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HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, I was sitting like a coiled spring about to praise the excellent maiden speech from my noble friend Lady Moyo when we had the interruption of the Urgent Question and the…16 Mar 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI would like to seek the opinion of the House on this amendment. It has been a really valuable and important debate, and I recognise the enormous contribution the Minister has…07 Dec 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill07 Dec 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 22 in my name and those of other Members of this House. I begin by thanking Ministers for their engagement with the tricky issues around…07 Dec 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI thank the Minister for that response to a brief but very illuminating debate. I certainly learned from the debate that there are defects in the two amendments that I tabled. The…14 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendments 58 and 59 in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham. In many ways these amendments follow on naturally from…14 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I hesitate to intervene in this debate as I am not a lawyer. We have heard four very powerful interventions from Members of this House with formidable legal expertise.…14 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill14 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, in the light of that last comment, I can briefly intervene with reference to Amendment 65 in my name. I register my interests as a member of the board of UKRI and a…14 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillBriefly, the debate we have just had shows why the amendments are necessary. They do not change the underlying framework of law but make explicit something which otherwise would…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I will briefly make three comments on this debate; I realise that I will not occupy the same moral high ground as most of the participants in the debate so far. The…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI will resist. I shall not move the amendment, and I look forward to further exchanges.02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I would like briefly to—02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, perhaps this is the moment at which I might intervene on Amendments 33 and Amendments 54 to 56, which are in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Stevens. I declare…02 Nov 2022HANSARDTimes Education Commission ReportMy Lords, I join other Members of this House in thanking my noble friend Lord Lexden for convening this debate on a very important report. I should register my interests as…13 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I begin by declaring my interest as a visiting professor at King’s College London—about which we have already heard—and the chancellor of the University of Leicester.…28 Jun 2022HANSARDCatapults (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I begin my intervention in this debate by declaring my interests as a member of the board of UKRI and as chair of the board of the UK Space Agency, which works closely…19 May 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I want briefly to refer to Motions B and B1. In this House, we moved and passed an amendment that would have significantly added to the list of possible identifications…27 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I think it is important to test the opinion of the House. The Minister spoke very eloquently but this is still an enormous and expensive measure of red tape to solve a…06 Apr 2022