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HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety and Rescue. In that context, I support Amendment 7 in the name of the noble…26 Feb 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I have a very minor and technical point, but I referred to products and not just pants, because the whole line of products has changed. I do not believe that either period or…26 Feb 2025HANSARDSafeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Amendment) (Provision of Information) Order 2025I thank the Minister very much for his very helpful answer. I was asking about individuals because if this tiny group do not know that they are on the barred list but are having…25 Feb 2025HANSARDSafeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Amendment) (Provision of Information) Order 2025What about the individuals?25 Feb 2025HANSARDImmigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025I am grateful for the Minister’s response. I am mindful that the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee said that some of the increases in the maxima might not cover the…25 Feb 2025HANSARDSafeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Amendment) (Provision of Information) Order 2025My Lords, just before I contribute, are we not doing both SIs together?25 Feb 2025HANSARDImmigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Foster, who raised serious questions about the ETA and whether there will be an impact. He provided evidence to show that…25 Feb 2025HANSARDSafeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Amendment) (Provision of Information) Order 2025I apologise. The first reading of this brief regulation and the Explanatory Memorandum is misleading. It appears to be a minor correction to ensure that access to DBS barred list…25 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to have members of the National Federation of the Blind of the UK with us today. I am going to speak to my amendments in this group, Amendments 40, 56…11 Feb 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Scandal: Compensation PaymentsMy Lords, last week the National Audit Office reported that, under the last Government, inadequate data from government had held back the 2023-24 audit of the Post Office Horizon…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]To correct the record, Amendment 41 was in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, not in my name.11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I would like to ask a brief question about the Minister’s Amendments 44 and 45. They refer to automated vehicles. Those of us who worked on the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 will…11 Feb 2025HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryMy Lords, I echo the comments in the Statement and those of the noble Baroness, Lady Finn, and extend our sympathies from these Benches to all those who lost loved ones in the…23 Jan 2025HANSARDHealth and Social Care: Winter UpdateMy Lords, I want to echo the comments of the Secretary of State in the other place about the appalling treatment of Achamma Cherian, who was stabbed in the Royal Oldham Hospital…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation and AbuseMy Lords, from these Benches, I pay tribute to the victims of child sexual exploitation who, for too long, have been treated as miscreants themselves, including by police and…20 Jan 2025HANSARDFirst-cousin MarriageMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for referring to the Born in Bradford study because 18 months ago, it reported that over the last decade, the number of intra-cousin…20 Jan 2025HANSARDConsumer Products (Control of Biocides) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Freeman of Steventon. Her experience in explaining science was much in evidence in her contribution today. I thank…17 Jan 2025HANSARDRegulated and Other Activities (Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association, and note that when I was president of the Liberal Democrats I gave evidence to IICSA about…17 Jan 2025HANSARDRestoration and Renewal: Annual Progress ReportMy Lords, although I am very grateful for the meeting that I and the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, had, my point was that it came after the design process rather than us…16 Jan 2025HANSARDRestoration and Renewal: Annual Progress ReportMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Morse, who set out the scene wisely on how we manage a future that will undoubtedly change. I thank the committee, the…16 Jan 2025