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HANSARDElections 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 BillI think from the discussion it is very obvious we are going to return to this on Report, but for the moment I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.23 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 Bill23 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 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly, with the Green group having made quite a large contribution—certainly in hours—to this Bill. This House has improved the Bill, but I feel I need to…23 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O FerriesMy Lords, the Minister, in responding to Front Bench questions, rightly said that this action will have a devastating impact on the reputations of P&O Ferries and DP World. The…22 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I rise with great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, who has powerfully and clearly introduced this group of amendments. I will offer the Green group’s…22 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI respectfully respond to the noble Lord that, whether it was the choice of the local authorities or not, it harms the quality of the evidence before us.21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for giving way. He spoke about the alienation of voters and earlier he spoke about the validity of the process. Does he agree that concern about…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillWould the noble Baroness concede that this House and the other place have changed very little in the 100 years since women got the vote in the way we operate at Westminster?21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Lister of Burtersett. I agree with everything she said. I offer Green support for Clause 1 not standing part.…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI disagree with the noble Lord, in the sense that I am talking about the rhetoric, and the context and reason for this, whether it is happening on a state-by-state basis or…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI thank both noble Lords, who have contributed greatly to my argument. I come back to the question of people who own voter ID but do not happen to have it on them and to the…21 Mar 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillMy Lords, I must begin with a tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, who works so hard for people with learning disabilities and other disabilities in your Lordships’ House,…18 Mar 2022HANSARDInternational Women’s Day and Protecting the Equality of Women in the UK and InternationallyMy Lords, I begin with the good news. I very much welcome the return of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori and acknowledge that they were victims of geopolitics in…17 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support Amendment 183. My background in this goes back to March 2020, in those difficult, scary, early days of the pandemic, when your Lordships’ House…16 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeMy Lords, I join other noble Lords in welcoming the Minister to his place. The Statement says, “The British people have already opened their hearts” to the Ukrainians. That is…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to offer Green support for this amendment, which I would have signed had there been space. The noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, referred to today’s…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I feel I have to respond immediately to that. I intended to speak anyway, having attached my name to an amendment on alcohol advertising in Committee. I would have…16 Mar 2022