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HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentI am grateful to my noble friend. The Construction Industry Training Board has forecast that we will need an additional 266,000 construction workers over the next three years if…21 Jun 2022HANSARDEquality Act 2010: The Impact on Disabled People: Follow-Up Report (Liaison Committee Report)My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Thomas of Winchester, is taking part remotely. I invite her to speak.21 Jun 2022HANSARDLeasehold Reform: Forfeiture ProvisionsMy Lords, does my noble friend recall saying on 9 June last year that it was the Government’s aim to complete the leasehold reform programme in this third Session of Parliament?…20 Jun 2022HANSARDHouses of Parliament: Co-locationMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Southwark. I hope that he and his colleague, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of London, will…16 Jun 2022HANSARDHouses of Parliament: Co-locationQuite so. Turning to our future location, in his Written Answer to a Question from me on 30 May asking why the QEII Centre was not suitable, referred to by the right reverend…16 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsMy Lords, I join noble Lords in paying tribute to the work of the noble Lord, Lord Geidt, and I welcome the changes that my noble friend referred to in his answer to my question…16 Jun 2022HANSARDCarers: Unpaid LeaveMy Lords, in response to an earlier question, my noble friend the Minister said that employers were free to grant one week’s unpaid leave already. Is it the case that government…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUpholding Standards in Public LifeI am grateful to my noble friend. Does he recall that in its report in November last year, the Committee on Standards in Public Life said that the “government needs to take a more…08 Jun 2022HANSARDUpholding Standards in Public LifeTo ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will respond to the recommendations made by the Committee on Standards in Public Life in its report Upholding Standards in Public Life ,…08 Jun 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsDoes my noble friend agree that the need to evacuate disabled residents from high-rise flats would be greatly reduced if the remediation measures to reduce fire risks took place?…25 May 2022HANSARDNHS Dental ServicesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve access to NHS dental services.24 May 2022HANSARDNHS Dental ServicesI am grateful to my noble friend, but with 86% of NHS dentists closed to new patients, do we still have a national dental service? The current dental contract was deemed unfit for…24 May 2022HANSARDSocial Security System: Rising Cost of LivingMy Lords, the household support fund is an important resource for low-income families and the £500 million increase in the budget is very welcome, but the household support fund…17 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I agree entirely with what my noble friend has just said about the imperative of driving up productivity, but I want to speak on a niche subject which has not been…16 May 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office: BacklogsMy Lords, my noble friend mentioned that the performance of the contractor answering the telephone lines was unacceptable. Does the contract with Teleperformance have any…12 May 2022HANSARDNHS Mental Health Patients in Private HospitalsMy Lords, if the £2 billion which the NHS is paying to the private sector is enabling vulnerable mental health patients to get high-quality care, is this not to be welcomed as it…28 Apr 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I commend my noble friend again for the way he has managed this Bill through your Lordships’ House; like him, I very much hope the end is in sight. It has been…26 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I will make three brief points in support of the amendments of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge. The first follows a point made by the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett,…25 Apr 2022HANSARDHighway Code (Rule 149)The Pedalling Peer.06 Apr 2022HANSARDHighway Code (Rule 149)My Lords, I begin by commending my noble friend Lady McIntosh for bringing this important matter before the House this evening, and for the diligent research she has done in…06 Apr 2022