Lord Farmer

I am addressing the point of impact assessment, which had not been properly debated.

I would prefer to get a move on so that everybody is happy that this comes to an end. Have we forgotten that hard cases make bad law and public policy should be a consideration? K…

My Lords, I disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. We did not debate an impact assessment. We need a proper government impact assessment for this clause before it is made law…

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Polak in his Amendment 7. It is now rightly impossible for any public discussion of the Epstein files and grooming gangs—or rather child r…

My Lords, the better futures social outcomes fund was announced in the child poverty strategy, with government payments tied to the achievement of measurable improvements in peopl…