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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

"My Lords, noble Lords will remember that I intervened in a debate when we had been going on for hours and went on to actually address the issue in this small Bill. It is not a big Bill and its aims are very clear, but I think we lost the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 09 Jun 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, when I was a vicar in Tulse Hill in the early 1980s, five young women came to see me. Four had been abused by their fathers. The youngest was eight at the time it happened. Working with them, listening to them, finding help that would restore who they …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Jun 2025
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I do not want to detain the House for long. I have sat through every stage of the Bill and not uttered a word. I have been absorbing the debate, and I am still puzzled as to why the Government are not willing to reach agreement with some …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 22 May 2025
Jimmy Lai

"My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Saint Albans. He has been wonderful on the gambling legislation and on issues such as this one, and on defending the rural economy and as Convenor of the Lords Spiritual. For that, we are very grateful.

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 May 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I find myself wanting to support the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Vaux. The reason is this. We arrived in Berwick-upon-Tweed, which, by the way, according to the Guardian a few days ago, is the most loving, caring place—the best in the country. Yes, maybe since …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 May 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"I am supporting this one, but also the amendments which come later, which are mentioned. That is what I said at the beginning...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 May 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"I am supporting it...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 May 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"I will soon sit down, so the noble Lord need not worry; I will tell him when I am about to sit down so that he can speak before I stop.

I love the new clause and I support it, but the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, gave us a warning, …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 May 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"I was not going to speak, but I sat through the Second Reading and it was long. We have had some of the same speeches again—not put in the same way, but the phraseology is going in that direction.

The mover of proposed new Clause 1 was actually very good …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 May 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"I do—I do not doubt it at all. Certainly, bits are devolved, but just looking at education in Wales and education here, we have to say that there are improvements already happening in England, and areas where Wales wants to catch up. People will have to be very careful. I …..."
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