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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillSorry, Secretary of State.11 Jun 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentMy Lords, I perhaps take a slightly different view on this. Of course, I welcome people being able to get their winter fuel payments. We are still applying the pension credit,…10 Jun 2025HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025My Lords, I will make just a brief contribution. It is nice to be able to enter a debate where we are not confusing genetically modified organisms with gene editing; that has been…06 May 2025HANSARDSteel IndustryMy Lords, at this point in this vital debate almost everything that can be said has been said, so I will certainly not repeat everything. I will just observe that there used to be…12 Apr 2025HANSARDUK-US Trade and TariffsI congratulate the Minister on her appointment. She brings a great deal of business experience to the House. The UK is still a great place to invest in. We have one of the…03 Apr 2025HANSARDLifelong LearningMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Knight, on securing this debate. This is a key issue that touches all our lives. I congratulate the House of Lords Library on an…06 Feb 2025HANSARDSyriaMy Lords, I welcome what the Government have done, but we seem to have forgotten that a regime that was seen to be so solidly entrenched that it was incapable of being removed was…19 Dec 2024HANSARDCass ReviewMy Lords, I too pay tribute to the Government, and to Dr Cass especially, for a magnificent report that took both determination and courage; let us not underestimate that. She has…17 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office LegislationMy Lords—14 Mar 2024HANSARDPost Office LegislationMy Lords—14 Mar 2024HANSARDPost Office LegislationThird time lucky, my Lords. First, I concur with everything that my noble friend Lord McNicol said from the Front Bench. I am not going to repeat all those points; he covered the…14 Mar 2024HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, and my ladies, I offer my apologies. The fact that I have not been here for a significant part of this debate is not because I was not interested but because I was…08 Mar 2024HANSARDLong-Term National Housing StrategyMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the gap. I congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford on her good idea of a committee. I do not…29 Feb 2024HANSARDConversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL]I sincerely apologise. I knew I was on dangerous territory when I said that. I should not have referred to it, but the compliment was nevertheless genuine, and I sincerely…09 Feb 2024HANSARDConversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL]My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Burt, on introducing the debate. I may not agree with her analysis, but it has given us an opportunity to have this debate.…09 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Exclusion (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I, too, echo the praise to our support team for our committee. You hear a lot of criticism of civil servants recently, but we can only speak from experience, and they…08 Feb 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationMy Lords, we need to remind ourselves again that there are still 136 hostages with no access to the Red Cross. The appalling discovery that UNRWA participated in the Hamas…08 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformMy Lords—07 Feb 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy Lords, it is a pleasure and an education to follow the noble Lord, Lord Gold. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, on her moving and very thorough introduction to…02 Feb 2024HANSARDGlobal HeatingMy Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, on giving us the opportunity to debate this issue; it is a very opportune time to do so. At the risk of being called…18 Jan 2024