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HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I am grateful to every Member of the Committee who participated, in particular to the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, and my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer…24 Feb 2022HANSARDPost Office: HorizonMy Lords, I wholly endorse everything that has been said about Fujitsu and the possibility of applying the “polluter pays” principle in this area, as in others. Will the…24 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, before I speak to Amendment 37, I should like to congratulate my noble friend Lord Ponsonby on everything that his public service outside this Committee and your…24 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 36 in my name. I also support Amendment 36A in the name of my noble friend Lord Ponsonby. I declare an interest as a member of the council of…24 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts Bill24 Feb 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I join the lengthy welcome queue to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Moore of Etchingham. We have friends and—I believe—values in common. We have some differences,…23 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillI am hugely and genuinely grateful to the Minister for that, because it cuts to the heart of my residual concern about proposed subsection 29A(1)(b). It is that the Government are…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I will take the opportunity to jump in briefly at this stage, even though the first three groups to some extent cover similar territory. I know that in the next group we…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillDoes the Minister understand that his comments about third parties are now making me feel more nervous again about proposed new section 29A(1)(b)? We are effectively opening the…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, on his Amendment 13. He rightly suspected that my Amendment 14 is a little more in the way of a probing…21 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI want to intervene briefly on the “good faith” and “bad faith” point, in case it is of assistance to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and others. Concepts such as “good faith” and bad…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillPerhaps while the noble Baroness looks at her handwriting, as a lefty, liberal lawyer, I say briefly to the Minister that the immigration and asylum system is the most unlevel…10 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI am grateful to all noble Lords, particularly to the Minister for his characteristic courtesy. I think that this conversation will need to continue, as there is room for greater…09 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care Bill09 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, Amendment 292 is in my name and that of my noble friends Lady Lawrence of Clarendon and Lord Boateng, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. I thank noble…09 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillForgive me. I hesitate to rise, for obvious reasons, but I will rise anyway because I am a lawyer and this is important. I know that the Minister knows this, because she has a…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am grateful to the Minister for that, but will he answer my question a bit more specifically? Has he instructed parliamentary counsel to begin the drafting process for the Bill…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, any anxiety that I may have felt earlier this afternoon about the Whip’s injunction to be brief largely evaporated in the distinguished debate that I just heard,…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe intervention was on me—08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I am sorry but this is so important and I do not want to be bullied into submission because of things that happened earlier. The bottom line is that Her Majesty’s…08 Feb 2022