My Lords, as we have heard, concerns around low pay and insecure contracts are long-standing in the social care sector. The Minister made mention of the fair pay agreement; can she explain how this will ensure that a living wage, living hours and living pensions will be paid to staff among the priva…
My Lords, I thought it would be helpful to the House, before we move on to the Third Reading of the Holocaust Memorial Bill, to remind people of the usual procedures and courtesies. I am aware that some noble Lords may wish to speak, and any speeches should take place after Third Reading on the ques…
My Lords, the noble Lord is absolutely right. It is the normal convention that we rise at the hours that he set out, but we also have a problem in this House at the moment: we are struggling to work to these conventions. I have struggled to get agreement with the Opposition on a number of Bills. He …
My Lords, I am not suggesting that about today at all. No one should think that about today. I heard only part of the debate and thought it was very good. I have huge respect for the noble Lord, as he knows, and I say it again. I know he is doing it very sincerely, but my point was about this week. …
My Lords, before we consider the Commons message on the data Bill, I again remind the House of the importance of applying greater discipline to ping-pong. We have now spent nearly 44 hours debating this Bill as a whole, including nine and a half hours on the last four rounds of ping-pong. This means…
My Lords, before we start, I remind the House that a lot of people will be watching this debate, and of the importance of being mindful of the tone of contributions. This Bill, understandably, stirs passionate and strongly held views across the House from different perspectives, as has been seen at …
My Lords, before we move on to the next item of business, I refer the House to the guidance on ping-pong as set out on T oday’s L ist s . We have three items of very important voting business before the House today. I want to ensure that all items are considered properly and in a timely manner.
My Lords, the time is now 12.25 pm. I am conscious that we now have two PMBs. I am also conscious that it has been a long week for everybody. I want the House to rise, if we can, at around 3 pm, so I say to colleagues who intend to speak on the first PMB that I hope we will be able to bring that to …
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness very much for that. I was the Opposition Chief Whip for three years in this House and always played fairly and reasonably with the then Government, even though many times I opposed them fiercely. I try to be reasonable and fair in all the things that I do as Gove…
It is because the Bill is so important and noble Lords have so much to say on it that I have given the Opposition three more days in Committee after this to make sure we have proper scrutiny. We will do one more group before the House adjourns.
I am very disturbed that the Minister says there is a potential for the Bill to collapse, with all the important measures within it. If the other place chooses to collapse the Bill, can she tell me which Cabinet Minister or adviser will take responsibility for what is clearly an unprecedented legisl…
My Lords, before we consider the Commons message on the data Bill, I remind the House again of the importance of applying some discipline to ping-pong. We have now spent 42 hours debating the Bill as a whole, including nearly eight hours on the last three rounds of ping-pong. The remaining issue is …
My Lords, I declare my interests as recorded in the register. Last year, the author of the best-selling book Ultra-Processed People , Dr Chris van Tulleken, gave evidence to the Food, Diet and Obesity Select Committee, of which I had the privilege of being a member. He said that ultra-processed food…
My Lords, before we start to consider the Commons message on the data Bill, I want to remind the House of the courtesies and discipline we should apply to ping-pong. We have now spent over 40 hours debating the Bill as a whole, including over six hours in the last two rounds of ping-pong. This is mu…
My Lords, before colleagues leave the Chamber, I am delighted to be able to update the House on the plan for recesses up to Whitsun next year. I have already announced the planned dates for recesses until January 2026. As ever, these and the new dates can change subject to the progress of business. …
My Lords, before we start to consider the message from the Commons on the Data (Use and Access) Bill, I remind the House of the usual courtesies and disciplines that apply to ping-pong.
We have already spent over 38 hours debating this Bill, including four and a half hours on the last round of ping…
My Lords, can the Minister give us an assessment of the availability of the relevant skills for building SMRs? If there is going to be a skills shortage, what training programme do the Government intend to put in place?
My Lords, the Minister herself referred to the sclerotic system. I declare my interest as president of the British Chambers of Commerce. One contributor to that system is the chronic lack of planners themselves. We are working on a project with Aviva to try to help build that capacity, but it will o…
My Lords, it is now 11.41 pm. We have made good progress scrutinising the Bill this evening, having completed 13 groups of amendments. We have three groups remaining. Given the hour, and as agreed by the usual channels, I will now resume the House, and we will return to complete the remaining three …
My Lords, we will now adjourn during pleasure until 11.59 am. Peers who have tickets to the Westminster Abbey service and are joining the procession should remain in the Chamber for Black Rod’s briefing. I encourage noble Lords not involved in these events to leave as quickly as possible to facilita…
My Lords, we will now adjourn during pleasure until 11.59 am. Peers who have tickets to the Westminster Abbey service and are joining the procession should remain in the Chamber for Black Rod’s briefing. I encourage noble Lords not involved in these events to leave as quickly as possible to facilita…
My Lords, in light of the Supreme Court judgment, as well as the FA’s change of policy, will the Minister take this opportunity to invite—not tell—the FA to apologise to those women whom it has penalised for objecting to the participation of biological males in women’s football. I am thinking in par…
My Lords, I thought it would be useful to the House to set out the plan for proceedings this Thursday, which are slightly different to usual to enable us to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, paying tribute to those whose service we honour this week.
The House will sit, as usual, at 11 am but for…