Lord Addington
The Lord Addington
Liberal Democrat
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 16 June 1986
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
14/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will say a couple of words to wrap up from these Benches. When we did the Bill, my first comment was, “I am not of your tribe when it come...
Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life
06/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. It is good to have the whole thing read out; it gives you some context. As pages 4 and 6 o...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
02/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, very briefly, I find myself roughly in agreement with the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, on this one: a register should be there.
My Lords, the idea that the best interests of the child would be judged by the state is one that is reasonable under certain circumstances. It comes b...
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
02/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, perhaps I might just interject here. One of the things about home education is that the education of the child should come first. That educa...
Licensing Act 2003 (UEFA Women’s European Football Championship Licensing Hours) Order 2025
30/06/2025 • Lords
The noble Lord is being very helpful. We are asking to get into thinking that this is a normal, sensible thing to do. The noble Lord has said, “Yes, w...
My Lords, my friend the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, has made all the points that I was going to make, except with more technical details, so I shall not...
Independent Schools: Tax Changes
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, if we look at certain specialist sectors—that is, those which provide support for those with special educational needs—where the private sec...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thought I would be the only person to mention recreation and sport in this Bill, but the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, has stepped timidly on ...
Music and Dance Scheme
23/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, will the Government take the opportunity to let us know whether they will at least upgrade the grants they are talking about in future? If y...
Young People: Sporting Activities
23/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, when, a good few years ago now, all three major parties looked at sports policy, we all said that there should be a link with clubs. We also...
Live Music Industry: Support
22/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, will the Minister give us some undertaking that the Government will look at well-being and things such as mental health that go with partici...
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