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HANSARDBehaviour Change for Net ZeroI thank the Minister for his reply, but in evidence given to the Environment and Climate Change Committee, on which I serve, Simon Baugh, the director of government communication,…31 Mar 2022HANSARDCOP 26My Lords, methane, which the Minister mentioned, is 80 times as potent as CO 2 in the near term and cutting it fast is crucial. Since the Industrial Revolution it has been…28 Mar 2022HANSARDSpring Statement Affordability TestMy Lords, when the Government were looking forward in relation to food prices, did they take into account the role that food banks now play in our society? Are they budgeted in as…23 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI support the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. It is insane that we do not have this. Food crime is complicated and difficult. Food chains are very long with no roles…22 Mar 2022HANSARDCOVID-19 Vaccinations: International AthletesMy Lords, can the Minister tell the House what arrangements have been made for feeding the athletes at the Commonwealth Games? At the last Olympics, Coca-Cola and McDonald’s…17 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords, Ukraine grows a fifth of the world’s wheat, and the prime planting time is the first 10 days of March—that is, exactly now—but this is not happening. We already have bad…10 Mar 2022HANSARDGlobal Refugee ForumMy Lords, we have all been ashamed, I think, to see the people in the railway stations in places such as Berlin holding up placards saying that they can host one person or two…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I support noble Lord, Lord Bethell, in his amendments demanding a timescale for the ban on such adverts. Advertising is the only business in the world that spends an…07 Mar 2022HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, 50 years ago, when we founded Spare Rib and the first women’s refuge was set up in Chiswick High Street by Erin Pizzey, 1.6 women a week were killed by their partner or…03 Mar 2022HANSARDGlobal WarmingMy Lords, in 2020 BEIS set up a committee to look at and collaborate on policy development to ensure that individual policies were joined up across government—surely a good move.…03 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Farmers’ UnionI speak as a member of the Environment and Climate Change Committee and, in fact, in relation to a letter that Minister Prentis sent us in relation to ELMS. She says that the…02 Mar 2022HANSARDPublic Health: Media AdvertisingMy Lords, just 2.5% of all food and soft-drink advertising in the UK is spent on fruit and vegetables. Despite Change4Life and the 5 A Day campaign, obesity rates have risen…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Food StrategyMy Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare my various interests in this field as stated in the register.24 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Food StrategyI thank the Minister, but I am disappointed that I did not get an answer as to the date, since it is now already two weeks since the agreement. I am glad that the Government agree…24 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Food StrategyTo ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will publish their response to the National Food Strategy.24 Feb 2022HANSARDWindfall Tax: Oil, Gas and Energy CompaniesMy Lords, surely the Government agree that the long-term future has to be renewable energy, yet at the moment the oil companies are putting out that 20% to 25% of our energy bills…22 Feb 2022HANSARDMedical Abortion PillsDoes the Minister accept that, as this provision is medically supported by all the experts, this decision is a political one that discriminates against women and is not based on…10 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register and apologise for being unable to attend day one in Committee. I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan,…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, given how huge this area is in terms of the amount of public money that gets spent and given that the Government have a public commitment to net zero, it seems…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillGiven that the UK has committed to a 50% cut by 2030, a review that takes place only every five years does not seem wholly practical, given that we have only eight years.09 Feb 2022