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HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025My Lords, for clarity, I express that this is a regret amendment, not a fatal one. That is due in part to an error of mine, but I am choosing to regard this as an opportunity. I…06 May 2025HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and, indeed, thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. I apologise to those who said it would not take more than an…06 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise in the middle of a long, important and well-informed debate. I first felt it was getting to the heart of what this Bill really should be about with the…01 May 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner Bill30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I will be brief, as I am aware of the desire of the House to progress. The amendment goes back to what we discussed in Committee, raising the issue of under-18s in the…30 Apr 2025HANSARDAgriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, suggested that there was broad support for his Motion, and I rise to broaden that support and offer the Green Party’s support for both…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I have attached my name to Amendment 6 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, to which Amendment 1 is linked; I will speak only extremely briefly because she has…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, for making those points. It is crucial that there is public and general understanding of the situation. I thank the Minister for his…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngineering Biology (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the committee and the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, for their careful, detailed work and informative introduction. I have two points to make, about the general…28 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish SteelMy Lords, the annual volume of steel scrap exported from the UK was 7.22 million tonnes in 2023, 8.24 million tonnes in 2022 and 7.4 million tonnes in 2021. That figure is not…24 Apr 2025HANSARDBritish SteelMy Lords, the Minister spoke about seeking new private sector involvement in Scunthorpe and the steelworks. We have seen so much private sector involvement in sectors such as the…24 Apr 2025HANSARDJournalists and Media Workers: Safety and SecurityMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Mobarik, for securing this debate and for an introduction that did not fall into outdated 20th century tropes about the idea of us over…24 Apr 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, coming so far down the list in your Lordships’ debate—the number of speakers demonstrating the strength of feeling on the issue on all sides of the House, mostly slanted…23 Apr 2025HANSARDLandmines and Cluster MunitionsMy Lords, I begin with an experience from 1998 when I was in Cambodia, on a bus going through a village beside a river. Looking out of the window, I spied some faded hazard tape…03 Apr 2025HANSARDUK-US Trade and TariffsMy Lords, the Minister spoke about strengthening the US-UK relationship further and about a positive trading relationship with the US. This tone reflects the Pollyanna approach…03 Apr 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, for the benefit of those with sight impairments, I should declare that my name is Natalie Bennett, or Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle. I am the other Green—and we are…02 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her detailed response and the positive mention of Trieste. I echo the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, in thanking the Minister for her genuine engagement in the…02 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I rise briefly, having attached my name to Amendment 59 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, and backed by the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, and the noble Lord, Lord…02 Apr 2025HANSARDForeign Influence Registration SchemeMy Lords, this Statement is about the foreign influence registration scheme, which, as the Minister said, is trying to ensure transparency and control of the lobbying influence of…02 Apr 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I have attached my name to Amendment 47, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, and I raised this issue at Second Reading. A powerful case has already been made…02 Apr 2025