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HANSARDJoint Comprehensive Plan of ActionMy Lords, the dire situation in Ukraine has meant that we have lost the focus that we should be directing on an equally dangerous situation regarding Iran. In advancing towards a…07 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, may I point out one other anomaly? I imagine everyone in this House pays tax, and yet we do not have the vote. I think that is really rather unfair and hope to see that…28 Mar 2022HANSARDNo-fault DivorceMy Lords, the new no-fault divorce law is coming into force in three weeks’ time, but the most miserable and litigious part of it will remain: the law about splitting assets and…15 Mar 2022HANSARDNo-fault DivorceTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the letter from Lord Keen of Elie to Baroness Deech on 16 March 2020, what progress they have made on reforming the law governing…15 Mar 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]My Lords, let there be no obfuscation. We know what local authorities have already been trying in relation to BDS. We should be clear that the boycott which the noble Lord, Lord…09 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Services: Covid-19 Emergency FundingDo the Government believe that they have got value for money from the very large grants to Transport for London, given the utter chaos today, which has been met with something of…01 Mar 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeMy Lords, it is reported that Nigeria will give away hundreds of thousands of doses because it is unable to deliver them, and that Iran likewise has wasted nearly a million doses…22 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, Amendment 280 stands in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Barker. I declare an interest as former chair of the HFEA. Let me start by offering the Government…04 Feb 2022HANSARDUN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian RefugeesMy Lords, the West has supported UNRWA financially for more than 70 years, contributing tens of billions of dollars towards not solving the refugee problem but perpetuating it. Is…09 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am speaking in support of Amendment 2 and Amendment 27, to which I have added my name. In short, these amendments seek to restore so-called Lisbon treaty provisions,…06 Dec 2021HANSARDElectric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021My Lords—My Lords, I agree with previous speakers. I took a short journey last week in my electric car to a hotel where there were six charging points. Three of them were for…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very sorry that the Government have not appreciated the centrality of this amendment—the decent working of the whole Bill. I beg to move.06 Dec 2021HANSARDGametes and Embryos: Storage LimitMy Lords, I declare an interest as a former chair of the HFEA. For years, there has been disquiet over the arbitrary 10-year storage period for frozen eggs, which has forced women…09 Nov 2021HANSARDGametes and Embryos: Storage LimitTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure the rapid implementation of their decision to extend the storage limit for gametes and embryos.09 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]One of the worst things in this Bill, with its miasma of uncertainty, is its retrospective effect. Along with others, this amendment is designed to cure this defect. We have to…20 Jul 2021HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesI am sorry to have to disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, who is normally a fount of wisdom, but I associate myself with his remarks about the suspension, or part…13 Jul 2021HANSARDPensions: Gender GapSome 200,000 women have been underpaid their state pensions for up to 20 years. I might be one of them. I declare an interest as the proud recipient of £6.79 a week. Yet there is…13 Jul 2021HANSARDPalestineDoes the Minister agree with the opinion of our two most distinguished international lawyers, the late James Crawford and Professor Malcolm Shaw, in whose opinion Palestine is not…07 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall start by speaking to Amendment 19 in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Moylan and Lord Mancroft, and myself. It is designed to secure medical research and the…06 Jul 2021