Lord Bird
The Lord Bird MBE
Crossbench
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 30 October 2015
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
18/06/2025 • Lords
I have never heard of the concept of deep poverty. The noble Baroness, Lady Barran, said that poverty is different if you are in Weston-super-Mare or ...
I agree with the Minister 100%. We should never, ever abandon people who are in an emergency. But, if that is what we are doing, and if that is what m...
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
11/06/2025 • Lords
I just wanted to remind us of a little bit of history. Napoleon said that a battle plan strategy was the most useless thing on earth but that you were...
I second the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Young. I am very interested in foster caring, largely because when I was in care as a young child, it w...
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Renters’ Rights Bill
14/05/2025 • Lords
I am telling the noble Lord that, from my experience, it is. From my experience, what has happened is that tenants have made a very large section of t...
Unfortunately, I was not in a position to sit up last night or the night before because I have a full-time job. Yesterday, I was in Cardiff working wi...
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Soft Drinks Industry Levy
18/03/2025 • Lords
Is the Minister aware that, according to the BMA, 50% of people who suffer from cardiac arrest actually suffer from food poverty in the first instance...
Private Rented Sector: Affordable Rents
27/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, could the Government also turbocharge getting rid of Section 21, which legalises insecurity in the lives of people paying rent?
Ministry for Poverty Prevention Bill [HL]
29/01/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I draw Members’ attention to the register. I work in what is called the poverty industry.
Homelessness
21/01/2025 • Lords
Are the Government going to address the fact that we have never learned to turn the tap off? We have more and more people falling into homelessness fr...
State Schools: Creative Education
15/01/2025 • Lords
Can we also include, while we are at it, young people in the custodial system? I am here only because I did art and creative things when I was in a ju...
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Water Bills
09/01/2025 • Lords
My Lords, is it possible to extend the argument around water to the quality of water itself and health? We have people suffering from dehydration. Tha...
National Insurance: Employer Contributions
09/01/2025 • Lords
I must just point out a difference between business and charities, and the help for both. I am an employer of a little social enterprise group. We pay...
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