Lord Knight of Weymouth
The Rt Hon. the Lord Knight of Weymouth
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 22 June 2010
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Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025
21/07/2025 • Lords
There is a difference, but the argument the noble Lord is making is that people are seeking to get influence rather than a View full contribution →
As ever, the noble Lord has made a good case. He made his point—as did the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth—around what a percentage stake might mean if the r...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
22/06/2025 • Lords
I do not disagree with a word that the noble Baroness has said about these weapons of mass distraction. I am not saying that young people should be ab...
Is that not what is happening at the moment? A vast number of schools are, in effect, banning smartphones—as many people would like—some have an inter...
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Free School Meals
09/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I very much welcome this announcement, as others have done, because, in the words of the Statement, it is not just anti poverty but pro lear...
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
03/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I have yet to vote with the Government on this issue. We all owe a great debt of gratitude to the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for the way i...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
19/05/2025 • Lords
I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord, whom I respect and enjoy debating with, but does he accept that if all 80 of us who made Second Reading speech...
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
18/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I shall be brief. We are in a pickle. This is an important Bill that needs to gain Royal Assent quickly, for EU data adequacy reasons if not...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
30/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I declare my education interests as set out in the register, in particular my chairmanship of the E-ACT Multi-Academy Trust, where we are en...
The Future of News (Communications and Digital Committee Report)
24/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, not only for the excellent way in which she introduced this debate but for the tremendous...
Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025
24/02/2025 • Lords
I just want to say very briefly that, having served alongside my noble friend Lord Stevenson on the Front Bench during the passage of this Act, I want...
Lifelong Learning
06/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to all the speakers in this excellent debate, who were expertly responded to by my noble friend the Minister. I am grateful fo...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to introduce this timely debate. I am very much looking forward to the maiden speech of my noble friend Lady Curran.
I m...
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