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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will be brief, partly because dinner is fast approaching and partly because this is an amendment to probe the Minister’s response to a good existing clause, Clause 48.…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble Lord. That is a very live issue as well, but I do not want to expand my amendment to that. I am conscious of the time, so with those caveats, and with…18 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 168 and 169, which connect with some of the themes raised by the noble Lords, Lord Pannick and Lord Moynihan. One of the most sensitive…16 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]Regulators do not define who fans are. Regulators define fans for the purpose of consultation in pursuit of their duties. I am a Liverpool fan. Wherever I go in the world—whatever…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]I did not say anything about what the club should do. We should not tell clubs what to do about their conception of their own fans. I am talking about the relevant categorisation…02 Dec 2024HANSARDChildren’s Social CareMy Lords, I have a question about a category of children who are perhaps the most vulnerable within the category of extremely vulnerable children: those who are subject to…19 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Triesman and the noble Baroness, Lady Brady, who knows so much about the regulation of this game. I welcome the Bill. It…13 Nov 2024HANSARDVolunteering AbroadTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to create new opportunities for young people to volunteer abroad.30 Oct 2024HANSARDVolunteering AbroadI thank my noble friend for that Answer. He mentioned VSO. In February I had the privilege of being a political volunteer for VSO, seeing the extraordinary work that it does in…30 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Review of Children’s Social CareTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to implement the recommendations of the 2022 Independent Review of Children’s Social Care.09 Sept 2024HANSARDIndependent Review of Children’s Social CareMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer and say “Hello” to her with her new hat on. All of us know that the state of our children’s care system is totally unacceptable. It…09 Sept 2024HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceMy Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for his Statement. Noble Lords will remember that, in 2010, when Conservative Chancellor George Osborne set up the Office for Budget…30 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s Speech (4th Day)My Lords, I congratulate my noble friends Lord Vallance and Lord Livermore on their appointments. Like many, I have been a fan of the rigour and communication skills of my noble…22 Jul 2024HANSARDCommunity Sports: Impact on Young PeopleThat this House takes note of the contribution of all sports to society and the economy, and in particular of the impact of community sport on young people’s health and well-being.16 May 2024HANSARDCommunity Sports: Impact on Young PeopleMy Lords, I will not detain us much longer. I thank all noble Lords for a really stimulating debate, and thank the Minister for a comprehensive reply. I also thank my two new…16 May 2024HANSARDCommunity Sports: Impact on Young PeopleMy Lords, I am delighted that we are having this debate on the social and economic contribution of sport in our country. I want to start with something I have always wanted to…16 May 2024HANSARDChildren and Young People: Local Authority CareMy Lords, I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Laming, for this timely debate—to use the cliché, The sad truth about our children’s care system is that it is always timely because…18 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, it is rare that a Bill with such a prosaic and innocuous title contains within it such varied threats to foundational democratic principles and practices. This is a Bill…20 Feb 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationMy Lords, I will specifically ask about the Government’s decision to suspend funding for UNRWA after the very serious allegations of involvement by UNRWA staff in the horrific…08 Feb 2024HANSARDArtsMy Lords, I declare my interest as a member of the board of the Royal Court Theatre. When I was first appointed to your Lordships’ House, the first reaction of one of my oldest…01 Feb 2024