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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, on that last point, that is exactly what the management of a non-departmental public body would discuss with the management of the gardens—how they will cope with litter…11 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillWho is the “we” who will work with these other institutions? Because, as noble Lords will know, as we come on to the next group, if we do, there is no management. Therefore, I do…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I have a clause stand part Motion in this group. I am a neighbour of Victoria Tower Gardens, I live with my wife in Smith Square and I was a petitioner to the House of…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate and a particular pleasure to speak in a debate where we have heard three varied, enjoyable, interesting and…13 Feb 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard. We were elected very early in the days of by-elections. The most important thing about this House is that…11 Dec 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I am sure we all agree that the Holocaust should be marked, remembered and studied, and I do not believe that anybody in this House would dissent from that. But in…04 Sept 2024HANSARDClimate Change: Impact on Developing NationsMy Lords, I welcome this debate. I am an outlier because I am a pensioner of what was CDC and is now BII. Indeed, I was its chief executive about half way through its history. It…11 Jan 2024HANSARDDemocracy Denied (DPRRC Report)My Lords, this is our second shot at these excellent reports; we had a go almost exactly a year ago. It seems to me that our analysis of what flows from the extensive work that…12 Jan 2023HANSARDPrimary and Community Care: Improving Patient OutcomesMy Lords, it is a great privilege to follow those four opening speeches. However, I knew that I was getting myself into quite unnecessary trouble by putting my name down for this…08 Sept 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, in following the noble Lord, Lord Desai, I agree with him that the Bill is attempting to deal with very clear problems, but I am not sure it is dealing with them as a…28 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]May I just articulate another problem I have? The noble Baroness used the word “intention”. When I think about the summing up and read the summings up in Hansard , we have been…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I may be wrong, but is there not a route to making it enforceable, or close to enforceable, by way of secondary legislation, given the way in which the Bill is drafted?15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I do not know whether it is the Committee’s problem, but it is my problem, as I do not understand how this enormous tidying-up process, if it should be called that, has any…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, may not be in the slightest bit surprised by this Bill. The argument can go rather wider. It has been said that the Bill has not…08 Jun 2022HANSARDNigeria: Killing of Church WorshippersMy Lords, does my noble friend think that there could be a Commonwealth initiative? Nigeria is a member, as is Cameroon next door; they have a lot of similar problems.…06 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall try to follow with some thoughts on the speeches of the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, and the noble Lords, Lord Baker and Lord Knight—but first a short excursion…23 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I want to make a short expedition into the Commonwealth, not much mentioned in these debates, and in particular into three of its late joiners, all of them sub-Saharan…18 May 2022HANSARDAutocrats, Kleptocrats and PopulistsIn following the noble Lord, I very much agree with him that we should refer ourselves back to the creation of the United Nations, the World Bank, the IMF and the other…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBurundi (Sanctions) Regulations 2021My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Durham. I have not had the pleasure of going to Burundi, but I have had a lot of experience in…19 Jan 2022HANSARDLegislation: Skeleton Bills and Delegated PowersMy Lords, I think we are approaching some form of consensus but the problem is: what does one do when one has achieved that consensus? Many years ago, I was on the Merits…06 Jan 2022