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HANSARDSpace Science and TechnologyMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Nicholson, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Mawson, for tabling the debate. As noble Lords know, we circled the…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, I find this debate really shocking, and I support my noble friend Lady Deech and the other noble Baronesses. I have campaigned for women’s rights all my life, and the…15 Jul 2019HANSARDRestaurants: Calorie LabellingMy Lords, I urge the Government to follow up on the point of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, about how many of these places are small companies. When I ran the London Food…09 Jul 2019HANSARDSoil HealthI thank the noble Lord for his reply. It is very encouraging, but I shall press a little further. Industrial agriculture, which has been the norm for 70 years, damages crucial…08 Jul 2019HANSARDSoil HealthMy Lords, I am honoured to be the first person to use the new system. I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper.08 Jul 2019HANSARDSoil HealthTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to enhance and protect soil health in the United Kingdom.08 Jul 2019HANSARDPlastic Bag ChargeMy Lords, 10p seems incredibly cheap for something that can last for 1,000 years before it biodegrades, but why is the consumer bearing all this? What regulations are the…17 Jun 2019HANSARDD-day: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, my father landed on Sword beach at about 8 am on 6 June. He was not in the first wave, but he arrived very soon afterwards, after a long night feeling seasick and very…04 Jun 2019HANSARDSchools: Free School MealsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to maintain appropriate standards in the delivery of free school meals.22 May 2019HANSARDSchools: Free School MealsI thank the Minister for that Answer. I wish it were entirely true. Through the Children’s Future Food Inquiry, I have spoken directly to children who live in poverty and for whom…22 May 2019HANSARDSocial Housing: Older PeopleMy Lords, while everyone would welcome a housebuilding programme, can the Minister assure the House that all these new houses will be built to be as carbon neutral as possible,…09 May 2019HANSARDClimate EmergencyMy Lords, without a doubt we have to change the way we farm and the way we eat if we are to avoid this climate emergency. The Government’s new Agriculture Bill might not be…07 May 2019HANSARDFood BanksMy Lords, food poverty is particularly hard on children. In last week’s Children’s Future Food Inquiry we found many things. Rickets is now at its highest rate in 50 years and is…01 May 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit and Child Tax Credit: Two-child LimitMy Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate for raising the important issue of child poverty and development in relation to universal credit. We are the fifth-richest economy,…24 Apr 2019HANSARDPlastic PollutionMy Lords, the supermarkets convince us that we need plastic in order to preserve the life of vegetables, yet a quarter of all food that is thrown away is still wrapped in its…10 Apr 2019HANSARDClimateMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for introducing this important debate. I agree with her completely that we do indeed have a climate emergency. It…02 Apr 2019HANSARDHouseholds Below Average Incomes StatisticsMy Lords, I wish I could believe all the things that the Minister has claimed the Government are doing about poverty at the moment. I declare an interest as a trustee of Feeding…28 Mar 2019HANSARDInsect PopulationMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. Unless an insect is a butterfly or a bee, it does not get a PR champion. Most of us think they are really annoying. However,…19 Mar 2019HANSARDInsect PopulationTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to deal with the decline in the insect population.19 Mar 2019HANSARDCouncil TaxMy Lords, will the Minister explain something that has long puzzled me? I ran the London Food Board for many years and in that time I found that only five boroughs in London…14 Mar 2019