"My Lords, it is clear that smaller platforms are causing disproportionate harm to society. We supported the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, with his regret amendment in February 2025 on, quite rightly, regulating these smaller platforms, in which the Contents had it. Do the Government now accept that it was a …..." Earl of Effingham - View Speech
"My Lords, we had a brilliant debate on this very subject on Thursday, and the PISA data is clear: it shows that pupils using the most technology throughout their school day suffer worse results, with those who used computers for over six hours in a day scoring 66 points lower …..." Earl of Effingham - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, rightly highlighted co-ordination. If NHS England is to be abolished in 2027, does that not create an issue in ensuring clear accountability for the delivery of this incredibly important cross-government carers action plan?..." Earl of Effingham - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Hereford for highlighting what we know to be an incredibly serious issue for the agricultural sector. I highlight my entry in the register of interests as receiving rental income from an agricultural grain store.
"My Lords, this instrument makes changes to the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee, which scrutinises EU law that is applicable in Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework, implementing some of the recommendations made by the independent review of the Windsor Framework.
"My Lords, when will the Government accept that it is our own brilliant British farmers who can provide food security, but they are being punished for their efforts by the family farms tax? Why are the Government refusing to listen to the NFU and its 43,000 farming members who remain …..." Earl of Effingham - View Speech
"My Lords, universities need more teachers generally, but so do schools. The Government pledged to recruit 6,500 new teachers, but the annual school workforce census shows that there are 1,900 fewer teachers across all schools. Does the Minister agree with Daniel Kebede, the general secretary of the National Education Union, …..." Earl of Effingham - View Speech
"My Lords, I have two minutes so I will be brief. First, on UK debt and financing it, as my noble friend Lady Coffey put so well, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, spent half his speech talking about the Opposition and, for whatever reason, certain noble Lords opposite wish to …..." Earl of Effingham - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Pack, for securing this important debate and I look forward with great interest to hearing the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Sarwar. It is right that we reflect on the mounting issues within this country’s national postal service and highlight …..." Earl of Effingham - View Speech
"My Lords, these regulations relate to the Digital Economy Act 2017, which enables data sharing between public authorities and energy suppliers. The regulations will permit the sharing of information to support the delivery of a debt relief scheme by allowing specified persons to disclose information to energy suppliers for the …..." Earl of Effingham - View Speech