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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 04 Feb 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

"My Lords, I also support Amendments 141, 146 and 222 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, and Amendment 147 in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, to all of which I have added my name.

Taken together, these amendments recognise that culture does …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, Amendment 209 goes to the heart of what families rightly expect schools to do: keep children safe. This is not a novel or radical proposal. It responds to a long-standing and well-evidenced failure of the current system. For too long we have relied on guidance and good will, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"I beg leave to withdraw Amendment 210...."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 29 Jan 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

"My Lords, I support Amendment 100 in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, to which I have added my name, and Amendment 101 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale.

If the arts, culture and heritage are rightly recognised as an area of competence, as the …..."

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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 27 Jan 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

"My Lords, I will briefly support the amendments in this group that seek to remove the cap on the number of commissioners and the appointment of special advisers. In doing so, I restate my support for Amendments 6, 10 and 51 in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Business Rates: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure

"My Lords, given that grass-roots music venues and recording studios do not qualify for RHL relief because of the way “visiting members of the public” is defined, will Ministers commit to reviewing or amending the eligibility criterion so that businesses integral to the creative economy are not excluded?..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 20 Jan 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

"My Lords, I declare my interest as a visual artist. Amendment 4 in my name is a small but important clarifying amendment. It simply adds the words “including through tourism” to paragraph (d) of Clause 2, which already defines “economic development and regeneration” as a core “area of competence” for …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 20 Jan 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

"My Lords, I will speak briefly to support Amendment 6, to which I have added my name, and to express my full agreement with the case made by the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty. I also support Amendment 10 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Prashar. Both amendments address …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 16 Jan 2026
Rare Cancers Bill

"My Lords, this Bill touches a matter close to my heart, on which I have worked, on and off, for over a decade since my sister, Annabel, fell ill with mesothelioma in 2012 and her daughter, my niece, Blossom, died of neuroblastoma a few years earlier.

While survival in common …..."

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