Lord Russell of Liverpool

Lord Russell of Liverpool

The Lord Russell of Liverpool

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Member since 11 December 2014

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Employment Rights Bill

23/06/2025Lords

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As a loyal member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking—with an emphasis on the cycling rather than the walking—I support the...
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My Lords, I support the spirit behind all the amendments in this group. Amendment 486 is in my name, and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, an...
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Will the Minister give way? We had a debate a few months ago on this very subject and I visited the Fulham Boys School, which is a large all-male scho...
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I hope I can take it as good news that they are meeting next week with Minister Georgia Gould, so hopefully the purse strings will be loosened.
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I put my name to Amendment 129 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, which I am happy to do. She has made a strong case for amending the suff...
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The range of applications for the support fund over the last few years has typically been between 20 and 50 sessions per annum, so it is right on the ...
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I have just checked, and I think the Minister mentioned that, with the £3,000, the average number of sessions that would be allowed is about 12.
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My Lords, building on the comment of my noble friend Lord Colville about the amount of time between consultation and action being taken, could the Min...
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My Lords, I address my comments to the Government Benches, particularly the Government Front Bench. If one looks at Commons Hansard from y...
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Holocaust Memorial Bill

10/06/2025Lords

5 contributions
My Lords, when responding to the Minister, it is typical to begin by thanking all noble Lords who have taken part. I am not sure that I can entirely d...
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I thank the noble Lord; I will still use that as evidence. Many of your Lordships may have seen the model that was in the Royal Gallery last week. If ...
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I welcome an awful lot of what the Minister said and what His Majesty’s Government are trying to do. My heart sank slightly when I heard the piece abo...
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My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 69B to 72, and I declare my interests as a governor of Coram and as a trustee of the Foundling Museum, both of wh...
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Employment Rights Bill

04/06/2025Lords

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My Lords, before we move to the next group, I must inform the Committee that if Amendment 151 is agreed I will not be able to call Amendments 152 to 1...
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My Lords, I will very briefly make two points. The first is to perhaps allay some fears that noble colleagues may have about the constitutional propri...
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