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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I support the amendment. It seems to be a reasonable change to get rid of the two years, and I think six months is a more reasonable representation. My question, though, is about how this will affect police officers.

Police officers are not employees. Their terms and conditions …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I support the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. I confess that at the beginning I was a little sceptical, not so much about the amendment but about the issue that the Government and every previous Government have faced of trying to control the benefits bill. It …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill

"My Lords, I support the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, to which I added my name. Sadly, he is right: the police do not have sufficient knowledge about the law changes, which are now quite old. I suspect the reason is that the complaints tend to be infrequent, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"I thank noble Lords for the opportunity to speak to this amendment in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, whose support I appreciate. This amendment seeks to extend the group of people in the criminal justice system who have the right to time off …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken, particularly the Ministers, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, and the noble Lord, Lord Katz, for all the time they have given us on this very long Bill with many amendments. I and others involved in this appreciate their time, as …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Government Resilience Action Plan

"My Lords, special constables, who are part of the police force, are part of the resilience network in this country. They are volunteers, who turn up every day, every week, and take all the risks of a police officer, with no payment—the risk of getting stabbed and shot, and all …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"My Lords, my Amendment 99 is not directly related to the previous amendments other than by the connection of biometric data. My question is about which database the biometric data is being checked against. The question comes from the briefing that was helpfully provided by the Minister and his advisers …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"I thank the Minister. First, I am broadly reassured. There is just one area where I hope he might reassure himself and therefore me. I mentioned the Afghanistan IED material. It is probably difficult to talk about publicly, but if he could reassure himself that this biometric data had been …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Business Rates Reform

"Following the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Harris, does the Minister know or will he research what proportion of BID money is being spent on foot patrolling by the private security industry in areas where we thought the police were supposed to be doing it and where we …..."
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