Baroness Blackstone (Lab)

My Lords, I welcome this debate but have just one regret: it is half the length needed to allow over 30 speakers properly to address the important and complex questions it raises. I intend to focus on

My Lords, does my noble friend the Leader of the House agree that the Government should act with our allies in the G7 to try to stop the illegal expansion, particularly in the areas of East Jerusalem

My Lords, picking up what the noble Lord, Lord Johnson, said, the FE college sector really is the poor man of the education system in this country. This follows years of neglect by previous Conservati

My Lords, I too condemn Hezbollah’s actions in northern Israel, but I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister for what she has said about how this problem should be dealt with. Some 20% of th

My Lords, next year, the UK will host the G20 as its president, and the gracious Speech refers to the Government’s aim to use it to “reinforce global stability”. Today, I will focus on the Middle East

My Lords, I will answer that briefly. I did not, in what I have just said, in any way imply that the medical colleges did not have some suggestions for improvements to the Bill. Many people have sugge