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HANSARDPublic Charge Point Regulations 2023My Lords, I wish to say something about the regulations before we approve them. I speak as an electric car driver. I note that it has taken about five years for this House to come…20 Sept 2023HANSARDPublic Charge Point Regulations 2023My Lords, as an electric car owner of six years, I welcome the attention being paid to our usage. The regulations represent a first step forward in the right direction, but it is…13 Sept 2023HANSARDBank AccountsMy Lords, I know it is customary for children to blame their parents for everything, but will the Minister extend her concern to credit cards? My daughter, who is a very modest…19 Jul 2023HANSARDPrison: Support for Dependent ChildrenMy Lords—18 Jul 2023HANSARDLow Traffic NeighbourhoodsMy Lords, I declare a type of interest in that I drive an all-electric car and I have a clear conscience. Does the Minister want people to return to work and productivity to…03 Jul 2023HANSARDLow Traffic NeighbourhoodsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the balance between (1) the duty of local authorities under section 122 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984…03 Jul 2023HANSARDHolocaust MemorialMy Lords, I declare an interest as honorary president of the National Jewish Assembly. I support the noble Lord, Lord Lee, in drawing attention to the almost total lack of…22 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust MemorialMy Lords—22 Jun 2023HANSARDInheritance Tax: Cohabiting SiblingsMy Lords, I think the Minister is avoiding the issue of principle. Ever since I took an interest some 15 years ago in the case of the Burden sisters, referred to by the noble…20 Jun 2023HANSARDMiscarriages of JusticeMy Lords, what justice can there be in retaining on the statute book sections of a statute of 1861, whereby a mother can be sent to prison for procuring an abortion? Surely it is…14 Jun 2023HANSARDArchbishops’ Commission on Families and Households: Love Matters ReportMy Lords, one of the transition points in a family is divorce and, predictably, no-fault divorce has pushed the rate up. At a seminar yesterday we heard evidence not only on how…13 Jun 2023HANSARDHGVs: Charging and RefuellingDoes the Minister see a connection between the previous Question and this one, and will she acknowledge that public transport in this country is in a dire condition? I drive…22 May 2023HANSARDState Pension Underpayment ErrorsMy Lords, I am one of those women who were underpaid. For years, I got £6 a week—I was very exercised over how to spend it—whereas many of my women friends who had never worked at…16 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 157 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, and others, since the noble Lord is unavoidably absent. It is along the same lines as…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillHaving listened to the Minister, I think we need clarification on the issue of duplication and what is illegal as opposed to just harmful. If we can clarify that, I shall not move…27 Apr 2023HANSARDNetwork Rail: Funding and ReliabilityMy Lords, I would like to know what the Minister considers to be the current levels of reliability. I commute from Oxford. The main line from Oxford to Paddington is closed until…26 Apr 2023HANSARDNuptial AgreementsMy Lords, may I start by wishing the Minister a happy birthday—and ask him whether there is any prospect of this Bill being enacted in his lifetime and mine? He has mentioned all…25 Apr 2023HANSARDYoung Female Racing DriversMy Lords, is the Minister confident that the category of women drivers will be confined to those who are born women?18 Apr 2023HANSARDPorts and Airports: QueuesA week ago, I suggested to the Minister that a short-term fix, at least, would be to have a separate fast-track queue for British citizens, as distinct from EU citizens. The…28 Mar 2023HANSARDUK-EU: Revised Passenger RequirementsMy Lords, can the Minister explain why, when British people travel abroad, they are put in a queue with all the non-EU people but when they come home to Heathrow and elsewhere,…21 Mar 2023