Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill

I will make a brief comment on Amendment 1, which would replace a right to have guaranteed hours with a right to request. I very much fear that it und...

My Lords, my noble friends on this side of the House have commented on this amendment in far better terms than I could, but I will make a supplementar...

My Lords, there has been some improvement in retention rates recently, but since 1999 there have been only six years when the number of personnel join...

To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made on plans to expedite and streamline armed forces recruitment processes.

My Lords, I did not want to interrupt the noble Baroness when she was speaking. However, I refer her to Section 26 of the Equality Act 2010, with whic...

My Lords, I focus particularly on Amendments 83 and 84, which purport to deal with a hypothetical “banter ban”. I listened very carefully to what the ...

My Lords, I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Goldie, on her tenacious championing of the interests of Armed Forces personnel. I know that that commitm...

My Lords, I am sorry that I find myself disagreeing for the second time today with the noble Lord, Lord Fox, specifically on the proposition that the ...

My Lords, I follow on from the excellent points that have been made by my noble friends on this side of the Committee by addressing, perhaps more spec...

My Lords, the Bill is a massively significant public health intervention that will save lives. I have heard the arguments today about personal freedom...

Online retailers and re-sellers are getting around the law to supply these weapons to young people. Can the Minister outline what the Government are d...

My Lords, we have heard four excellent maiden speeches this afternoon; I add my congratulations to my noble friends Lady Gray and Lady Berger, the nob...

I will speak to Amendments 11 and 12. It would be impossible to argue that the commissioner should not support the interests of women and minority gro...