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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Knowledge Schools Trust, a multi-academy trust that I co-founded, which now has nine schools in it.

When I tabled this amendment in Committee, there was some confusion as to whether the cap on the number of branded items of …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 26 Jan 2026
ILO Convention 190

"My Lords, I declare my interest as a director of the Free Speech Union. Can the Minister help define what third-party non-sexual harassment employers will have a duty under Section 21 of the Employment Rights Act to take all reasonable steps to protect their employees from? In the past, when …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Retail and Hospitality Sector

"My Lords, I declare my interest as the director of the Free Speech Union. I congratulate the four new Members on their excellent speeches.

I draw the attention of your Lordships’ House to Section 21 of the Employment Rights Act, which extends the liability of employers for the harassment of …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Crime and Policing Bill

"My Lords, I declare my interest as the director of the Free Speech Union, which has been campaigning against non-crime hate incidents for at least five years.

I thought it might be helpful to begin with a definition of what an NCHI is. The amendment itself says that it is

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Crime and Policing Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Crime and Policing Bill

"I thank the Minister for his gracious response. I particularly thank the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, for co-sponsoring the amendment and for his excellent contributions to this debate. I thank the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for their contributions. I wish the noble …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Crime and Policing Bill

"I apologise to the Committee for taking up its time. On that note, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Crime and Policing Bill

"My Lords, I support the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lord Moynihan of Chelsea and the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley. I declare my interest as the director of the Free Speech Union.

The strongest argument for repealing the Malicious Communications Act and Section 127 of the Communications …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Crime and Policing Bill

"My Lords, I rise to support the amendment of my noble friend and the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley. I also declare my interest as a director of the Free Speech Union. I will make three arguments against the statutory hate crime regime, and against embedding the concept of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Crime and Policing Bill

"I thank the noble Baroness for accepting my intervention. I just wanted to point out that the noble Baroness did not quote Lucy Connolly’s tweet in full. She added the caveat “for all I care”, which suggested not that she was intending to encourage people to burn down asylum hotels …..."
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