Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and Chief Whip (Lord Kennedy of Southwark) (Lab Co-op)

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Sarwar on a truly excellent maiden speech. Delivering your first speech from the Government Dispatch Box is not easy. That was an outstanding, articulate, fantastic speech. We are so lucky to have my noble friend in our House. We look forward to hearing him many more times. My noble friend brings many years of experience, having served in the other place and the Scottish Parliament. He has a distinguished record of public service. We all look forward to having him here with us and to hearing more contributions from him. I believe he is on his feet in this House again tomorrow, so we are keeping him busy right from the start. We have had a fantastic speech, and we are so lucky to have him here.