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HANSARDHealth 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 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly to speak in favour of this clause not standing part of the Bill. I should declare an interest that, as a Green, I am well used to always being on the…15 Mar 2022HANSARDShale Gas ProductionMy Lords, I welcome elements of this Statement from the Government on fracking, particularly the reference to the support of local communities. This implicitly acknowledges the…15 Mar 2022HANSARDGenetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response and everyone who has taken part in this very interesting and comprehensive debate. Like the Minister, I am somewhat on the horns of…14 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly to make my first contribution in Committee on these two very important amendments. Both were very comprehensively introduced by the noble Baroness,…14 Mar 2022HANSARDSaudi Arabia: Mass ExecutionMy Lords, will the Government publish a full report on the judicial and security assistance that the UK provides to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and can the Minister assure us now…14 Mar 2022HANSARDGenetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, this amendment asks the House to decline to approve this statutory instrument—for total clarity, what is generally known as a fatal amendment. I thank the Minister for…14 Mar 2022HANSARDGenetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022Leave out all the words after “that” and insert “this House declines to approve the draft Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords—10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the processes of your Lordships’ House are enclosed in layers of impenetrable language, punctuated by archaic ritual and layered in complex paperwork that can confuse…10 Mar 2022HANSARDWomen: Cost of LivingMy Lords, the 15 years from 2007 to 2022 are forecast to be the worst on record for household incomes. Is the term “cost of living crisis” really adequate for the situation we are…10 Mar 2022HANSARDGreen SkillsMy Lords, the major IPCC report out this week said that the shift from incremental change to transformational change was crucial, given the fact that carbon emissions are heading…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI am sure she will. Unoriginally, I begin by noting that a year is a long time in politics. In January 2021, we had Second Reading of the Financial Services Bill in your…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillMy Lords, I will set out the context for the Bill and look at some of the bigger ways forward, while my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb will concentrate more on its details.09 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillThe noble Baroness directed that to me, so I will point out that, yes, the artillery shells did not hit the reactors, but they are designed to deal with aircraft strikes and…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillI rise to speak briefly to Amendments 5 and 12 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath, to which I have added my name. On defining “sufficiently advanced” in guidance,…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly to say that the Green group would certainly have attached a signature to this motion had there been space. Like everyone else, my inbox has been…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillMy Lords, I offer support to Amendments 11, 22 and 24 in the name of noble Lord, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, although I start from a very different position from him on nuclear power…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillI am sorry to intervene on the noble Viscount’s private discussion with the Liberal Democrats, but he referred to opportunity costs and may not be aware of the study from the…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillWell, on many issues, such as the climate emergency, the nature crisis, concern about air pollution and whether we should have a living wage, we have won all those arguments over…08 Mar 2022