Lord Watson of Invergowrie
The Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 6 November 1997
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Recent Debate Contributions
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
02/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am pleased to speak to Amendment 209 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Young, to which I have added my name, and I thank him for introdu...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
02/07/2025 • Lords
I have listened with interest to what the noble Lord said, as I always do. I prefer the politics of his father, the author of the 1945 Labour manifest...
My Lords, I am in favour of Amendment 196, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hampton. That may surprise my colleagues on the Front Bench—to some ext...
School Libraries
29/06/2025 • Lords
I thank my noble friend for that Answer. This is an issue essentially about intellectual freedom and opposing censorship. The School Library Associati...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Index on Censorship survey which found that 53 per cent of school librarians rep...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
18/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I have Amendments 183D, 186A and 187A in this group. I am delighted that the Bill will deliver on Labour’s manifesto commitment to offer uni...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
16/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, noble Lords often say in this Chamber that it is a pleasure to follow whichever noble Lord or noble Baroness. I cannot say it is a pleasure ...
Regarding cross-party support, I am willing to indicate support, but I want to clarify a point the noble Lord makes in his amendment about a boarding ...
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
11/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lords, Lord Storey and Lord Russell. I will speak to Amendment 145 in my name. To be honest, I am pleasantl...
I thank my noble friend the Minister for that comprehensive response and I thank noble Lords who have contributed to the debate. One thing that has al...
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
08/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank my noble friend. Her last point—about the proposal in my amendment having little to no effect—carries considerable weight coming fro...
My Lords, I always think there is something rather sad about an amendment that sits on its own and forms a group of its own. It looks almost afraid to...
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Employment Rights Bill
02/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I rise to express a view that I did not think I would be expressing in your Lordships’ House. I am utterly appalled by this proposition and ...
My Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of my noble friend Lady Warwick on an issue that, as far as I am aware, has not appeared anywhere else but ...
Employment Rights Bill
12/05/2025 • Lords
I appreciate what the Minister has said. If I heard him correctly, he said it would not be appropriate to introduce this leave without undertaking an ...
My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 77 on foster carers’ leave, and Amendments 78 and 79 on kinship carers’ leave. I congratulate the noble Lord, L...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
30/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I very much welcome this Bill. It reminds me of that Frank Sinatra song about New York—so good they named it twice. The Bill has in effect b...
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