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HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister and the noble Lords, Lord Sharpe and Lord Foster, who have contributed to this short but useful debate. I will not repeat the valid…25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich. I have an amendment in this group, Amendment 126, which I shall speak to. It is in my name and those…20 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I believe that the sentence that was just read out was in the report from the Government to the Delegated Powers Committee as well. It is not unprecedented is what I am saying.20 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformMy Lords, in a debate where roles and conventions have been constantly referred to, I know my role as the penultimate Back-Bench speaker: to get on with it. I support my…12 Nov 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Booth-Smith, on an absolute humdinger of a maiden speech. I predict standing room only for his next contribution. No Budget pleases…11 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, it is an absolute delight to follow the maiden speech of my noble friend Lady Winterton of Doncaster, who has just demonstrated what an astute, feisty, gifted and yet…08 Oct 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, as the third of the consumer protection enforcement team mentioned by the noble Lords, Lord Clement-Jones and Lord Stevenson, I have added my name to Amendments 109 and…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I support the noble Earl, Lord Lindsay, and I wish to speak briefly to Amendments 99 to 101 in his name, mine and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington…13 Mar 2024HANSARDWar Widows: Ex Gratia Pension PaymentTo ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Harlech on 18 May 2023 (HL Deb col 367), what plans they have to ensure that War Widows receive the ex gratia…05 Mar 2024HANSARDWar Widows: Ex Gratia Pension PaymentMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and I declare an interest as vice-president of the War Widows’ Association.05 Mar 2024HANSARDWar Widows: Ex Gratia Pension PaymentMy Lords, our AGM is in a couple of weeks’ time. The Minister would be very welcome.05 Mar 2024HANSARDWar Widows: Ex Gratia Pension PaymentI thank the noble Lord, but despite his Answer, I wonder whether he is aware that there is huge anger among many war widows because of the last-minute eligibility criteria imposed…05 Mar 2024HANSARDNational Health Service: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath for introducing this debate. Few are more qualified to discuss the significance of the 75th anniversary of the NHS…30 Nov 2023HANSARDDomestic Abuse Refuge SpacesMy Lords, can the Minister say what the government can do further in partnership with local authorities to assist those victims of violence who have no recourse to public funds or…21 Jun 2023HANSARDWar Widows’ and Widowers’ PensionsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in resolving the issues faced by those who surrendered their War Widow(er)’s Pensions because of remarriage or…18 May 2023HANSARDWar Widows’ and Widowers’ PensionsI thank the noble Lord very much for his Answer and his very welcome news for so many war widows, after so many years. He will know that the War Widows’ Association, senior…18 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I too was in the European Parliament many years ago. With the greatest respect to the noble Baroness, she will know that this policy—this Bill—is government-driven, not…17 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I support this group of amendments, particularly, as a member of the Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee, Amendment 117, which tries to tease out the application of…08 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe noble Baroness may well be coming to this, and she should tell me if she is. If the sunset brings rigour, as she has said, to the devolved Administrations—and to us, of…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, very briefly, I support this group of important amendments. In particular, I support Amendment 43 in the names of my noble friend Lady Chapman of Darlington and the…02 Mar 2023