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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response, for the meeting that we all attended a few weeks ago, which was very useful, and, perhaps, for future meetings, because we want to know much more about what this champion will do. The Minister says that the champion will be …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 160, although I support all the amendments in this group. I declare an interest as a self-employed visual artist. Amendment 160 seeks to establish a freelance commissioner. It is closely tied to consequential Amendments 161 and 162, in the name of the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Pensions: Low-income and Self-employed Workers

"My Lords, there are many self-employed workers in the creative industries, so is this something the new creative industries freelance champion will be looking at?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I will be exceedingly brief. I put my name to this amendment in the spirit of support for our heritage, of which our heritage railways are a significant part. We need to do everything we can to allow young people who wish to do so to work as …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Parthenon Sculptures: Return

"My Lords, there is a case for amending the existing legislation in a narrow way to allow our national museums to return permanently certain artifacts to their country of origin on a case-by-case basis—none more so than the Parthenon sculptures, so that the frieze and other sculptures can be seen …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Parthenon Sculptures: Return

"To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to enable artefacts, including the Parthenon sculptures, to be returned to their country of origin...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Tourism Levy

"My Lords, the tourist levy initiative is not just about seaside towns, important though those are. Manchester has introduced a voluntary charge; others are following. Are the Government at least looking at the recommendations of the Cultural Policy Unit’s report on this levy, which argues that it could provide an …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Jul 2025
European Union Entry/Exit System

"My Lords, on the movement of trucks across EU borders, what developments, if any, have there been on sorting out the urgent question of cabotage for touring musicians, which the Minister’s department should be taking a keen interest in?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
Arts Sector

"My Lords, at its best, the ecosystem of the arts and creative industries is a dynamic combination of the non-commercial and commercial, a point well made by the noble Baroness, Lady Debbonaire, in her excellent maiden speech last week. Does the Minister agree that there would be no Steve McQueen, …..."
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