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HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a delight to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, whose comment about building on flood plains reminds me of the simplest, clearest explanation…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to reopen this debate in the confident conviction that the entire nation of England is glued to our deliberations this evening. As a reminder, we…07 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]06 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, today’s debate has not progressed very fast in terms of groups, but we have covered a great deal of ground and, through the debate, have almost developed a shadow Bill,…06 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a very great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, who is doing such spectacularly fine work personally and through Peers for the Planet, of which I…06 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the very clear introduction to this group from the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. Having listened to his explanation, I rather regret not having…06 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part in this very long and extremely important debate. I will carefully look at what the Minister said about this being covered in other…06 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, reflecting on the Minister’s response to my noble friend on the current Prime Minister’s record on air pollution, would she acknowledge that it was the then Mayor of…05 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Work-related CasesMy Lords, following on from the questions of the noble Baronesses, Lady Janke and Lady Wilcox, will the Minister acknowledge that of 52,000 proactive site visits over Covid, only…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, even after a five-day interval and in a debate truncated by a perhaps now unnecessary withdrawal…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, and also to follow the very expert testimony of the noble Baroness, Lady…05 Jul 2021HANSARDUK Government Union CapabilityMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, and to join many others in thanking the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, for securing this debate and…01 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a very great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. Since she started on international issues, in speaking to Amendment 140 in the name of the noble…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Teverson. I rise chiefly to speak to Amendment 292, which appears in my name and has the backing of the noble…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, briefly, I offer my support to the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, and thank her for tabling it and for sharing the very useful Bar Council…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, Amendment 114 operates in close relationship to Amendment 78, which we debated on Monday, to which I had attached my name. Both amendments address the relationship…30 Jun 2021HANSARDSecret DocumentsMy Lords, in the aftermath of the discovery of the papers, the BBC—as the Minister noted—rightly protected operational matters that might have put servicepeople at risk. Its…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Caithness. I join every speaker in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, for tabling these…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I have a very simple question. The Minister referred to the Government already having power to ban materials such as certain sorts of polystyrene containers. Do they…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I rise to offer the Green group’s support for all the amendments in this group, which have given us the opportunity of an important debate about what we are trying to…30 Jun 2021