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HANSARDEducation (Assemblies) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, and to offer the Green group’s support for the Bill put before us today by the noble Baroness, Lady…10 Sept 2021HANSARDStatus of Workers Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, and to offer the Green group’s support for the excellent Bill introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Hendy,…10 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccinations and Global Public HealthMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Boateng, for securing this debate and his excellent introduction, and I have enjoyed the uniformly excellent contributions to it. It is…09 Sept 2021HANSARDArtists and Musicians: Working in EuropeMy Lords, I follow on from the questions of the noble Lord, Lord German, and the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty. The noble Lord, Lord German, asked about talks and negotiations. I am…09 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal CreditMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, for securing this debate. I started by contemplating £20. What does that mean to different people in our society? Like the right…09 Sept 2021HANSARDSheffield ForgemastersMy Lords, given that, three weeks ago, the Swedish steelmaker SSAB supplied Volvo with what was described as the world’s first “fossil-free steel”, produced with iron using 100%…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillThe Minister said that the Government would seek to help businesses understand their obligations. I hope—perhaps he can reassure me—that the intention is to regulate the…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI thank all noble Lords who contributed to this short but very powerful debate and the Minister for his response. I particularly wish to thank the right reverend Prelate the…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I rise at the request of the noble Lord, Lord Bird, to move Amendment 19. He wishes me to send his sincere apologies that he is unable to be here today. I shall do my…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, who has contributed so much on these issues to the House over many years. I want chiefly to reiterate…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendment 125 in my name, kindly supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. As the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, noted—it is a pleasure to follow his…08 Sept 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, in rising to speak to the Armed Forces Bill, I can only contextualise our debate, as so many other noble Lords have, with the dreadful events in Afghanistan and the…07 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill06 Sept 2021HANSARDDeep Seabed MiningTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have (1) to support, and (2) to campaign for, an international moratorium on deep seabed mining.06 Sept 2021HANSARDDeep Seabed MiningMy Lords, will the Minister acknowledge that the rules to which he just referred are unlikely to be in place by July 2023, when, under current international regulations,…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I think this has been some of your Lordships’ House at its finest and I thank everyone who has contributed to this debate. It is extraordinarily striking that, from all…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, Amendment 2 appears in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Whitty, Lord Curry of Kirkharle and Lord Randall of Uxbridge. I thank them all for their support, as…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I briefly offer my support for Amendment 7 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, to which I thought I had attached my name; it was an…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I support both these amendments: Amendment 1, so ably introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, and backed by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, to which I…06 Sept 2021