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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, having also attached my name to this amendment, for reasons I shall get to in a second, let me say that it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Grender…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb attached her name to this amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh. It is a great pleasure to follow the…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have attached my name to Amendment 115, so ably introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Willis, and addressed by the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, who is of…29 Oct 2025HANSARDOffshore Oil and Gas: Venting and FlaringMy Lords, in July the World Bank reported that, in the last year, the fossil fuel industry had pumped out an extra 389 million tonnes of carbon pollution from flaring gas. That…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak chiefly to Amendment 121E in my name. It has not been addressed yet, but it is very much a package with two amendments that have already been widely…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I rise to follow two of your Lordships’ House’s leaders in the culture and heritage space and I find myself in a position I am quite often—modestly backing up the…27 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewMy Lords, I am aware that the Minister is not responsible for the detail of this Statement. None the less, in the first substantive paragraph there is a statement that I suggest…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyMy Lords, on the reality of student debt, for the cohort that started to be liable for paying off debt in April 2025, the average debt was £53,000. In the government stats for…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillOh!22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hampton, who so ably introduced Amendment 62 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. I do not need to say very…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I apologise for gazumping the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham. For the record, I am always happy to take my name off amendments in a case where we can demonstrate…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the two noble Baronesses who have just spoken, demonstrating the breadth of support for this set of amendments around the House. As the noble…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, who is one of the House’s great champions of the arts and cultural life. Briefly, I will express the Green…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has made a very important, practical point. I shall speak chiefly against government Amendment 68. I shall also briefly reflect on…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, I want to point out, since he addressed me directly, that mushrooms are a tiny fraction of the mycological ecosphere and that what we are talking…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, briefly, I have a simple question about government Amendment 67, which would allow an extension of time to implement a planning permission or a listed building consent…22 Oct 2025HANSARDHuman Medicines (Authorisation by Pharmacists and Supervision by Pharmacy Technicians) Order 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for her very clear introduction of this SI. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Baronesses, Lady Hollins and Lady Ritchie, and to say, perhaps…21 Oct 2025HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Mutual Recognition Agreement) (Switzerland) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this statutory instrument, which, as he said, implements the UK’s commitment to the agreement between the UK and the Swiss…21 Oct 2025HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Mutual Recognition Agreement) (Switzerland) Regulations 2025I will ask a fairly technical question, so I will entirely understand if the noble Lord wishes to write to me about it. In his response, he said that this SI avoids duplicating…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his response and everyone who has taken part in this short but important debate. I was sitting here thinking of the volunteers who are…20 Oct 2025