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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Sep 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill

"I say to the noble Lord, Lord Lucas: does he want to accept these invasive plants? What about Japanese knotweed, which is in the schedule of wildflowers and illegal to perpetuate? Once it takes root, it is very difficult to get rid of. If it is cut, tiny things will …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, the concern of those who have spoken against Amendment 427C in the names of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester and the noble Lord, Lord Glasman, is, if I have understood right, around whether these pupils are being safeguarded. Proposed new paragraph (h)(iii) says

“where the …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 09 Sep 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill

"My Lords, the greatest example of the gathering of rainwater that we can learn from is in Bermuda. They have stepped roofs made of limestone, so when the water lands on them the possibility of purifying the water is high—the sunlight also works as a purifier. The water then goes …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"My Lords, I was not going to speak in this debate because we have had a fantastic presentation by the noble Lord, Lord Bach, and the legal arguments were made by the noble Lords, Lord Pannick and Lord Carlile, and the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti. They gave the legal basis …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"My Lords, I am also tempted to speak to the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Murray, but I will restrict myself to that from the noble Lord, Lord Browne, which seeks to include a reference to Section 59 in the clause.

Most of the asylum seekers who want …..."

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

"My Lords, I will begin with an explanation. When I supported the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, in Committee, there was concern about a risk assessment that said that if there was no probation period, it would be quite difficult for some employers to take people …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2025
Football Governance Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I simply want to thank the Minister for her perseverance, for staying with the task until it is done, for her humour and for appearing truly human. She had quite a lot of stuff coming in her direction but she did not get distracted. For that, I thank …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill

"My Lords, first, I support Amendment 105, from the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester. I am very glad to support him; he and I have worked together quite a lot on homelessness in York, where some noble Lords assisted us to make sure that those who were homeless …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Jul 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

"I thank the noble Lord for giving way. First, was Elizabeth I wrong when she faced a huge Privy Council and said, “It is too large for good governance”, and immediately reduced it to 30? The noble Lord says that numbers do not matter and that what matters is what …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 08 Jul 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"My Lords, first of all, I want to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady May, for getting legislation about modern slavery on to the statute books. I want to say thank you very much, because we have people—some from my own country—coming here under that very disheartening reality. The second thing …..."
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