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HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 68, which appears in my name. We have already had an interesting debate essentially about the operational independence of the bank. Looking…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]At the risk of ganging up on the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, which is not my intention, I would add a supplementary comment to his statement. When we talk about job creation,…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for his support for my somewhat unintended amendment. We come back to: what is this bank for and what is the economy for? The bank is supposed to serve the…14 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, this group of amendments was powerfully and effectively introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Blower. I just note that I have attached…13 Jun 2022HANSARDFood SecurityI am sure the Minister is aware of figures from 2019 showing that corporations already own 18% of England, together with oligarchs and City bankers owning 17% and the aristocracy…13 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyMy Lords, I will follow up on a point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, who referred to the Government’s attachment to the word “revolution”. The strategy offers £5…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am slightly confused about the order of this but I thought it was really important that we heard the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, introduce the amendments. I want very…13 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyMy Lords, does the Minister really think that this is a strategy about healthy meals or healthy profits for a few multinational companies? The first paragraph of the executive…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTree Health in EnglandMy Lords, I thank the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, for securing this really important and interesting debate. Like the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes,…09 Jun 2022HANSARDConstitutional CommissionMy Lords, I feel I should declare some positions: the England and Wales Green Party has long championed a Cornwall assembly, a Yorkshire assembly or parliament and similar around…09 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton—indeed, he picked up on a point that was in my Amendment 21A about the involvement of pupils, and…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak chiefly to Amendment 21A in my name. We are again addressing Clause 1; I will put to one side the whole question of whether it should be there at all. We…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak briefly to Amendment 28 in the name of the noble Baronesses, Lady Chapman and Lady Wilcox, to which I have attached my name. I agree entirely with what…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I rise towards what I imagine is the end of a very rich and telling debate. We have seen huge expressions of concern about this Bill, and particularly the initial stages of it,…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Could the Minister address the point I made about democracy within schools and pupils having a say about their own education? If she is not able to do so now, will she do so later?08 Jun 2022HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas Producers: Investment AllowancesThe OECD last year calculated that UK support for fossil fuels, through tax breaks and subsidies for exploration and research and development, totalled £10 billion. Can the…07 Jun 2022HANSARDFood Insecurity: EnglandMy Lords, I am sure the Minister is aware of the crisis in the supply of infant formula in the United States, which is associated with an extremely oligarchic concentration of…07 Jun 2022HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyMy Lords, the report highlights the widespread agreement among concerned organisations that the two-child limit is a significant cause of child poverty. Given that this is an…06 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateMy Lords, I join almost the whole House in welcoming the belated arrival of the energy profits levy, albeit at an inadequate level. I note that the Statement spends almost as much…26 May 2022HANSARDXinjiang Internment Camps: Shoot-to-Kill PolicyMy Lords, the Answer given in the other place made no reference to an asylum response to these shocking reports. As it is very clear that the Uighurs are being persecuted because…25 May 2022