Baroness Manningham-Buller (CB)

My Lords, it is getting late, so the House will be pleased to hear that I have cut what I was going to say. I start with the report itself. I was a member of the committee and I have been quite surpri

I am very grateful for the positive reaction to our report around the House, even if some noble Lords understandably emphasised some slightly different things and where they think the committee has no

My Lords, there is hardly a more important subject than the future of our young people and their contribution to the wealth of the nation and to their own happiness. I was privileged to lead a one-off

That this House takes note of the Report from the Social Mobility Policy Committee Social Mobility: Local Roots, Lasting Change (HL Paper 201, Session 2024–26).

My Lords, like others who are going to speak in this debate, I start by acknowledging the pain of the victims whose grief and distress were compounded by the failure of the state. That is why we are h

My Lords, I say to the Minister that I greatly welcome the fact that the Government are going to resist any misplaced pressure to reveal full security vetting, as indeed the ISC rightly says. We all k