, can he update the House on what action has been taken against cyclists who dangerously ride their bikes around the country, often…01 Dec 2025HANSARDNuclear Regulatory Taskforce ReviewMy Lords, I thank the Minister for updating the House on what the Labour Government have done since they were elected. Does he know what was happening for the last 13 years under…27 Nov 2025HANSARDSchools: FundingMy Lords, is it not the case that the opposition party cried that this would have a damaging effect on state schools? From the facts that the Minister has just read out, it is…25 Nov 2025HANSARDFair Funding ReviewMy Lords, is it not the case that government funding and support should be based on need and should take into account the ability of the local authority to raise its own resources…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillFrom the number of amendments here it is clear that this is about wrecking the Bill. It is not about improvements, it is about wrecking the Bill. I went through this with my late…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillCan we perhaps shoot just one fox? There was a suggestion that there are not enough non-Anglo-Saxon GPs available to do this. I have just looked at the facts: 46% of GPs were born…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWould the noble Baroness agree for one second that, even if someone has good hospice care and the best medications that they can, there are still patients who suffer and have pain…21 Nov 2025HANSARDSouth Western RailwayMy Lords, does the Minister agree that this is a failure not of nationalisation but of privatisation, and that we have had 13 years of wrecking the train service, like everything…20 Nov 2025HANSARDUkraine: UK-USA DiscussionsMy Lords, does the Minister agree with me that it would be very naive to believe that Putin’s only ambition is to occupy parts of Ukraine? He has much wider views about where he…19 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget: Press BriefingsMy Lords, is the Minister surprised at the criticism that has come from the Opposition Benches about leaks when, in the past, leaks went as widely under any previous Government as…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice: RecordsMy Lords, the phone hacking scandal that hit Britain, which was never properly investigated by the Met, leaves a lot of things unsaid and unheard. Should we not release all the…11 Nov 2025HANSARDOffice for National StatisticsMy Lords, the Minister will know how keen I am to set targets for departments and organisations. Given that we spend more every year on this service, do we not need to have some…10 Nov 2025