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HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I offer Green support for the general trend of these amendments. I also join the rest of the House in wishing the noble Lord, Lord True, a quick recovery. I very much…28 Mar 2022HANSARDCOP 26My Lords, going back to methane and the global pledge the Minister referred to, he may be aware of an article in Environmental Science & Technology on Wednesday. Stanford…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, this has been a hugely interesting and terribly important debate. I am now going to take what you might describe as the traditional Green role of going much further than…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillBefore the Minister goes on to the next amendment, I asked whether he agreed that there should be any limit. If we imagine an election campaign, one party’s spending limit is…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillSorry, perhaps I was not clear. To put it another way, should there be a maximum percentage that one person can donate to one party’s campaign? If a campaign is funded to the…28 Mar 2022HANSARDGlue Traps (Offences) BillMy Lords, I rise with pleasure to support the Bill introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes, and to commend her on her clear and thoughtful introduction. As she said, the…25 Mar 2022HANSARDGame Birds (Cage Breeding) Bill [HL]My Lords, I begin by sincerely commending the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge, for stepping into what is a gaping hole in the law for the protection of birds in this land:…25 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to speak in support of Amendment 5 and particularly to pick up an aspect of it that we did not really discuss in Committee. It was brought to my attention…24 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillMy Lords, I speak in favour of Amendments 1 and 3 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Oates, and in favour of Amendment 10, also in his name and to which I have attached my name.…24 Mar 2022HANSARDGazprom EnergyMy Lords, following on from the noble Baroness’s question, which focused on domestic use of gas, I note that in August 2021, the Swedish firm HYBRIT made the first delivery of…24 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly to Amendments 11 and 12, and chiefly to Amendments 13 and 14 in my name. On Amendment 11, the noble Lord, Lord McNicol, perhaps predictably,…24 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, we had not pre-planned who would speak but, having attached my name to this amendment and being one of the two people here to do so, I will speak, with some…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, this has been a very interesting and informative debate and I thank the Minister for her answers, and thank all noble Lords who have participated. To pick up some points…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections Bill23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have participated in this short debate and thank the Minister for his response. I would perhaps question the classification of general…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections Bill23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections Bill23 Mar 2022HANSARDSpring Statement Affordability TestLast month a High Court judge ruled that the failure to include ESA and other legacy benefits in the £20 uplift to universal credit was discriminatory against disabled people.…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I follow the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, and the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, with pleasure. I will speak to Amendments 137 and 138, to which I have attached my name. Like…23 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillWould the noble Lord agree that young people look at what their interests are? Maybe if the Conservative Party did more to represent the interests of young people, more of them…23 Mar 2022