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HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillYes, I know—it’s boring hearing the facts, isn’t it? I apologise for not catching the noble Baroness’s eye earlier but I want to contribute briefly to this debate with just a…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillI am sure that the noble Lord’s colleagues from the Scottish National Party will remind him of the Act of Union, which was subsequent to that date. Yes, England was a deliberate…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillLet us try Portugal. The Duke of Wellington was required to liberate Portugal from Spanish and Napoleonic domination. It is easy to forget Napoleon and Hitler and all sorts of…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillThe noble Lord is almost certainly right. That ship has sailed, to say the very least. In phases one, two and three of the nuclear programme, no adequate provision was made for…08 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillBefore the Minister sits down, I wonder if he could comment on the Department for Education’s performance.02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, has certainly been energetic, forthright and determined on this issue, and rightly so. He has reminded the Committee that the Hackitt…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, has raised an interesting theme which has been expanded on by the right reverend Prelate and the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, that of…02 Mar 2022HANSARDLobbying of MinistersMy Lords, in June last year the Committee on Standards in Public Life, of which I am a member, submitted recommendations to the Prime Minister for action by the Cabinet Office on…01 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, first, I am very sorry if taking a long time last time irritated the Minister. It was an important set of amendments and I think these amendments are also important,…28 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I am pleased to contribute to this debate. We certainly have many important issues bound up in one group. I will focus particularly on government Amendments 76 and 107…28 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillThe noble Baroness is certainly right that there are materials that have been used in one way, safely and successfully, for thousands of years, and others that are intrinsically…28 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I obviously support what my noble friend Lady Pinnock said in relation to the training and independence of building inspectors. That is perhaps the most obvious of the…24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI thank the Minister for giving way. I have understood her line of argument very clearly, but she seems to be saying that it would still be lawful for that housing association in…24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, it has been a very interesting debate so far. I do not intend to prolong it at all but, in relation to the technical amendments, I notice that the Bill is 244 pages long…24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillThat is worse.24 Feb 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, and I very much endorse his remarks. I extend my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Moore, on his…23 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill21 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, it is a great privilege to follow on from what the noble Baroness has outlined. I strongly support what she has been saying. I will speak on a couple of other points…21 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill21 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill21 Feb 2022