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HANSARDLevelling Up: Funding AllocationI will follow on from the number of questions about the methodology for levelling up. This funding is allocated according to criteria set by the Government and is judged by…23 Jan 2023HANSARDWindrush: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, for securing this debate and for her powerful, positive contribution in introducing it. The noble Baroness referred to the…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAvian Influenza: Game BirdsMy Lords, returning to the evidence on avian flu, figures from the US, Japan and across Europe show that the outbreaks of avian flu are not in any way reducing in either virulence…18 Jan 2023HANSARDScotland Act 1998: Section 35 PowerI thank the noble Baroness. This debate has made many references to the Scottish Government and the Scottish First Minister. I ask the Chamber to acknowledge that we are talking…18 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I declare my position as a vice-president of the LGA and the NALC. My noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb focused on housing and planning-related issues in the Bill.…17 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I raised the question of whether the Government are aware of or concerned about any unlicensed, unregulated nuclear sites, which the Explanatory Memorandum seems to suggest might…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Bruce of Bennachie, has presented very interesting proposals. Like the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, I think this offers us one way forward on the crucial issue…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I am very interested and pleased that the noble Baroness referred to the International Energy Agency study that I mentioned. The inference could be drawn from her comments that…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]The scientists behind that study say that they cannot explain it, that it needs further examination and that there are a number of possible mechanisms.16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]As I say in the Member’s explanatory statement, this debate is to raise issues that many people have raised with me about the purpose of Clause 230, which covers licensing nuclear…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]It is interesting that the noble Lord’s analysis bears a great deal of resemblance to that of the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty proponents, who point out that we have been…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords—16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, rising to speak after the contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, and his representation of an extremely minority view, I will restrain myself and simply say that…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Since the noble Lord addressed me directly on fracking, I ask him if he is aware of the article published in 2020 in Environmental Health Perspectives in the United States which…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Before the Minister sits down, will he acknowledge that this debate has been extraordinarily truncated and that this wide range of issues will need to be fully examined on Report?16 Jan 2023HANSARDUK Aid to AfghanistanMy Lords, to follow on from the right reverend Prelate’s question, the German development agency, GIZ, reports that in the last few months of 2022, Germany extracted 24,000 people…11 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, having been in your Lordships’ House for a little over three years, I am now on my second financial services Bill, and I have to welcome the level of engagement we are…10 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresMy Lords, the Minister replied to my Written Question on 5 January about commercial companies promoting strep A tests. The Answer said that these are “not currently recommended”…10 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy Lords, I perhaps do not really need to declare my interest—my accent makes my Australian origins obvious. Your Lordships’ House has heard before that my academic origins are in…09 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI hear calls from the other side of the House saying, “Better cheese”. Would the trade of different cheeses be truly worth the environmental cost? That cost is not included on the…09 Jan 2023