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HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I attached my name to Amendment 290 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, but I support all these amendments. The comments made by the noble Baroness, Lady…09 Feb 2022HANSARDGambling Act 2005My Lords, I declare my position as a member of Peers for Gambling Reform. In Washwood Heath Road in Ward End, Birmingham, there are three bookmakers next to each other and another…09 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly, rather enjoying this reunion from our debates during the passage of the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill of a group of people who taught me a…09 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow everyone who has spoken in this group. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, for so powerfully and clearly introducing this amendment,…09 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to this group of amendments. My noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb has added her name to Amendment 125, which has broad cross-party support. There…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I express the Green group’s support for everything said by the noble Baronesses, Lady Hamwee, Lady Lister, Lady Neuberger and Lady Ludford, and for all the attempts to…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, like others, I entirely agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford. I have to put it on the record that it is now 11.04 pm and we are debating major legal innovations…08 Feb 2022HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, as is evident, the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, and I have not consulted in advance on this. I very much agree with his comments, and indeed I offer further cross-party…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI offer the support of the Green group for all the amendments in this group and express horror at the whole nature of this part of the Bill. It is a great pleasure to follow the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I rise with great pleasure in following the three noble Baronesses who have proposed this amendment. Outside Yarl’s Wood detention centre, at the “Set Her Free” protest,…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I have a very simple question for clarification. The Minister said that the current Government’s intention is only to prosecute egregious cases. Does not the law, as…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I am sorry, but I feel that there is something really important here. I am not a legal expert, but it seems to me that there is a comparison with where a householder has…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I am sure the Committee will be pleased to hear that I am not going to engage with all the ways in which I disagree with the perspective of the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, was utterly to the point and delivered a very clear message which left me slightly surprised in how quickly she managed to do it. We are…08 Feb 2022HANSARDElective Care RecoveryMy Lords, today I received a message from a member of the public who said that a relative had been told by their NHS doctor that they could not even give them a timeframe for when…07 Feb 2022HANSARDOil Tanker “FSO Safer”My Lords, the noble Baroness referred to many of the disastrous impacts that will happen if this oil leaks, spills or causes an explosion. I am sure the Minister is aware that the…07 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to offer Green group support for all these amendments, to which we might well have attached our names were we not caught in this massive legislative…07 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I feel the need to balance the sides of this debate. I attached my name to Amendment 244 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay. I associate myself with…04 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Bill04 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I will also speak to Amendments 238 and 239 in my name. Predatory and rent-seeking financial practices by investment firms and hedge funds, which are often based in tax…04 Feb 2022