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HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I apologise, but that was not my question. My question was: will the Government make sure that, if emergency powers are used, both Houses of Parliament are kept informed prior to…08 Oct 2024HANSARDOperation ConiferMy Lords, following the publication of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in October 2022 and the government response a year later, the Government issued a…08 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to speak after the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, who, as usual, brings his accounting experience to make us think about things in a slightly different way. It…07 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillWill the Minister agree to meet both of us to discuss other issues, such as the apps and the inconsistencies between the train companies? Things are not quite as shiny and rosy as…07 Oct 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: RedressMy Lords, I echo the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Johnson, about the Government’s Statement being very welcome and the attempt to try to unscramble some of the complexities of…10 Sept 2024HANSARDLords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [HL]My Lords, I remember with real excitement Petertide in 1994, because my school friend Angela Berners-Wilson was ordained and, because of the timing of the ordination service and…10 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportMy Lords, six people died in the Lakanal House fire. The coroner said in that inquest, published in 2013, that, if Lakanal House had had sprinklers, not one of those six deaths…09 Sept 2024HANSARDLithium-ion Battery Safety Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Winston, who in his own way has made us think more deeply about the chemistry, which we often do not. The specific points…06 Sept 2024HANSARDHousing: Modern Methods of ConstructionMy Lords, I declare my interests as a vice-president of the LGA and vice-chair of the All-Party Group on Fire Safety and Rescue. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Carrington,…05 Sept 2024HANSARDVaginal Mesh Implants: CompensationMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, for securing this debate and for her unstinting commitment to ensuring that victims of vaginal mesh, sodium valproate,…05 Sept 2024HANSARDPalliative and End-of-life Care: FundingMy Lords, the charity Together for Short Lives has found that the NHS local funding for children’s hospices has dropped by 31% in the last three years. Worse, the previous…04 Sept 2024HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryMy Lords, I declare my interest as a vice president of the Local Government Association. The report by the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Hallett, UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 1:…03 Sept 2024HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryI confess that I was probably in the same position. The noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, and I were always commentating on the regulations, but it was always post-event. One issue…03 Sept 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, it seems only 24 hours ago that we were discussing these amendments. Indeed, we were. There has been some progress made, for which we thank the Government from these…24 May 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 14 in this group, but just before I get to that, from these Benches, I support everything that the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, just said. Had we had a…23 May 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillI am sorry, but I am slightly concerned with the proposal that the Post Office could investigate. Will the Government consider providing someone slightly more independent, given…23 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillIt is my privilege to follow both the noble Lord, Lord Russell, and the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan. I signed this amendment and continue to offer my support. I echo and agree…23 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I am very grateful for the opportunity to raise some issues that have arisen since the publication of the framework and tariffs for the new infected blood compensation…23 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Compensation SchemeMy Lords, yesterday in the Commons, John Glen, the Minister, said that there are “a couple of categories in which there is a potential risk ”—[ Official Report , Commons, 21/5/24;…22 May 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, from these Benches, and in the absence of the noble Lord, Lord German, I want to say that we have had a fascinating, amusing, witty, but actually very important debate.…21 May 2024