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HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election BillMy Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, but it is always slightly daunting as well. I believe that the House should expedite this business as…30 Oct 2019HANSARDYemenMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his response and I share his support for any initiative that brings peace to Yemen, but this deal brokered by the KSA brings only limited…30 Oct 2019HANSARDYemenMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in the name of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans, who apologises for the fact that he cannot be in his place…30 Oct 2019HANSARDEssex: Major IncidentWhile I understand that the Minister does not wish to speculate, it is possible that there are people already in this country who may have been illegally trafficked here and will…28 Oct 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019My Lords, like others, I welcome the fact that we are able to hold a debate on the spending round 2019. When the political point-scoring is redacted from the Chancellor’s original…25 Sept 2019HANSARDUpdate to ParliamentMy Lords, speaking on behalf of these Benches, I struggle to have to say that I was shocked as I listened to the repeat of the Statement. I could not believe that I was hearing…25 Sept 2019HANSARDEducation FundingI thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. Much of it is extremely welcome. We know that rural schools in particular have been under enormous pressure, so the fact that the…03 Sept 2019HANSARDG7I return to the question of girls’ education in the Statement. As it happens, last week I was visiting the tiny east African country of Burundi, and one of the most impressive…03 Sept 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Managed MigrationThe report titled All Kids Count makes clear a number of cases where people made exactly the call the Minister described. Their life circumstances then changed and they found…23 Jul 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Managed MigrationMy Lords, I thank the Minister for all she said and look back several months to how she involved us and engaged with a group of us in a range of helpful ways. The regulations that…23 Jul 2019HANSARDUnited States: Migrant Detention CampsLast week the six Texan bishops of the Episcopal Church on the border with Mexico wrote a letter stating: “We call on our state and national leaders to reject fear-based…16 Jul 2019HANSARDMigrant Children: WelfareTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Project 17’s report Not Seen, Not Heard: Children’s experiences of the hostile environment .09 Jul 2019HANSARDMigrant Children: WelfareMy Lords, I am delighted to introduce this debate on Project 17’s report, Not seen, Not heard . In doing so, I draw attention to my interests as listed on the register and, in…09 Jul 2019HANSARDUK Advertising in a Digital Age (Communications Committee Report)For the record, I have been in my seat the entire time. So has my smartphone, which I have not looked at while the noble Lord has been speaking.25 Apr 2019HANSARDUK Advertising in a Digital Age (Communications Committee Report)My Lords, I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Gilbert of Panteg, and the committee for the report, which made for fascinating reading. My friend the right reverend Prelate the…25 Apr 2019HANSARDImmigration: Community SponsorshipMy Lords, I declare an interest as a trustee of Reset. Thanks to the work of Reset, the Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative and others, community sponsorship is now being taken…25 Apr 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit and Child Tax Credit: Two-child LimitI thank the Minister for her reply. May I push her further on the impact, specifically on child development? We all know that the first years of life are the most crucial for…24 Apr 2019HANSARDRelationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019If the noble Baroness heard me say that I do not believe relationship education should be given in primary schools, she completely misheard me. What I raised was the question of…24 Apr 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit and Child Tax Credit: Two-child LimitTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what analysis they have made of the impact of the two-child limit on the per-child element of Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit payments on (1)…24 Apr 2019HANSARDRelationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019My Lords, it is my pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, and I fully endorse everything she said about the context of relationships being at the heart of all this. I…24 Apr 2019