Lord Desai

My Lords, there are many dimensions in which participation can be measured. We have two problems. As the noble Lord, Lord Swire, said, we do not know ...

My Lords, I have many things to declare. One is that I came here not as a hereditary Peer but was appointed by John Major, who conspired with Neil Kin...

My Lords, there seems to be uniformity, in that everybody has to have breakfast. Why cannot some schools have breakfast and others have lunch? I alway...

My Lords, let me first say congratulations to the two maiden speakers. Let us hope that they enjoy being in your Lordships’ House. I start by sayin...

My Lords, does the noble Lord not agree that, because we had a debate on growth very recently, and because the question has been raised again, what we...

My Lords, we have not had any economic growth in the UK for about 15 years. The last time that we had growth was during the years of new Labour, betwe...

My Lords, does the noble Lord agree that it is not fair to blame the present growth rate on the Labour Government? There are long and variable lags in...

Could the noble Baroness make sure that, for villages where there is no post office, there will be a mobile service at least twice a week? That would ...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill, which is long-needed. It is possible to say that there are some fantastic examples of home education. My education start...

My Lords, as the 50th speaker in this debate, I have to say something different from everybody else—I will try. There are two problems here. First,...