Family Relationships (Impact Assessment and Targets) Bill [HL]

My Lords, it is a pleasure but a rather daunting task to follow the two such erudite and knowledg...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra; his ministerial exper...

It is my understanding that—this has always been the case, for as long as I have been in this pla...

That is fantastically good news for the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, and the rest of us.

My Lords, I just agree with that.

So, we are all agreed about that. I am now looking at new departments and new Secretaries of Stat...

I agree very much with what the noble Lord is saying, and I am following his speech with great in...

That is a helpful intervention, because I absolutely agree with that. Family impact assessments a...

A mine of information?

Ministers have their uses. There is a mine of information in the DWP, and Ministers should go bac...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lord Farmer on securing a Second Reading of his Bi...

My Lords, I, too, welcome the opportunity to support the Family Relationships (Impact Assessment ...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Farmer for his tireless work in bringing the Bill before t...

My Lords, I am very pleased to be part of this interesting debate and, in particular, to speak in...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, whose knowledge of this...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the powerful and compelling speech that we have just h...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, and benefit from her e...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Farmer and congratulate him on securing a Second Reading d...

My Lords, I have been hugely impressed by the contributions from all noble Lords today. There hav...