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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Jan 2026
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I too support the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, on her amendment. In the Church of England, we had trouble with giving and passing information—having ways of doing certain things. What most people have been looking for is practical outworking of these policies. As the noble Baroness said, people …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Jan 2026
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, anecdotal evidence often does not help, but Margaret and I adopted a brother and sister because their mother had died of cancer. The boy was eight and his sister was three. They came to live with us. After quite a considerable period of time, we consulted their family …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 13 Jan 2026
Crime and Policing Bill

"I happen to support these clauses, but I have the same concern as the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, that this has been drawn rather too narrowly and there may be areas that may have to be considered.

Secondly, the noble Lord is quite right: the clauses give this power to …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 12 Jan 2026
Ukraine and Wider Operational Update

"My Lords, may I speak like a fool? I do not have all the facts, so I am speaking like a fool. Ukraine has spent a lot of hours in all those conversations and discussions about peace, attending endless meetings, when everyone knows that Putin is not interested in any …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"I have a right to ask questions. What is most concerning, at least for me, is not the limit or the reducing of the compensation package—that is not the question—but the use of ping-pong to produce a new clause that has never been debated in your Lordships’ House or even …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 15 Dec 2025
Resident Doctors: Industrial Action

"My Lords, one of the four priorities named in the Budget delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was reducing waiting lists. If this strike goes ahead, what increase would there be in the waiting lists? Secondly, the Secretary of State in his Statement said that he is putting

“money …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 12 Dec 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

"My Lords, I agree with the noble and learned Lord about why we are focused on GP practices, because they are the hub of information. Since I arrived in this country, I have had a lot of treatment for all kinds of conditions—I am one of those people—and all the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry

"My Lords, the last paragraph of the Statement says that

“the chair and panel of an inquiry … will shine a bright light on this dark moment in our history. They will do so alongside the victims of these awful crimes, who have waited too long to see justice done. …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Dec 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I thank the Minister, who is new at the Dispatch Box, for explaining things quite clearly. I am thankful for the Government accepting that amendment, which has clearly enabled the country to feel, when people take on jobs, that there is a qualifying period, although not an indefinite …..."
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