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HANSARDClimate Change: Behaviour ChangeThe importance of behaviour change to deliver reductions in climate emissions is significant and acknowledged. To achieve the necessary change in behaviour, we know that…03 Nov 2022HANSARDTrade Marks (Amendment) Regulations 2022I shall be interested to hear the response of the Minister to the questions of the noble Lord, Lord Palmer. I thank the Minister for her fulsome explanation of where we are and…25 Oct 2022HANSARDExclusivity Terms for Zero Hours Workers (Unenforceability and Redress) Regulations 2022I add my thanks to the Minister for a very full explanation of the material in front of us. It is important for all of us to focus on the context in which this discussion takes…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNet-zero Emissions: Behaviour ChangeMy Lords, I sincerely thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Oxford and the committee for bringing the debate to this Chamber. We have heard from several of its members…20 Oct 2022HANSARDWarm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022I thank the Minister for his very full explanation. I start by expressing regret that this scheme is necessary in the first place. I think all of us recognise that while fuel…11 Oct 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth III thank the Lord Speaker for the opportunity to pay tribute to Her Majesty the Queen today. Like my noble friend Lady Taylor, I am very conscious of the powerful, heartfelt and…09 Sept 2022HANSARDHorizon EuropeMy Lords, innovation thrives on collaboration, as we have heard. Delaying resolving the relationship shows that the UK is not stepping up to face the challenges of the future. We…08 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Just to add to that list of uses, I am interested in the development of the hydrogen village, as outlined in the Bill, which is a really interesting example. There are also other…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I add my welcome to my noble friend Lady Liddell and I am certain that my noble friend Lord Foulkes will be thinking of organising a party to celebrate her return to Westminster.…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Briefly, I thank the Minister for that explanation. I am sure, looking back at comments made earlier this afternoon, that the team opposite cannot be happy with the number of…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for his comments and welcome, as we all do, the commitment to revisit one of the amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington. We look forward with…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I shall speak also to Amendments 54 and 62, tabled in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Lennie. Clauses 66 and 67 set out a series of powers to raise a levy or levies to…07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]07 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I do not have an enormous amount to add to the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Teverson. I highlight again the significance of linking strategy and policy: that is crucial. We…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to contribute on this set of amendments. I add my admiration and support for my noble friend Lord Foulkes, who has stepped into the breach…05 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to debate this Bill today. I look forward to the contributions that will be made from across the House, and in particular to the…19 Jul 2022HANSARDClimate and Ecology Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my appreciation to the noble Lord, Lord Redesdale, for the opportunity to take part in this Private Member’s Bill, which seeks to tackle an issue that, I am…15 Jul 2022HANSARDCat and Dog Fur (Control of Movement etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Younger, for his thorough explanation. I very much support his sentiments and comments around this area. I do not want to prolong the…14 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy: Prices and SupplyMy Lords, I declare an interest as vice-president of the Local Government Association. The Government’s failures in energy policy go back over a decade, including on energy…14 Jul 2022HANSARDHorizon EuropeAs we have heard, the Minister who floated the plan B to replace Horizon Europe is no longer in place. But even before the Government fell apart, neither the Cabinet nor the…07 Jul 2022