Lord Farmer
The Lord Farmer
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 4 September 2014
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India: Minorities
01/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, were assurances on freedom of religion or belief sought from the Government of India ahead of the recently agreed trade deal? The UK’s indep...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
22/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords—there were many of them—who richly contributed to this debate; it was an important debate. Their contributions have ...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 179 and 183 in my name. It might be a lighter-weight and shorter debate than the important debate we have just ha...
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
16/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Meston, whose wisdom and experience of the court processes in this area are, I am sure, very ...
My Lords, I support Amendment 119 tabled by my noble friend Lord Agnew, to which I have added my name. He spoke very persuasively for it.
I did rea...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
08/06/2025 • Lords
I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 68, 68A, 68B, 169 and 171 in this group. I added my name to Amendment 68 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady ...
Young Children: Convenience Foods
03/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, even natural and additive-free food pouches are processed by heating and blending for shelf life and a texture suitable for babies. Cooking ...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
19/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I shall speak briefly to my Amendments, 21, 22 and 23. First, because these three amendments are explicitly focused on family hubs, I declar...
My Lords, I added my name to this amendment in the name of my noble friend Lady Barran because I am also deeply concerned that children benefit from t...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
19/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 18 in my name and to Amendments 7 and 14, which have just been ably spoken to by the noble Baronesses, Lady Arm...
My Lords, I welcome the opportunity that the purpose clause from my noble friend Lady Barran has given us to range far more freely than the tightly ti...
80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan
08/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I join many others in complimenting, first, the Minister on his inspiring opening speech to this debate. I also compliment the right reveren...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
30/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will focus my comments on Part 1, particularly on areas recommended or inspired by Josh MacAlister MP’s independent review of children’s s...
Child Rape Gangs
29/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the weekend’s tragic news of the death of Virginia Giuffre highlights the long-term effects of child sexual abuse. I should declare an inter...
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