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HANSARDPublic Sector ProductivityMy Lords, in following the noble Lord, Lord Patten, I have to reflect on the experience of commuting, whether that is stuck behind the wheel of a car in a traffic jam or having…09 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsMy Lords—09 Oct 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsThe Green Party welcomes the ending, finally, of UK colonialism in Africa, although it regrets deeply that the Chagossian people, who were so shamefully and secretively…09 Oct 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I am going to start with history. I used to live on Leather Lane in central London between the City and Westminster, where, despite Victorian urban expansion, a dairy…08 Oct 2024HANSARDCommission on Justice in WalesMy Lords, following on from the question from the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, who noted that the Labour Government seem, as in many things, to be following the path of the Tory…07 Oct 2024HANSARDHigher Education FundingMy Lords, the parlous state of our universities—extending far beyond, although deeply interrelated with, their funding crisis—was a subject of considerable discussion at Green…12 Sept 2024HANSARDGovernment Policy on HealthMy Lords, when the Green Party consults on health policy, among the organisations it consults are the Socialist Health Association, Keep Our NHS Public and 999 Call for the…10 Sept 2024HANSARDBudget Responsibility BillMy Lords, in introducing this Bill the Minister said that “economic stability is … the rock on which all else must be built”. I respectfully suggest that that is a reflection of…09 Sept 2024HANSARDVaginal Mesh Implants: CompensationMy Lords, I join what I am sure will be a chorus of praise for the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, both for securing this debate and for her brilliant work over many years on…05 Sept 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise, as I hope increasingly often to rise, to offer some kudos to the Government. We are seeing reflected in this Bill an increased ambition for offshore wind, and we…02 Sept 2024HANSARDVaping Products: Usage by ChildrenMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, and to thank the noble Lord, Lord Storey, for securing this very important debate and reminding me that I…02 Sept 2024HANSARDCoronavirus: UK DeathsMy Lords—29 Jul 2024HANSARDCoronavirus: UK DeathsI thank noble Lords. Following on from the question from the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, about long Covid, and of course continuing new cases are arising even from apparently…29 Jul 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I wish to offer a small correction to the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton, about people being elected to this House. Plaid Cymru and the Green Party elect the people who are…25 Jul 2024HANSARDFundamental Rights and the Rule of LawMy Lords, in a speech to the Institute for Government on 10 July 2023, the then Attorney-General said: “Laws should be accessible, intelligible, clear, and predictable”. The last…25 Jul 2024HANSARDAntimicrobial ResistanceMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer, I welcome him to the Dispatch Box and I look forward to working with him on these issues. As research that I shared with him…23 Jul 2024HANSARDAntimicrobial ResistanceTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to secure multilateral consensus in advance of a political declaration at the United Nations General Assembly high-level…23 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. I think I agree with everything that she said, but particularly the points about our broken food system. I…18 Jul 2024HANSARDMedia BillI thank the noble Lord for giving way, and I suggest that perhaps his tone is testimony to the degree of contention in your Lordships’ Chamber at this moment. I also contest the…23 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords—23 May 2024