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HANSARDCovid-19: Ethnic Minority DisparitiesMy Lords, the report suggests that overrepresentation in certain generally low-paid occupations is a significant factor in the horrific death rate for people from Pakistani…02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I should perhaps begin by noting my position as the co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong. The noble Lord, Lord Fox, in opening this Committee, said…02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, with whom I am often in agreement—although, I am afraid, not in this case. In my little over a…02 Mar 2021HANSARDRough SleepingMy Lords, I declare my position as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. In the past hour, London has become the largest city in the world to call for a trial of…02 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, who has made powerful points. A little more than a year ago, we faced the Covid emergency and the…01 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Energy Efficiency: RetrofittingTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what policies they plan to put in place in relation to the use of domestic energy efficiency retrofitting to meet their goal of net-zero carbon…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. What we might label in shorthand “the Delaware danger” is very real. It was my pleasure to attach my name, as has…01 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Energy Efficiency: RetrofittingMy Lords, I know that the Minister will not be able to pre-empt the Budget but, given the abject failure of the green homes grant, can he reassure me that the Government are well…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, who is such a champion of climate and other environmental issues in your Lordships’ House. As she said,…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his comprehensive answer, although I ask again, how can the Government justify having included climate change considerations in the then Pension…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for his clear and incisive introduction to this group, and the identification of the problem of Clause 3, which I am proposing…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton. He addressed in useful detail the risks of industry capture of regulators, to which the financial…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. I very much support his call for a financial sector that is secure, that does not threaten the security of all…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillApologies, my Lords, but I have sorted the problem out now. I speak briefly in support of Amendments 5, 73 and 95, in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Bowles, Lady Altmann…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, Amendments 2, 6, 7 and 87 seek variously to urge the FCA, the PRA and the Bank of England to take into account the competitiveness of the United Kingdom. This is a…22 Feb 2021HANSARDPolitical Parties: Expenditure LimitsApologies, my Lords—I will try again. In recent general elections, the wealthiest and largest political parties have used their very generous national party spending limits—in…22 Feb 2021HANSARDPolitical Parties: Expenditure Limits[ Inaudible . ]22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord the Deputy Leader for his full response in our previous discussion, but there was one figure that he raised in that response that I wanted to ask…22 Feb 2021HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Border Facilities and Infrastructure) (EU Exit) (England) Special Development Order 2020 (SI 2020/928)My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow those powerful remarks and to echo the concern about the state of the country and the poverty of the country. Whatever happened to the…11 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19In his answer to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, the Minister said that “the crew are, wherever possible, vaccinated.” It was not clear from context whether the Minister was referring…11 Feb 2021