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24 Mar 2025, 2:55 p.m. - House of Lords "used by solar going forward over a considerable number of years it is less than 1%, and the Noble Lord may " Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
25 Mar 2025, 8:28 p.m. - House of Lords " Noble Lord may know that I'm not terribly -- that I am terribly " Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, Minister of State (Department for Transport) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
3 Mar 2025, 10:02 p.m. - House of Lords "about because of the intransigence of the party opposite. The noble Lord may be aware how many Hereditary Peers from his party and " Baroness Smith of Basildon, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
4 Sep 2025, 12:16 p.m. - House of Lords "operational matter for them. >> My Lord, may I suggest a short pause before we commence the " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
4 Sep 2025, 4:23 p.m. - House of Lords "the Bell Hotel, in Epping. The noble Lord may wish to throw mud in my eyes, but I am only repeating the " Lord Fuller (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
5 Sep 2025, 12:46 p.m. - House of Lords "May I add my the May I add my the Lord May I add my the Lord Hart. May I add my the Lord Hart. I May I add my the Lord Hart. I have " Lord de Clifford (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
18 Sep 2025, 11:51 a.m. - House of Lords "today, my lord. May I suggest a short pause for noble lords to leave " Baroness Chapman of Darlington, Minister of State (Development) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Apr 2025, 3:45 p.m. - House of Lords " The noble Lord may no I'm on the " Business of the House - View Video - View Transcript
1 May 2025, 4:35 p.m. - House of Lords "to universal provision. Some noble Lord may not be aware of the " Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
15 Jul 2025, 3:19 p.m. - House of Lords "lots of developers have mentioned that aspect as well. The noble Lord may know that we have made some very may know that we have made some very rapid changes to the Building Safety Regulator and that has been moving along very quickly now. " Lord Kamall (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Jul 2025, 9:05 p.m. - House of Lords "not need total electrification but the Noble Lord may have seen the " Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, Minister of State (Department for Transport) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Arrangement of Business 4 speeches (1,102 words) Friday 23rd January 2026 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab - Life peer) Any noble Lord may seek an earlier adjournment by moving the Motion that the House be resumed.My door - Link to Speech
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 311 speeches (52,735 words) Committee stage Friday 23rd January 2026 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) The noble and learned Lord may pick me up on this if I put the wrong words into his mouth, but I think - Link to Speech
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 161 speeches (37,368 words) Committee stage Friday 16th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may well want to raise the question of whether we can ever be sure that someone is dying - Link to Speech
Crime and Policing Bill 114 speeches (27,322 words) Committee stage part one Wednesday 17th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) This may reflect some of the arguments that the noble Lord may have heard before, but under existing - Link to Speech
UK Research and Innovation: Ethnic Minorities 19 speeches (1,452 words) Monday 15th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab - Life peer) I think the noble Lord may be referring to the scheme run by the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, which - Link to Speech
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 192 speeches (37,331 words) Committee stage Friday 5th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Hollins (XB - Life peer) condition or mental illness, as well as any other disabling condition that the noble and learned Lord may - Link to Speech
Gateway 3 New-build Applications 17 speeches (1,555 words) Wednesday 3rd December 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may be aware that one recommendation of the Grenfell report was to have a single building - Link to Speech
Crime and Policing Bill 117 speeches (31,707 words) Committee stage part two Thursday 27th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: None Again, we may return to this, and the noble Lord may wish to move his amendment to delete the clause - Link to Speech
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 165 speeches (32,633 words) Committee stage Friday 21st November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) I think I answered that; the noble Lord may not have been satisfied with my answer, but I did answer - Link to Speech
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill 112 speeches (23,662 words) Committee stage part one Tuesday 18th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (DUP - Life peer) The noble Lord may well be right that this is the motivation of some people, but I would contend that - Link to Speech 2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) As I said at Second Reading, I assume—the noble Lord may be able to correct me—that the Government would - Link to Speech
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill 113 speeches (19,954 words) Committee stage part two Tuesday 18th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may wish to go away and read up on the DAC rules, which might assist him in answering - Link to Speech
Tobacco and Vapes Bill 90 speeches (22,061 words) Committee stage Thursday 13th November 2025 - Grand Committee Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Northover (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord may feel that that comparative approach is included in his amendment, but I would be concerned - Link to Speech
Biodiversity and the Countryside 25 speeches (12,640 words) Thursday 13th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may be interested to look at that task force.The noble Lord, Lord Harlech, talked about - Link to Speech
Jobs Market 21 speeches (1,831 words) Thursday 13th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may have heard that my Secretary of State has asked Alan Milburn to look specifically - Link to Speech
Business of the House 20 speeches (4,435 words) Tuesday 14th October 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may remember Report stage of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill—which I have mentioned—in - Link to Speech
Digital ID 29 speeches (5,770 words) Tuesday 14th October 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) My Lords, the noble Lord may have seen an article in Computer Weekly in June in which the headline talked - Link to Speech
Road Pricing 23 speeches (1,605 words) Thursday 18th September 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) As the noble Lord may know, electric vehicles are now in scope of vehicle excise duty, raising an additional - Link to Speech
Economic Growth 21 speeches (1,668 words) Tuesday 16th September 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) construction output increased by 0.6%, driven by 2.1% growth in new infrastructure work.The noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Sickness Benefits: In-person Interviews 15 speeches (1,921 words) Wednesday 10th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) not a partisan point but a broader point; I fully accept that.The good news is that, as the noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 39 speeches (10,950 words) Wednesday 10th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Bousted (Lab - Life peer) look at the results in the round, there is no premium, overall, for the academy sector.The noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Labour Market 21 speeches (1,765 words) Monday 8th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) As the noble Lord may know, Skills England recently published a report providing an assessment of the - Link to Speech
Planning and Infrastructure Bill 170 speeches (52,648 words) Committee stage Thursday 4th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord may wish to throw mud in my eyes, but I am only repeating the authorised judgment of the - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) house longhorn beetle than I have ever known, and I will continue to look at this issue.The noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 143 speeches (26,735 words) Tuesday 2nd September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) This will enable the child to be enrolled in that school without delay.The noble Lord may be concerned - Link to Speech
Planning and Infrastructure Bill 96 speeches (28,662 words) Committee stage part two Thursday 17th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) The noble Lord may be speaking for his own Government, but we are making law for potential future Governments - Link to Speech
Housebuilders: Information Sharing 19 speeches (1,497 words) Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) developers have mentioned the building safety regulator, which is another aspect to this, and the noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Road and Rail Projects 17 speeches (5,846 words) Monday 14th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may have seen that the proposals for East West Rail do precisely that—there will be wires - Link to Speech
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 129 speeches (26,113 words) Report stage part one Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord True (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord may remember that we had a referendum on proportional representation; the public well - Link to Speech
Government Performance against Fiscal Rules 23 speeches (1,642 words) Tuesday 8th July 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) The noble and learned Lord may be getting bored of it, perhaps because he is slightly sensitive about - Link to Speech
UK Modern Industrial Strategy 25 speeches (5,860 words) Monday 30th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may say that about the Employment Rights Bill, but I speak to many businesses and many - Link to Speech
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 81 speeches (24,010 words) Tuesday 17th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may say that.In my personal experience, there is no reason why local areas cannot put - Link to Speech
Holocaust Memorial Bill 16 speeches (2,409 words) 3rd readingLords Hanard Tuesday 17th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may not know that it is the fastest bird on land, with speeds of up to 70 kph; I wish - Link to Speech
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill 104 speeches (33,743 words) Committee stage Monday 16th June 2025 - Grand Committee Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may recall the previous discussions when we were asked why you could not look at every - Link to Speech
Parliamentary Commercial Department 41 speeches (5,433 words) Thursday 12th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) I think the noble Lord may have been misinformed, but they are available as they have been approved. - Link to Speech
Employment Rights Bill 178 speeches (52,132 words) Committee stage Thursday 5th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) As the noble Lord may be aware, last year the previous Government published guidance on responsible AI - Link to Speech
Renters’ Rights Bill 73 speeches (20,078 words) Wednesday 14th May 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Earl of Lytton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) somebody who has spent 50 years in the property business, I am absolutely unsurprised that the noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Visit 32 speeches (4,692 words) Tuesday 29th April 2025 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord may shake his head; if he has evidence to the contrary, I would like to see it.In the - Link to Speech
Artificial Intelligence: Emissions 21 speeches (1,594 words) Wednesday 23rd April 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may know that I am on record agreeing with the importance of small modular reactors, and - Link to Speech
Disruption at Heathrow 23 speeches (5,240 words) Tuesday 25th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may know that I am tolerably familiar with the essential nature of flights from Northern - Link to Speech
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill 75 speeches (16,702 words) Committee stage Monday 24th March 2025 - Grand Committee Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) While I understand that the noble Lord may be concerned about the exclusion of Gibraltar, I shall give - Link to Speech
UK Energy: Grid Decarbonisation 22 speeches (1,447 words) Monday 24th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may have noticed that, on 21 March, only two or three days ago, Great British Energy announced - Link to Speech
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill 107 speeches (25,799 words) Committee stage Wednesday 19th March 2025 - Grand Committee Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: None The noble Lord may say, “No, it’s not a statutory instrument and, no, it’s not going before a committee - Link to Speech
Welfare Reform 25 speeches (8,988 words) Tuesday 18th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may know that in January we published the terms of reference for the Keep Britain Working - Link to Speech
Football Governance Bill [HL] 125 speeches (28,323 words) Report stage Monday 17th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) This is our shared goal.I understand that the noble Lord may still wish to divide the House, given that - Link to Speech
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 86 speeches (26,477 words) Committee stage part one Wednesday 12th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Viscount Trenchard (Con - Excepted Hereditary) provide an exemption from compulsory retirement in cases where there are good reasons why a noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Football Governance Bill [HL] 121 speeches (26,110 words) Report stage part one Tuesday 11th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) However, again, the noble Lord may be trying to solve a problem that potentially does not exist. - Link to Speech
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 56 speeches (14,214 words) Committee stage part two Monday 3rd March 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may be aware of many hereditary Peers from his party and other parties who say, “Can you - Link to Speech
Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill 95 speeches (26,281 words) Committee stage Thursday 27th February 2025 - Grand Committee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord may be trying to dial up the public benefit, but education sits firmly within that definition.My - Link to Speech
E-scooters 17 speeches (1,674 words) Thursday 13th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may be aware—if he is not, I will certainly send him information on it—that my right honourable - Link to Speech
Artificial Intelligence: Regulation 27 speeches (1,570 words) Monday 10th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may find that not all rights holders have the same views, so I do not think it is possible - Link to Speech
Southport Attack 11 speeches (2,965 words) Thursday 6th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) The noble Baroness asked about the powers of the recommendations that the noble Lord may make. - Link to Speech
AstraZeneca 17 speeches (1,573 words) Thursday 6th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may well know that a number of companies have been attracted to the UK recently, such - Link to Speech
Avian Influenza 20 speeches (1,565 words) Tuesday 4th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may be interested to know that we have recently held a workshop with stakeholders to discuss - Link to Speech
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill 84 speeches (19,602 words) Committee stage Tuesday 4th February 2025 - Grand Committee Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Lord Scriven (LD - Life peer) I understand that the noble Lord may have had other appointments on day one in Committee, but if he had - Link to Speech
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] 87 speeches (18,870 words) Report stage part two Tuesday 28th January 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may well be aware of the creation of the AI energy council, which will be led by Secretaries - Link to Speech
Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery 17 speeches (1,622 words) Thursday 16th January 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may be interested to look at the comments of the High Court. - Link to Speech
Football Governance Bill [HL] 157 speeches (37,898 words) Committee stage Wednesday 15th January 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Pannick (XB - Life peer) Again, the noble Lord may want to give thought to that. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may be surprised and not too pleased to hear that I support this amendment. - Link to Speech
Football Governance Bill [HL] 81 speeches (18,354 words) Committee stage part two Wednesday 18th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may not be surprised to know that I am not going to commit to doing that. - Link to Speech
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 86 speeches (21,893 words) Committee stage Wednesday 11th December 2024 - Grand Committee Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) It was a measure of change and of the grass roots making decisions for themselves.The noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Football Governance Bill [HL] 107 speeches (30,560 words) Committee stage part one Monday 9th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord may have a problem with that. - Link to Speech
Football Governance Bill [HL] 128 speeches (27,770 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Wednesday 4th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Lab - Life peer) I am sure that there are commentators who may say things from time to time with which the noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Great British Energy Bill 44 speeches (11,617 words) Committee stage part two Tuesday 3rd December 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) If I may come back on that, the noble Lord may have seen that the energy Select Committee had a hearing - Link to Speech
Civil Service: Politicisation 60 speeches (22,913 words) Thursday 28th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may have seen that the importance of candid advice was highlighted in the new Ministerial - Link to Speech
Football Governance Bill [HL] 117 speeches (25,129 words) Committee stage Wednesday 27th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord may be looking down the wrong end of the telescope. - Link to Speech
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 105 speeches (26,985 words) Committee stage Wednesday 20th November 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) listens to my views and is very kind in saying that they are interesting, I think that the noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Universities 45 speeches (20,932 words) Thursday 14th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Krebs (XB - Life peer) and Germany, where research institutes take a bigger share of the research landscape.When the late Lord May - Link to Speech
Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] 64 speeches (14,825 words) Report stage Monday 4th November 2024 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: None The noble Lord may be a little like me; I have always been sceptical that MREL would ever be used, because - Link to Speech
Specialised Research Units: Closures 19 speeches (1,461 words) Monday 28th October 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab - Life peer) As the noble Lord may be aware, I have been very clear about the need for supporting basic curiosity-driven - Link to Speech
Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill 33 speeches (9,517 words) Committee stage part two Wednesday 23rd October 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab - Life peer) contributions is already borne by the Government under the terms of the existing contracts.The noble Lord may - Link to Speech 2: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may speculate that there might be in future, with these arrangements, but I could equally - Link to Speech
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) (Amendment) Order 2024 10 speeches (2,900 words) Tuesday 22nd October 2024 - Grand Committee Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord German (LD - Life peer) Perhaps in answering that query, the noble Lord may say when the British are going to have their own - Link to Speech
Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill 85 speeches (24,530 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Monday 21st October 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) With respect, perhaps the noble Lord may want to speak to his own Front Bench about future spending plans - Link to Speech
Combat Air Capability 27 speeches (1,716 words) Thursday 10th October 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) One thing that the noble Lord may pray in favour is the fact that the drones that Ukraine has used have - Link to Speech
Media Bill 80 speeches (17,445 words) Report stage Thursday 23rd May 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Pannick (XB - Life peer) The noble Lord may recall, and the noble Lord, Lord Watson, will certainly recall, that Impress, the - Link to Speech
Media Bill 107 speeches (26,713 words) Committee stage Monday 20th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: None The noble Lord may find that his Amendment 29 does not do quite what he seeks to do, to be candid. - Link to Speech
Child Poverty 40 speeches (11,699 words) Monday 29th April 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) That extends Back-Bench speeches, but the noble Lord may have a few more moments above the 10 minutes - Link to Speech
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill 149 speeches (26,104 words) Committee stage Wednesday 24th April 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The noble Lord may not like it but there is considerable precedent for that to happen. - Link to Speech
Sudan 15 speeches (1,646 words) Thursday 18th April 2024 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) compiling a record of the atrocities and that we will be able to bring those people to justice.The noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill 93 speeches (24,613 words) Committee stage Monday 15th April 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: None Whether or not this is a sledgehammer, or whatever other expression the noble Lord may use about his - Link to Speech
Household Support Fund: Children’s Bed Poverty 19 speeches (1,510 words) Thursday 21st March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) There are some examples that the noble Lord may know of, particularly in Bolton and Oldham. - Link to Speech
Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Authorised Officers) Order 2024 10 speeches (2,033 words) Monday 18th March 2024 - Grand Committee Mentions: 1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord may have mentioned this, but what is the timetable for implementing all these various - Link to Speech
Ukraine 17 speeches (5,140 words) Thursday 29th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord may recall that the structures of the international system, particularly the UN bodies - Link to Speech
Situation in the Red Sea 27 speeches (3,766 words) Thursday 29th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) lessons learned, I hope the Government are also looking back at Operation Atalanta, which the noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2024 13 speeches (4,632 words) Tuesday 27th February 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: None The noble Lord may know that the requirement is for one review each tax year. - Link to Speech
Finance Bill 25 speeches (12,643 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 21st February 2024 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord may write, and I will respond, if he would like to get into that in detail, but I am not - Link to Speech
Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 13 speeches (6,420 words) Monday 19th February 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Work and Pensions
Ofsted: Pupil Absence Rates 19 speeches (1,402 words) Tuesday 13th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education
Storms: Weather Resilience 20 speeches (1,649 words) Thursday 11th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) These things are never simple, and the noble Lord may be right. - Link to Speech
Classical Music 17 speeches (1,571 words) Thursday 7th December 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) Of course, as the noble Lord may know, English National Opera has this week announced its intention to - Link to Speech
Destitution: Low Median Wage 19 speeches (1,503 words) Thursday 23rd November 2023 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) On tax, the noble Lord may have forgotten, but this Government intervened enormously during Covid, including - Link to Speech
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL] 58 speeches (37,857 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 21st November 2023 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) the recent high turnover in Foreign Secretaries, I fear time might not be on his side.The noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023 20 speeches (4,947 words) Monday 20th November 2023 - Grand Committee Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) identity checking, not collecting huge amounts of data for use in a Big Brother sort of way; the noble Lord may - Link to Speech
UN General Assembly September 2023 15 speeches (1,659 words) Wednesday 18th October 2023 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) As the noble Lord may well be aware, it is not the first time that has happened and it is not uncommon - Link to Speech
Reducing Parental Conflict 21 speeches (1,435 words) Thursday 20th July 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Viscount Younger of Leckie (CON - Excepted Hereditary) The noble Lord may know that we had a first challenge fund, and we now have a second challenge fund with - Link to Speech
Online Safety Bill 167 speeches (40,790 words) Report stage Monday 17th July 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Allan of Hallam (LDEM - Life peer) The noble Lord may be arguing against himself in saying that this is unnecessary and, at the same time - Link to Speech 2: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) cases where existing legislation originally drafted in the former style is being amended.The noble Lord may - Link to Speech
China 17 speeches (8,449 words) Thursday 6th July 2023 - Grand Committee Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) I hope the noble Lord may be able to address this. - Link to Speech
Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 11 speeches (3,503 words) Wednesday 28th June 2023 - Grand Committee Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) The noble Lord may be aware that I was in the UAE recently. - Link to Speech
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 105 speeches (17,943 words) Report stage Tuesday 27th June 2023 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: None hope that I clarified those aspects and, with these reassurances, I hope that the noble and learned Lord may - Link to Speech
Illegal Migration Bill 75 speeches (17,738 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Wednesday 14th June 2023 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Chakrabarti (LAB - Life peer) I may be totally wrong, but the noble Lord may have hit on a point which the Government have been given - Link to Speech
Illegal Migration Bill 114 speeches (25,595 words) Committee stage: Part 2 Wednesday 14th June 2023 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Lawlor (CON - Life peer) The noble Lord may be referring to my having to rush out urgently—I needed to get a glass of water. - Link to Speech
Science and Technology Superpower (Science and Technology Committee Report) 39 speeches (16,468 words) Wednesday 7th June 2023 - Grand Committee Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Krebs (CB - Life peer) The first person to try to quantify the UK’s position in the world of science was the late Lord May of - Link to Speech
Illegal Migration Bill 187 speeches (36,452 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Monday 5th June 2023 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord True (CON - Life peer) helpful for the House to allow the Minister to complete his remarks—and then, doubtless, the noble Lord may - Link to Speech
Online Safety Bill 57 speeches (14,789 words) Committee stage: Part 2 Thursday 25th May 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Ukraine: Ceasefire 21 speeches (1,616 words) Monday 15th May 2023 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) The aircraft of choice remains the F16, but the noble Lord may have followed, as part of the announcement - Link to Speech
Schools: “Ghost Children” 19 speeches (1,430 words) Tuesday 2nd May 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Baroness Barran (CON - Life peer) As the noble Lord may agree, I am not sure that a home education Bill would be quick. - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 21st January 2026 Oral Evidence - 2026-01-21 10:30:00+00:00 Malvern Hills Bill [HL] Committee Found: MS LEAN: My Lord, may I very quickly check something before I say it?
Tuesday 20th January 2026 Oral Evidence - 2026-01-20 10:30:00+00:00 Malvern Hills Bill [HL] Committee Found: MS LEAN: My Lord, may I just look briefly to my left to check I do not give you an incorrect answer?
Wednesday 17th December 2025 Written Evidence - Anonymous CHA3123 - Chagossian views on the Agreement with Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago Chagossian views on the Agreement with Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago - International Relations and Defence Committee Found: My lord may my answer adresse directly to you with all respect.
Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Oral Evidence - HM Treasury, HM Treasury, and HM Treasury Economic Affairs Committee Found: The Lord may be virtuous, but not quite yet.
Wednesday 27th November 2024 Oral Evidence - 2024-11-27 13:45:00+00:00 Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee (Lords) Found: MR DOCTOR KC: My Lord, may I just add something, just by way of response to my learned friend?
Wednesday 27th November 2024 Oral Evidence - 2024-11-27 12:00:00+00:00 Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee (Lords) Found: MR DOCTOR KC: My Lord, may I just add something, just by way of response to my learned friend?
Wednesday 16th October 2024 Oral Evidence - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee (Lords) Found: A number of them have expressed concerns, on an interpretation that my Lord may well not accept of
Wednesday 16th October 2024 Oral Evidence - 2024-10-16 14:30:00+01:00 Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee (Lords) Found: A number of them have expressed concerns, on an interpretation that my Lord may well not accept of Clause
Wednesday 16th October 2024 Scrutiny evidence - Promoter's Bundle of Authorities related to locus standi/right to be heard challenges Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee (Lords) Found: My Lord, may I make ,a few points please? CHAIRMAN: Not the same ones?

Written Answers
Papua: Chemical Weapons Asked by: Lord Lexden (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 19th February 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 27 January (HL3999), whether they have examined the evidence of the use of chemical weapons by Indonesian forces in West Papua included in the documentary film Frontier War recently released by Paradise Broadcasting. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) I refer the Noble Lord to my response to Parliamentary Question HL3999 on the 27 January 2025. The Noble Lord may be referring to allegations from 2018 of the use of white phosphorus by the Indonesian Armed Forces towards civilian population in Papua. While the use of white phosphorus as a weapon does not fall under the Chemical Weapons Convention and is not a matter for the OPCW, contemporary media reports suggested that it was used in a manner that may have violated international humanitarian law. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) monitored these allegations at the time and found no compelling evidence of white phosphorous being used in an illegal way. The FCDO continues to monitor all reports of violent incidents in the Papua region. We regularly raise human rights issues, including the protection of civilians in Papua, with the Indonesian government. The Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Catherine West, visited Indonesia in January 2025 and raised the human rights situation in Papua in her meeting with the Coordinating Minister for Law and Human Rights.

Written Answers

Papua: Chemical Weapons
Asked by: Lord Lexden (Conservative - Life peer)
Wednesday 19th February 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 27 January (HL3999), whether they have examined the evidence of the use of chemical weapons by Indonesian forces in West Papua included in the documentary film Frontier War recently released by Paradise Broadcasting.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

I refer the Noble Lord to my response to Parliamentary Question HL3999 on the 27 January 2025.

The Noble Lord may be referring to allegations from 2018 of the use of white phosphorus by the Indonesian Armed Forces towards civilian population in Papua. While the use of white phosphorus as a weapon does not fall under the Chemical Weapons Convention and is not a matter for the OPCW, contemporary media reports suggested that it was used in a manner that may have violated international humanitarian law. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) monitored these allegations at the time and found no compelling evidence of white phosphorous being used in an illegal way.

The FCDO continues to monitor all reports of violent incidents in the Papua region. We regularly raise human rights issues, including the protection of civilians in Papua, with the Indonesian government.

The Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Catherine West, visited Indonesia in January 2025 and raised the human rights situation in Papua in her meeting with the Coordinating Minister for Law and Human Rights.

Bill Documents
May. 22 2024 Unopposed Bill Committee: Corrected Transcript of Evidence 220524 Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] 2022-23 Transcript of evidence Found: DAVID MUNDY: My Lord, may I invite Ian McCulloch, the Hall’s president, to answer that question.