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HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill: ExclusionMy Lords, I declare my interest as the director of the Free Speech Union, which may well end up defending people as a result of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, given that…26 Feb 2026HANSARDLabour Together and APCO Worldwide: Cabinet Office ReviewMy Lords, I declare an interest as the director of the Free Speech Union. To answer the point made earlier, when our website was subject to a cyber attack and the names of our,…24 Feb 2026HANSARDFree Speech Complaints SchemeMy Lords, I declare my interest as director of the Free Speech Union. The Minister has said in the past that the complaints scheme provided for in Section 8 of the Higher…23 Feb 2026HANSARDJimmy Lai: Prison SentenceMy Lords, I declare my interest as the director of the Free Speech Union. In light of this outrageous sentence, will the Government get on with activating Section 9 of the Higher…09 Feb 2026HANSARDUS Department of Justice Release of FilesMy Lords—05 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, in speaking to my Amendment 243A, I declare my interests as the director of the Free Speech Union and a member of the Knowledge Schools Trust. The amendment would stop…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a member of the Knowledge Schools Trust. Amendment 207 would create a statutory duty to keep schools open for in-person attendance in future…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank the Minister for her response, and I thank my noble friends Lord Brady and Lady Spielman for cosponsoring this amendment. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Knowledge Schools Trust, a multi-academy trust that I co-founded, which now has nine schools in it. When I tabled this amendment…28 Jan 2026HANSARDILO Convention 190My Lords, I declare my interest as a director of the Free Speech Union. Can the Minister help define what third-party non-sexual harassment employers will have a duty under…26 Jan 2026HANSARDRetail and Hospitality SectorMy Lords, I declare my interest as the director of the Free Speech Union. I congratulate the four new Members on their excellent speeches. I draw the attention of your Lordships’…22 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI apologise to the Committee for taking up its time. On that note, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as the director of the Free Speech Union, which has been campaigning against non-crime hate incidents for at least five years. I thought it might…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the Minister for his gracious response. I particularly thank the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, for co-sponsoring the amendment and for his excellent contributions to this…20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill20 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I rise to support the amendment of my noble friend and the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley. I also declare my interest as a director of the Free Speech Union. I will…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillSurely the signal that scrapping hate crime from British law would send is not that we do not care about vulnerable groups but that we think they should enjoy the same legal…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the noble Baroness for accepting my intervention. I just wanted to point out that the noble Baroness did not quote Lucy Connolly’s tweet in full. She added the caveat “for…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lord Moynihan of Chelsea and the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley. I declare my interest as the director of the Free…15 Jan 2026