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HANSARDMusic and Performing Arts Students: Visas and Work PermitsMy Lords, the Minister talked about the Government’s offer during the Brexit negotiations to incorporate the music industry into short-term business agreements, but this had…11 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid Contracts: Judicial ReviewI declare an interest as director of the Good Law Project, which brought the action against the Government. Can the Minister clear up a confusion about this judicial review? In…01 Mar 2021HANSARDBeijing Winter Olympic Games 2022My Lords, the IOC is bound by the Olympic charter and last year it committed not only to strengthening its human rights strategy but to considering an amendment to the charter…10 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020My Lords, governing in these torrid, complex, challenging times is not easy. None of us should pretend that it is. I have three questions and a plea for the Minister, specifically…06 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I too offer my congratulations and very best wishes to the new Minister. It is slightly depressing that we have to make the case for basic parliamentary scrutiny to a…08 Sept 2020HANSARDSchools and Colleges: Qualification Results and Full OpeningMy Lords, I want to take the Minister back, I am afraid, to the process leading up to the announcement of A-level results, because the process that she described is really quite…02 Sept 2020HANSARDGlobal Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020My Lords, I welcome the regulations and congratulate the Foreign Office on its leadership in finally producing them. The regulations focus on the most egregious breaches of human…29 Jul 2020HANSARDInsolvency Act 1986 Part A1 Moratorium (Eligibility of Private Registered Providers) Regulations 2020My Lords, I support this tidying-up exercise to remove a clash of moratorium provisions for private housing providers between, on the one hand, the housing Acts of 2008 and 2016…24 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Debt CollectionMy Lords, over 1.3 million households are estimated to have built up council tax debts because of coronavirus. They will be counting down the days to 23 August, the day that the…23 Jul 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I will leave to others the substantive policy consequences of the choices in the Bill and will leave aside my own views on the wisdom of the Brexit that prompted it—that…22 Jul 2020HANSARDFinance BillMy Lords, I want to make a few remarks about the emergency stamp duty provisions announced in the Summer Statement. Cutting stamp duty to stimulate the economy is a classic…17 Jul 2020HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out the facts of the case with regard to FKD. I of course support its inclusion on the proscribed terrorist organisations list. I have a…16 Jul 2020HANSARDTaiwanMy Lords, can the Minister tell us whether it is the Government’s policy to achieve a bilateral trade deal between the UK and Taiwan, as urged by the Foundation for Independence,…14 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I shall speak briefly in support of Amendment 40, tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Holmes of Richmond and Lord Berkeley, who have already made the case for this important…13 Jul 2020HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Video Recording with Sound of Interviews and Associated Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 2020My Lords, I too thank the Minister for the clear and collegiate way in which he introduced this proposal. I am happy to support the order. I shall not repeat the questions that…10 Jul 2020HANSARDNorthern Ireland Act 1998 (Section 75 —Designation of Public Authority) Order 2020My Lords, I too welcome this order to ensure that statutory equality duties on public authorities in Northern Ireland will apply to the new Independent Monitoring Authority. Given…08 Jul 2020HANSARDHigher Education (Fee Limits and Student Support) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020My Lords, I shall focus on the specific issue of justice for individual student applicants under these rules. I totally understand the need that the Government see to avoid…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, on Monday the Mayor of Leicester said: “It was only last Thursday that we finally got some of the data we need but we’re still not getting all of it.” Is he mistaken,…01 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic Outlook and Furlough Scheme ChangesMy Lords, a YouGov survey this week showed that more than half of UK businesses will lay off more than a quarter of their staff within three months of the end of the furlough…18 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: MasksMy Lords, this is the Government’s history on the issue of face masks. On 6 March, NERVTAG expressed concern that the public did not understand why face masks were acceptable for…11 Jun 2020