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HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillI thank the Minister for her answer and the noble Baroness, Lady Masham of Ilton, for her support for the amendment and her full reflections on the importance of antimicrobial…12 Jan 2021HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, and to join the noble Lords, Lord Alton of Liverpool and Lord Crisp, in backing her important…12 Jan 2021HANSARDAgreement on Climate Change, Trade and SustainabilityTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to support the initiative for an Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability.11 Jan 2021HANSARDAgreement on Climate Change, Trade and SustainabilityI thank the Minister for his Answer. I understand that he will not be able to comment on the outcome, but can he assure me that the UK will seek to have those three…11 Jan 2021HANSARDEU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementMy Lords, I can only agree with my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, and many others that a stream of two-minute speeches in no way comprises…08 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, the noble Baroness may well be aware that in Brighton and Hove the council made the decision to close nurseries under its control, except to vulnerable children and…07 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation and Linked Households) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, I make two points—the first on transmission. As the Minister made clear in his introduction, the SARS-CoV-2 virus is hideously out of control. As scientific knowledge…07 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Educational SettingsMy Lords, my question is about vaccination. I noted the answer from the Minister earlier regarding the Government currently prioritising the most clinically vulnerable in line…07 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the very humble noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer. I shall speak to Amendment 27, which stands in their…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am pleased to offer the Green group’s support to all these amendments, particularly Amendment 26. It is a pleasure to follow the detailed, highly informed expositions…06 Jan 2021HANSARDProvisional Local Government Finance SettlementMy Lords, I declare my position as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. On the subject of local government finance, I am going back to two answers from the…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, and to back his amendment. As the noble Lord said, this is territory that we have covered…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for tabling Amendment 23. My noble friend and I do not…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, for tabling Amendment 46, to which I was pleased to attach my name. I also thank the noble Lord for setting out some very clear and…06 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, the arrival of this Bill in the House, slow as it has been, is a huge victory for campaigners—something that must not be forgotten. That a right-wing Government should…05 Jan 2021HANSARDEuropean Union (Future Relationship) BillI have three minutes to describe a great national disaster—a tragedy—and to issue a plea to noble Lords to do what they can to mitigate the impacts. The appropriate approach for…30 Dec 2020HANSARDTaxation (Post-transition Period) BillMy Lords, I was going to say that it was a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Wheatcroft; as former newspaper editors we could both have reflected on how there was…16 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to speak in favour of Amendment 16 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, and Amendment 25, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, and…15 Dec 2020HANSARDRegional Comprehensive Economic PartnershipMy Lords, what assessment have the Government made of the climate impacts of RCEP, particularly its impacts on disciplining the fossil fuel subsidies around the world, which are…15 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, my question follows that asked earlier by the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, to the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott. It referred to how some local authorities…15 Dec 2020