Baroness Thornton (Lab)

My Lords, it is such a shame that the party opposite resiled from cross-party agreement on this research. It is fair to question its motivation for doing that and possibly reach the conclusion that it

My Lords, I am very pleased to welcome the Commercial Payments Bill and to take part in this Second Reading. I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on his absolutely outstanding introduction to i

To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in supporting and funding the work of the British Council.

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Nargund on securing this debate, and I note how busy she seems to have been today. I have a strange feeling that she is only just getting started in your

I very much welcome the last part of my noble friend’s answer. I would like clarification on two points, because the word “sensitivity” has been used, and indeed is used in the guidance. I would like

My Lords, it is a great honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, and I agree with very much of what he said. As will be clear to my noble friend the Minister, some of us have joined this importan