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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, sadly, over 1,500 people will die in the UK today. Of those, nearly 500 will be from cancer. Death comes to us all, and of course we want to make sure that people have…19 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI would say in return— I was trying to keep my speech brief—that I hear what the noble Lord said. He talked about being unsuccessful in keeping it brief. That is because we have…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, the issue of apprenticeships is really relevant to improving the life opportunities of young people. I respect what the noble Lord, Lord Layard, has done in tabling this…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, this has been a fascinating debate. I have not particularly participated in this Bill, but I am always interested when noble Lords seek to incorporate various treaties…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I inferred from what the noble Baroness said that she thinks I do not believe children should have vaccines. I do. In fact, there is an active element in me that…18 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI strongly support what the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, said. In fact, it would be preferable for Clause 89(2) to be removed from the Bill. My amendment is about the…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to the amendment I have tabled. I removed a group from the debate, noble Lords will be pleased to know, and thought this was the appropriate place to put…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, we have had another one of those odds and sods groups, with the desire to perhaps insert or add permitted development rights. I am sure that the Minister will recognise…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I forgot a sentence in my contribution. I should have said that what we were informed of the other day completely explains how the Bill has been drafted. If it had been…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 242B tabled by my noble friend Lord Lucas. I strongly support the part of his amendment that inserts proposed new subsection (2A), but I am…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 335, tabled by my noble friends Lord Grayling and Lord Randall of Uxbridge. As I mentioned earlier, unfortunately they cannot be here at this…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is really important that we have private market solutions as a key way of delivering what we are trying to achieve. At risk of this becoming a Second Reading speech…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for confirming earlier that the environmental principles policy is still in place. That matters in this particular group in terms of the mitigation…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am supportive of my noble friend Lord Gascoigne’s amendments, and will speak also to those from my Front Bench. There are a couple of factors in this. The Treasury…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I strongly support this amendment. To lift the curtain a little bit on life in government, it is one of my disappointments that we did not get this enacted. I perhaps…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendment 264A. My noble friend Lord Swire cannot be here. He has a particular theme running through on issues regarding pylons and he would appreciate a…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, while the top twitcher in the House of Lords is undoubtedly my noble friend Lord Randall of Uxbridge—although there may be other candidates, I am prepared to admit —I…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am concerned about this amendment, in particular subsection (3) of the proposed new clause, because it talks about repealing primary legislation. I understand what the…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, my noble friends Lord Grayling and Lord Randall of Uxbridge cannot be here, but their Amendment 305, to which my noble friend on the Front Bench has also added his name,…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill17 Sept 2025