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HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I was pleased to attach my name to this amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, but, after the powerful debate we had in Committee, I am very sorry…30 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendment 2 in my name, which takes us in a very different direction to the debate thus far. Amendment 2 has a modest snippet of text: “Leave out Clause 1”.…30 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I offer the Green group’s agreement with the legal aims of all noble Lords who have spoken so far. Amendments 1 to 5 seek to keep environmental and public health…29 Sept 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyMy Lords, in view of the Minister’s answer to earlier questions and the conclusion of the National Audit Office in February that a succession of plans for prisons have…29 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I rise to speak primarily to Amendment 11, to which I attached my name, as moved by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, and in the name of the noble Baroness,…29 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020: Temporary ProvisionsMy Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I express my enjoyment of our two maiden speeches thus far and look forward to the third.…28 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions on Gatherings) (North of England) Regulations 2020My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. The Minister, in introducing these six statutory instruments, said that they had “Done so…25 Sept 2020HANSARDSchools: Great British September CleanMy Lords, I am sure the Minister will agree that, with litter and waste, prevention is better than cure. In the light of the Which ? study out this morning showing that two-thirds…24 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, the noble Lord, Lord Newby, and the right reverent Prelate the Bishop of Rochester have all effectively set out the scientific and…23 Sept 2020HANSARDCivil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020My Lords, I apologise for my wi-fi glitch and thank the House for allowing me back in. It would have been my pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of Cradley, and I…23 Sept 2020HANSARDDevolution in EnglandMy Lords, the effectiveness of local contact tracing compared to the centralised system has been striking during the Covid-19 pandemic. Can the Minister tell me how the White…22 Sept 2020HANSARDProbation Workforce StrategyMy Lords, in the case of the probation service, the outsourcing of the coercive power of the state, removing the Government’s direct responsibility for decisions about people’s…21 Sept 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I welcome the two maiden speeches we have heard today, particularly that of the noble Lord, Lord Vaizey of Didcot, and his focus on the sufferings of victims of the…21 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020My Lords, it seems that this House will be spending our Fridays far into the future debating new government diktats after the fact, producing outcomes that, as the noble Lord,…18 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 109, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick, to which I have attached my name, and I also wish to express my…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I rise to offer the Green Party’s wholehearted support for this amendment. I reflect, as I did yesterday with the immigration Bill, that the current system of a maximum…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 50, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, and to Amendment 53, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, both of…17 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I offer the Green group’s support to Amendments 63 and 67. We have already heard many powerful speeches, so I will be brief. I want to address Amendment 67 in…16 Sept 2020HANSARDBiodiversityFurther to the Written Answer that the Minister gave me on 25 June, which said that “it is not possible to confirm on available data whether there has been an increase in” raptor…16 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, the Minister had clearly not been informed that I was already waiting to ask a question, so I hope this does not come as too much of a shock to him. However, in the…16 Sept 2020