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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, and I entirely agree with his conclusion, even if I might have expressed it in slightly stronger terms. I…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI just want to make what I think is an important point here. The Government are talking about the totality of regulations and saying that it does not stop the asbestos regulations…23 Feb 2023HANSARDHealthcare in Rural AreasMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for securing this debate and for overcoming her injury to make it in today. I put this issue of rural healthcare…23 Feb 2023HANSARDMethane EmissionsMy Lords, following on from the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, I point out that we are three times as bad as Norway in the published figures. However, I am sure…22 Feb 2023HANSARDProstitutionTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking in response to the report of the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee on Prostitution (Third Report, Session…21 Feb 2023HANSARDProstitutionIf you will let me. The talk in December was of action. Are the Government going to urgently look at this question, particularly in light of the cost of living crisis?21 Feb 2023HANSARDProstitutionI thank the Minister for his Answer. I note that the Independent reported in December that the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s lead on prostitution and sex work said he was…21 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Devon, and to echo his concern about the lack of environmental ambitions expressed in the Bill, which I think we will…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter. I share the disappointment of the noble Lord, Lord Young, that we will not hear from the noble Lord,…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThe Minister addressed climate mitigation but not climate adaptation and resilience. Can she write to me about the ways in which the Bill addresses those resilience and climate…20 Feb 2023HANSARDChina: Governor of Xinjiang’s VisitMy Lords, I declare my position as co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong. The planned meeting with FCDO officials from this head of a regime which presides…09 Feb 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Nature-based Solutions (STC Report)My Lords, I thank the committee for the opportunity to speak in the gap, the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, for her excellent introduction to this report, and the noble Lord, Lord…09 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, can the Minister briefly address my central point, that the Financial Services and Markets Bill, with its deregulatory direction, goes in the opposite direction to the…08 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, to agree with everything he said, particularly as a former newspaper editor, and to offer Green…08 Feb 2023HANSARDWashable PPEMy Lords, the Government were elected on the promise of 40 new hospitals, but the Observer recently reported that only 10 have planning permission and are likely to be built…08 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, noble Lords have already heard from my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, a former Brexiteer who has seen the chaos we have already, before this Bill is enacted,…06 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillHow can you make a law when you do not know what it covers?06 Feb 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Improvement Plan 2023My Lords, in responding to the Front Benches, the Minister said that soil is absolutely fundamental to the Government’s environment plans. It is therefore a bit of a pity that the…06 Feb 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I begin with a brief refection on my 26 years or thereabouts on the internet, which saw me hand-coding my first website in 1999 and sees me now, I believe, as one of the…01 Feb 2023HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, for her comment and want briefly to pick up one point from the Minister on Report. He gave the assurance “that I will be open…01 Feb 2023