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On Wednesday 13 November 2024, I chaired the Delegated Legislation Committee, to consider the Draft Local Loans (Increase of Limit) Order 2024. The motion was moved by Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Treasury. The order increases the aggregate limit on local loans through His Majesty’s Treasury’s Public Works Loan Board lending facility from the

On 12 November 2024 the House voted at Committee Stage on several amendments to the bill, which would see the removal of all hereditary peers. Amendment 25: Provides that the Bill would only come into effect after the report of a joint committee on wider reforms of the composition of the House of Lords has

On Tuesday 12 November 2024 I attended a reception held by Lush to raise awareness of the issue of animal testing in the cosmetics industry. I was pleased to meet and spoke to Hilary Jones (pictured), Global Ethics Director at Lush, who spoke to me about the issues and the Lush Prize. As well as

It was a pleasure to meet the author Richard Osman at the Publishers’ Association Winter Gathering at the Terrace Pavilion on Tuesday 12 November 2024. As Co-Chair of the APPG on Publishing, we heard from our other chair Baroness Gail Rebuck who stressed the importance of reading. There is a worrying decline in children’s reading.

On Tuesday 12 November 2024, I attended the Licensing and Commissioning service of The Reverend Mark Birch as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. This historic role involves  providing pastoral care for MPs, peers, and staff, and assisting the Speaker in leading key events in the parliamentary calendar, such as the opening