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HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, the Green group supports all the amendments in this group. I have two brief points to make. Collectively, these amendments make this whole profoundly undemocratic,…25 Mar 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I endorse the remarks of the noble Lords, Lord Adonis and Lord Oates. As I referred to in an earlier debate, the coronavirus has existed as an organism—as a species—for…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillGovernment figures say that there have been 477,000 new universal credit claims in the past nine days, and social media is full of accounts of some 30,000 or 40,000 people being…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, I am very pleased to speak after the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy; I second what she said about the prisons and would add immigration detention centres to that. People…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, first, I want to follow up on a point I made yesterday and compliment the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, and through him the Government. I asked about MoTs; this morning,…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Bill25 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, before I get to the procedural part I will refer the Minister to some of his own words. He referred to the Government’s desire to ensure that everyone should have safe,…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, I support the amendment and I stress, as others have, the extreme urgency in this. The noble Viscount, Lord Colville, told us a very moving story about a situation…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Low, and endorse the concerns he expressed. I want to pick up a point raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Watkins, about…24 Mar 2020HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Lister. I can only very strongly agree with her that the Budget utterly failed to address our desperately…18 Mar 2020HANSARDBudget StatementFor clarification—perhaps I was not clear—I said that we should not have made the people, particularly the disabled, poor and young, pay for the bailout of the banks.18 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I applaud the fact that the Statement focused on the need to protect the most vulnerable, but many people are hugely financially vulnerable. Does the Minister agree that…16 Mar 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Negotiations (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I thank your Lordships’ House for its forbearance in allowing me to speak into the gap. I echo many noble Lords in congratulating the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, on the…16 Mar 2020HANSARDWell-beingMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, on securing this debate, which has been universally excellent. I particularly commend the noble Baroness, Lady Wheatcroft,…12 Mar 2020HANSARDHS2To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the current options for (1) the route, (2) the speed, and (3) the station locations of HS2.11 Mar 2020HANSARDHS2My Lords, I thank everyone who has put their name down to speak in this debate and everyone who has rearranged their schedule to be here at this surprisingly early hour. The…11 Mar 2020HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, to her new role, and thank her for securing this debate. I compliment most strongly the noble Lord, Lord Ranger, on his excellent…10 Mar 2020HANSARDBBC and Public Service BroadcastingMy Lords, I thank the Labour Party for securing this debate and the noble Lord, Lord Young, for the ringing conclusion to his introduction. In a world of floods of dodgy or fake…05 Mar 2020HANSARDAgriculture: Genome-edited CropsMy Lords, I commend the Minister on the Government’s focus on agroecology as the way forward for agriculture and on the inclusion of soil health in the Agriculture Bill. Does the…04 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus (COVID-19)The noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, referred to the Telegraph story about the conflict within the Government regarding the EWRS scheme. That same story referred to the Health…03 Mar 2020