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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I was brief at the start because I wanted to give the Minister the chance to be transparent for the benefit of this House. I am sorry to say that I hope that the letter…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI was hoping to get an answer; we can speak more than once in Committee, because we are trying to understand. Otherwise, later days in Committee and Report could become quite…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, group 1 is perhaps not the ordinary place to start when we are considering the issue of Wales, but I have tabled 40 amendments with specific reference to Wales for a…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI would be grateful if any advice that has been given to the noble and learned Lord by officials is shared with the Committee. It is helpful, when determining legislation, to…14 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I know that the Commons will consider amendments to this Bill on Thursday. I genuinely hope that the Government strongly and carefully consider the contributions noble…10 Nov 2025HANSARDEnvironmental Protection (Wet Wipes Containing Plastic) (England) Regulations 2025I am delighted to see these regulations, but I agree with my noble friend Lady Redfern that it is sad to see that they will not come into effect until May 2027 at the earliest. It…10 Nov 2025HANSARDPower Struggle: Delivering Great Britain’s Electricity Grid Infrastructure (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, I congratulate the Select Committee on picking this topic: it is vital for the country. It is important to local communities, which is a theme of part of what I want to…04 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillSave our swifts! I would like to test the opinion of the House.03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, this is an interesting group of amendments at this stage of the Bill and, clearly, we are heading towards Part 3. I am trying to understand why bringing aspects of this…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThat is what Schedule 3 does.29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillSo apparently he is a dab hand at that. I co-signed one of the amendments, tabled by my noble friend Lord Goldsmith. I will certainly push for us to test the opinion of the House…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have tabled Amendment 236A. I need to apologise to the House; the amendment is deficient in its drafting. I did not realise that in time to withdraw it but, as a…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington. He is right that there is no way that Part 3 could have been crafted by anyone in Defra. It has absolutely been…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I understand what the noble Baroness is saying and I think Part 3 is so devastating, but I am not going to do a Second Reading speech, because I was pretty critical…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, very briefly, I just want to refer to Amendment 190. Often when we are tabling legislation, people say, “Well, that’ll never happen”, but it does in a different way. I…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 138 tabled by my noble friend Lord Roborough. Non-native invasive species are one of the top five pressures on biodiversity. It is extraordinary that…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have a particular attachment to this amendment. I think it is fair to say that, when I went back into Defra, I was pretty surprised that we had not made any progress…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I tabled Amendment 203A, which is about permitted development for ponds. I listened in Committee to concerns that the original proposal I put in, for ponds the size of a…29 Oct 2025HANSARDDogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) BillThat the order of commitment be discharged.28 Oct 2025