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HANSARDNational Insurance: PartnershipsDoes the Minister agree with me that, if there are going to be tax increases of any sort, they should be fair and should not be borne by people who are paying PAYE, who have no…10 Nov 2025HANSARDPrison Services: InsourcingMy Lords, the Minister says that the Prison Service has not got the capacity at the present time. Will he take between now and when the new contract is due to go out again to…05 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic/Private Partnerships: SharesMy Lords, does the Minister agree that, where the Government have to bail out the private sector, they should seek to get a stake in shareholding so that they can be paid back at…03 Nov 2025HANSARDYouth Mobility SchemeMy Lords—29 Oct 2025HANSARDYouth Mobility SchemeMy Lords, is this not yet another example of how badly the previous Government negotiated the Brexit deal, leaving our young people with worse options than they had before?29 Oct 2025HANSARDBuilt Environment SectorMy Lords, can the Minister give us an update on the practice, carried out for many years under the previous Government, of land banking by housing companies? Is she able to recall…28 Oct 2025HANSARDWestern Sahara ConflictMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the Kurdish regions are the only areas that are committed to democracy, freedom and religious freedom? Does the Minister think we are doing…27 Oct 2025HANSARDErasmus+My Lords, does this not demonstrate yet again how badly Brexit was negotiated by the last Government and how much we have been disadvantaged by the poor negotiations that took…21 Oct 2025HANSARDGDP Per CapitaMy Lords, does the Minister agree with me that GDP would have been higher had we not had a Government previously who wrecked the economy, wrecked public services, gave us Brexit…20 Oct 2025HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: OwnershipMy Lords, do we not need to review the whole issue of ownership of newspapers in the UK? Bearing in mind that papers such as the Express and the Mail are nothing more than…16 Oct 2025HANSARDSchool Fees: VATMy Lords, has the Minister noticed that when this was announced the Opposition claimed that it would shut schools, yet it has not? They are switching their arguments on a daily…13 Oct 2025HANSARDChinese Espionage: ParliamentMy Lords, does the Minister agree that, while all embassies have spies in them, the larger the embassy, the more spies can fit in? Is it appropriate to have an embassy the size of…13 Oct 2025HANSARDMaking Tax DigitalMy Lords, does the Minister agree that everyone who pays PAYE has to pay their fair share of tax, but an awful lot of people do not pay their fair share of tax? Is not the use of…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlastic PollutionYes, me. Not you!15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlastic PollutionMy Lords, I very much welcome the Government’s approach of seeking international agreement. There seems to me no point in us pursuing something on our own and showing leadership…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlastic PollutionMy Lords—15 Sept 2025HANSARDSanitary and Phytosanitary MeasuresMy Lords, does the Minister agree with me that the Opposition’s obsession with being isolated from the rest of Europe is very damaging to Britain and the industries?04 Sept 2025HANSARDGilt YieldsMy Lords, can the Minister remind the House what the bond market thought of the previous Government’s economic policy, especially the Truss element of it?02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren: Dangers of Screen TimeMy Lords, does the Minister agree that it appears that mobile phones have replaced dummies, with children using them at a very early age? Do we not need to get across to parents…01 Sept 2025HANSARDAnimals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023My Lords, can the Minister tell us whether the civil servants working on this and other issues have timeframes for these decisions? It seems to me that they should know how long…01 Sept 2025