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HANSARDIreland/Northern Ireland: Solid FuelsMy Lords, this situation rather highlights the need for a certain amount of bandwidth on behalf of the Government, in that occasionally they need to negotiate simultaneously with…18 Nov 2021HANSARDRetained EU LawMy Lords, the Minister is being rather slippery in his responses to questions about retained EU law. The reason I say this is that we were promised—in the other place at least…18 Nov 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Impact on UK Internal MarketMy Lords, there is a problem here, because the response the Minister gave to the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, seems to contradict the impression given to the UK and European media—and…18 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy Lords, I will quickly put on record our position on this. I am also fascinated to find out why this issue of the Chief Scientific Adviser is there. I can imagine why, and I am…17 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency Bill17 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillI think this set of amendments really gets to the meat of our concerns. These amendments are all about transparency and the ability to scrutinise what ARIA does. I am pretty…17 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillIt is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. I have a lot of sympathy for what she says and would be very happy to support her proposal. I will speak briefly to Amendments 9,…17 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillI thank the Minister for what he said, but if he thinks that this is some short-lived political campaign on my part, he is mistaken. The issues of the potential for conflict of…17 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes. I had not had the pleasure of hearing from her at such length as we have today, and I am very impressed by her contributions.…17 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord. He is completely right when he says that climate is a broad enough canvas on which people can paint. Broadly speaking, I do…17 Nov 2021HANSARDEU RelationsMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for advanced sight of his Statement. However, I express my disappointment that this is the second time in as many months that he has waited…10 Nov 2021HANSARDUK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Foreign WorkersMy Lords, the TCA is disappointingly light on support for the services sector, despite services contributing the overwhelming majority of UK economic activity. Many different…10 Nov 2021HANSARDImmigration Rules: Au PairsThis is not really about au pairs, is it? This is about opportunities for young people. Is it not correct that the Government did not think about opportunities for young people…08 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and encouraging that there is broad support for this initiative, albeit with some concerns raised by noble Lords on…02 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth Incentives SchemeMy Lords, I really think the Minister can afford to be less prickly about all this. No one is disparaging the idea of a pilot; there have been many hundreds of pilots in this…28 Oct 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: EU ProposalsI take it from the answers the Minister provided to the previous Question that he did not consult Ministers in Northern Ireland about his new draft text and does not intend to…21 Oct 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Impact on TradeI have a couple of very simple questions for the Minister about this. I tried to ask them last week, after he flew back from Lisbon, but he did not seem to want to answer them…21 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI just want to take the Minister back to the comments made by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Durham on the definition of prisoners as workers. I cannot think of any…20 Oct 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolMy Lords, I welcome the Minister back from his brief stop in Portugal yesterday. I note that your Lordships’ House was sitting then; we too would have appreciated hearing from him…13 Oct 2021HANSARDImports from EU to UK: Grace PeriodMy Lords, it is striking that none of the problems raised is anything to do with the Minister or with the Government; it is all about Covid, the French, the Irish or the EU, but…16 Sept 2021