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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe Minister is heckling me from a sedentary position.02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe Minister has not heard what points I make; I do not know how he can say I am making the same points. The Bill affects sectors right across the UK—people, businesses, trade…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, briefly, within this important group introduced so ably by the noble Baroness, Lady Humphreys, I support in particular Amendments 34 and 55 in the name of the noble and…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWill the noble Lord therefore lobby within his department for using the 2026 date rather than 31 December 2023?28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIs the noble Lord confident that he can ensure that he will be able to retain all the laws that he wants to by 31 December this year?28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, on the issue of timing, bearing in mind what the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton of Epsom, and my noble friend Lady Andrews said, I and I am sure other noble Lords are…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIf there has been extensive dialogue between officials, and presumably organisations that advise the Government, such as Food Standards Scotland, why are they lobbying us about…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I understand, from trading standards, that the government product safety review was due last spring and then expected at the end of…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 145 in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Lindsay. This amendment, to which my name has been added, has the backing of the Safeguarding Our…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I have added my name to the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and the noble Baroness, Lady Burt of Solihull, and I support the other important…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am disappointed in the noble Lord’s response. I cannot see why the Financial Services and Markets Bill can be excluded from the scope of the Bill but not the…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, it is a delight to have heard from my noble friend Lady O’Grady, and I look forward to the maiden speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Bray. The Bill has already achieved…06 Feb 2023HANSARDArts and Creative Industries StrategyMy Lords, it is a delight to follow my noble friend and her very prescient questions to the Minister. I congratulate my noble friend Lord Chandos on securing this crucial debate,…08 Dec 2022HANSARDSolihull MurdersMy Lords, will the Minister say why it took until these last 12 months for the Government to recognise that violence against women and girls should be included in the definition…23 Nov 2022HANSARDAvian FluMy Lords, have the Government estimated, with stakeholders in the poultry business, of how long supermarket rationing will last? Is it a case of weeks or months?16 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I too support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, for all the reasons that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, gave. When the Minister…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Viscount, Lord Hailsham. Our spirits, battered by the dreadful war in Ukraine, were lifted last week on learning that meaningful…11 Oct 2022HANSARDWomen and Girls: Economic Well-being, Welfare, Safety and OpportunitiesI thank my noble friend Lady Gale for all her work in favour of women over many decades. I also thank her for her excellent, probing opening remarks today. Most of us speaking see…14 Jul 2022HANSARDWomen: Cost of LivingTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to mitigate the impact on women of the rising cost of living; and in particular, the impact on single mothers in poorer…10 Mar 2022HANSARDWomen: Cost of LivingMy Lords, I am glad that the Government see the need for some intervention in response to this tsunami of rising household costs, but I have to say to the Minister, for whom I…10 Mar 2022