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HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I will make a very short intervention before my Front Bench replies. I believe we should remember that Farage, in more or less a chance remark, said he thought that the…06 Jan 2026HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I want to start on the Sentencing Council and I want to say how sad and unfortunate it is that we have lost the Lord Justice Sir William Davis, who sadly died on 7 June.…12 Nov 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025My Lords, in welcoming the opening speech, my primary thought is, “What a difficult job you’ve taken on”. We have been battling with the strategy for the steel industry for rather…23 Oct 2025HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill [HL]My Lords, I apologise; I am very conscious of the time. I support my noble friend’s amendment. In making another suggestion for the list, I declare my interests: I was the…13 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial Bill11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, in discussing funding and expenditure, I will consider the present funding and whether there are restrictions on how the money can be properly spent. This will entail…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, this is not an easy debate to reply to. I thank noble Lords who have spoken but will not attempt to sum up what they said. Many things were said about what has happened…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillWho is going to manage the memorial and learning centre programme?11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillSo there is nobody appointed who can make preparations and think the whole thing through until it starts?11 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am not sure that I am really the right person to talk about the Bill, but I thought it might be worth giving a few reflections. I cannot even count how many education…01 May 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, does the Minister believe that the description “collocated” includes being in the same building? What the commission actually said was that the learning centre should be…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I have an amendment in this group which, I regret to say, I should probably have asked to be degrouped because I do not intend to follow the debate so far, except to say…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I support what my noble friend has just said. I very much admire the commission’s report and I think that the way that it is being treated now shows a degree of…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I have always supported having a national memorial, and I am very keen to see it. I was 14 when we went into Belsen, and I have lived with the memory of the reports and…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillThere is a point that has not been dealt with. In January 2015, there was cross-party support for the conclusions and recommendations of the Holocaust Commission. I do not think…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI will have one more try. It seems to me that, whatever the Minister has said, it does not deal with the problem the Government have: that there was and still is cross-party…20 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, when I put down this amendment it seemed to me that we had arrived at a time when we needed clarification about who was going to manage this project. It is approaching…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial Bill11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI wonder if I could just make a very small point of clarification. As a personal view, I entirely agree that the memorial should be in Victoria Tower Gardens. What I worry about…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, that was a very interesting but not particularly easy debate to sum up and comment on. If I may, I will stay rather tightly focused on the management of the project and…11 Mar 2025