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HANSARDNitrogen Reduction, Recycling and Reuse (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)There is a whole other debate there, but I go back to an Italian proverb from the 1930s: “Artificial fertiliser is good for the father and bad for the son”. I entirely agree with…06 Jan 2026HANSARDToilet-training: Support for ParentsWith increasing knowledge of the health impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics, and children facing a lifetime of an environment increasingly choked with plastics and other…05 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, and to hear nature-positive sentiments from the Conservative Benches. We are hearing a wide range of…18 Dec 2025HANSARDUK-EU Common Understanding NegotiationsMy Lords, I join the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, and others in roundly celebrating this announcement, although we should take a second to reflect on the tragedy of those who missed…18 Dec 2025HANSARDNHS: Winter PreparednessMy Lords, when it comes to influenza, the focus is often on droplet transmission, but there is also evidence of aerosol transmission, with the deeper lung deposition resulting in…16 Dec 2025HANSARDHeat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2025One of the responses provided by the Minister provoked a question in my mind; at this point, I should perhaps declare that I am a vice-president of the Local Government…15 Dec 2025HANSARDHeat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for his clear and comprehensive introduction to this SI and I welcome the fact that we are getting this long-overdue regulatory framework for heat…15 Dec 2025HANSARDProducer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Redfern, and to thank the Minister for his introduction. I broadly welcome this statutory instrument, which is at…15 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal ElectionsI declare an interest in that the Green Party candidates were already working hard in these four elections and at least two of them had a good chance of winning next year. The…08 Dec 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Devon. I am not sure that I entirely concur with his view of Plantagenet governance, although I note that the Angevin…08 Dec 2025HANSARDUK Citizens in VenezuelaMy Lords, according to the US Energy Information Administration, Venezuela has about one-fifth of the world’s global oil reserves—an estimated 303 billion barrels—and the single…04 Dec 2025HANSARDCOP 30My Lords, I join other noble Lords in welcoming the new Minister to your Lordships’ House and to his role, and welcome particularly his response to the noble Lord, Lord Offord.…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the expert contribution of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope. My noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb signed Amendment 89 and I would…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his response and take encouragement from the phrase “thoroughly consider”. I hope, speaking as a former newspaper editor, that the noble Lord,…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing Bill03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 124A tabled by my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, I shall speak also to Amendments 124B to 124F. I note that there is also a Clause 35 stand…03 Dec 2025HANSARDCOP 30My Lords, since there is time, I very much appreciated the tone and the energy of the Minister’s response to my initial question, but that, and all our discussion, very much…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI thought so, but I got confused. Amendment 118 responds to a serious problem: automatic release after 56 days of individuals who have been recalled specifically because they…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 118, to which my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb has attached her name. I will start by referring to the basic intention of the Bill,…03 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformMy Lords, my question follows on very clearly from that of the noble Lord, Lord Boateng. I declare an interest, since a number of my friends and colleagues have been acquitted by…02 Dec 2025