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HANSARDClimate ChangeMy Lords, the Committee on Climate Change must be congratulated on producing a detailed achievable road map to net zero by 2050. It is now up to the Government to put in place the…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCriminal Justice: Imprisonment for Public ProtectionWith recalls in the last five years up 187%, at this rate some IPP prisoners will never be released, under a sentence that has now been discredited and abolished. Does the…09 Dec 2020HANSARDLGBT Community: Domestic AbuseLess than 1% of refuges nationally provide LGBT+ domestic abuse survivors with specialist support. I heartily endorse what the Minister said earlier, and hope that she agrees that…24 Nov 2020HANSARDMigrant Women: Domestic AbuseThe Minister has told me that she believes that all domestic abuse victims should be protected, no matter what their status. Therefore will she confirm that, when amendments to…23 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillThis string of amendments all talk about recording information, and I broadly agree with all of them. I particularly mention Amendment 104, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord…17 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendments 10, 12 and 74, to which I have added my name. Although I support all the amendments in this group, they pretty much do the same or a similar kind…26 Oct 2020HANSARDAmazonMy Lords, the digital services tax is a mouse of a measure compared with the huge profits made by this American big tech monster. Should the Government not co-operate very closely…12 Oct 2020HANSARDFood Hygiene Rating DisplaysMy Lords, could not the taxpayer get even greater value for money if the rating incorporated a rating on how well premises were adhering to Covid safety measures? That is the kind…07 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull) Regulations 2020My Lords, this has been a very fascinating debate that has been very educational for me, with perceptive comments from colleagues from all sides of the House. I address this issue…07 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 3 on small businesses, to which I have added my name. As we enter the post-transition and post-Covid world of international trade, we must…29 Sept 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyMy Lords, two years ago the Government saved £50 million by not building five women’s prisons and, as the Minister said, £5 million has since been spent on community provision,…29 Sept 2020HANSARDRetail Businesses: Financial SupportMy Lords, that is very good news from the Minister. While we welcome the changes to the temporary framework and the definition of “undertakings in difficulty” earlier this year,…21 Sept 2020HANSARDBiodiversityMy Lords, we have failed. Not only have we not met 17 of the 20 Aichi targets in Britain; we have gone backwards on some of them. Clearly, we cannot be trusted to save our own…16 Sept 2020HANSARDMusic IndustrySince the end of the Self-employment Income Support Scheme, many people in the live arts industry are surviving off money that they set aside for tax. May I ask the Government to…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I commend the maiden speeches of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Blackburn and the Minister—particularly his remarks on small businesses, because that is the…08 Sept 2020HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises: Public Procurement ContractsWould the Minister agree with me that, as well as being good business, it is morally incumbent on the Government to procure from SMEs owned and run by people who look like those…07 Sept 2020HANSARDElectricity and Gas etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I am indeed. My Lords, this is the latest in a depressingly long line of SIs we have had to cover to prepare for the increasingly likely eventuality of a no-deal Brexit. Today, we…03 Sept 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillA lady local to me wrote to me about the excellent Cumberlege report. She said: “Mesh has ruined my life. I have lost my colon, appendix, cervix, uterus and parts of my vagina to…02 Sept 2020HANSARDDomestic AbuseMy Lords, my understanding is that the ONS does not recommend using data from the over-74s because it is collected from people who are required to use a tablet computer—hence the…29 Jul 2020HANSARDDomestic AbuseMy Lords, emergency Covid funding for violence against women and girls charities must all be spent by 31 October, yet the sector is chronically underfunded and demand has never…24 Jul 2020