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HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, briefly, I welcome Commons Amendment 1. It is very pleasing to see this Government, in contrast to the last Government, acknowledging that we have nations on these…10 Jul 2025HANSARDForest Risk CommoditiesMy Lords, since the Environment Act was passed in 2021, the deforestation footprint from direct imports grew by more than 39,300 hectares, which is larger than the area of our New…08 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Constitution: Oversight and Responsibility (Report from the Constitution Committee)I hear “probably” from the Liberal Democrat Front Bench, and I fear that that may be right. Having just been at the Local Government Association conference in Liverpool, I warn…04 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Constitution: Oversight and Responsibility (Report from the Constitution Committee)My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Beith, for the committee’s work and for his clear and comprehensive introduction today. I thank the committee for taking on the…04 Jul 2025HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, I am aware of the time and I will be very brief. It will not surprise your Lordships’ House that I rise to offer the strongest possible support to my noble friend.…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWould the Minister care to address my point about the fact that we have great concern about pupils not in school, yet we are excluding them for this reason? It is reducing the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baronesses, Lady Boycott and Lady Parminter. The noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, just made an extremely powerful case for…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformMy Lords, in continuing the cuts to the health element of universal credit and denying it entirely to people under the age of 22, the Government are offering in recompense the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformIt was universal credit.02 Jul 2025HANSARDPlastic PollutionMy Lords, to return to the plastics treaty, at the last round of talks, fossil fuel interests sent 220 lobbyists. They are known to be the people who are fighting very hard…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyMy Lords, in its introduction, the industrial strategy says that “we live in a world dominated by the rise of superstar firms, whose success spills over to the wider economy”. It…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos ArchipelagoWell, it has given verbal pledges, but verbal pledges do not stop illegal fishing fleets. They do not override economic pressures that might come in future. This is one of the…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos ArchipelagoMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Boateng, and to agree with pretty well everything he said, particularly his last comments about Britain’s…30 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Caithness. I have a sense of déjà vu, thinking back to when the noble Earl and I were working to get a focus on soil…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I will put this amendment in the context of the discussion on the previous group. The noble Lord, Lord Palmer, and the Minister have been telling us regularly that this…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I rise extremely briefly and apologise to the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, that I could not be in the previous group as I was in the Chamber. I will take seconds to…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, in particular the noble Viscount, Lord Younger of Leckie, for his strong support, and the noble Lord, Lord…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill25 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank those who have participated in this brief debate. I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of Epsom, and I can agree that there is an issue here and I thank…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this amendment would require the Government to review the safety and affordability of workers travelling home after 11 pm and to make recommendations, including…24 Jun 2025