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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThis has been quite a long speech. We do need to get through business tonight. Can noble Lords please respect other Members and think about the length of their contributions?24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThis is the 11th day in Committee on the Bill; I think we have given it due course. I am sorry, but I do not accept the noble Baroness’s views. Perhaps we can all respect each…24 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP 26I thank the noble Lord. I knew that he would probably ask me this question, so I have an answer for him about the United States, which he asked about last week. It intends by 2024…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP 26I am sure my noble friend is aware that we have a Bill in the House of Commons looking at this area which will be coming to your Lordships’ House soon so we can discuss these…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP 26I am happy to raise the noble Lord’s points with colleagues and we will continue to look at ways to meet our obligations. The noble Lord rightly talked about methane emissions.…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP 26I am surprised that the noble Baroness did not realise that this was, in fact, the first COP decision that included a position on loss and damage, which is a recognition of how…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP 26I thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their comments. I am slightly disappointed, although, to be fair, the noble Baroness did highlight that much progress had been…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP 26I thank my noble friend. The UK presidency marked Ocean Action Day at COP, championing a call for action to protect and restore ocean health and resilience. For instance, more…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP 26No. We have been central to action in this area. For instance, we were central to setting up the Powering Past Coal Alliance which now has 165 members, including national and…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP 26I completely agree with the noble Viscount. That is why we were so pleased, for instance, with the 140 leaders representing over 90% of the world’s forests pledging to halt and…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP 26I thank my noble friend. She is absolutely right. So many people played such an important part in COP 26. It was attended by 120 world leaders. There were over 38,000 delegates…16 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP 26 World Leaders SummitAs I said, the G20 adopted the target for vaccinating 70% of the world’s population against Covid. I have set out the work that we are doing and the contribution we are making and…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP 26 World Leaders SummitMy Lords, I shall now repeat a Statement made today in another place: “Mr Speaker, with your permission I will make a Statement about the G20 summit in Rome and update the House…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP 26 World Leaders SummitThe noble Lord is right to highlight this as one of the areas where we had wanted to see more progress, so it has been somewhat of a disappointment, but it was fantastic to see…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP 26 World Leaders SummitI thank the noble Baroness and noble Lord for their comments. I am sorry that they were perhaps slightly more downbeat, so I will try to improve the mood by putting forward some…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP 26 World Leaders SummitThe noble Lord is right; about 100 countries responsible for more than half of methane emissions have joined the global methane pledge to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030, but…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP 26 World Leaders SummitI am afraid I do not have those figures; I am not sure it has got that far yet. As I said, the figure I have got is that the latest significant commitment was that of the Japanese…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP 26 World Leaders SummitObviously, we are working through COVAX a lot, but we have already had bilateral communication with other countries and have worked with them directly, so it will be a combination…03 Nov 2021HANSARDG20 and COP 26 World Leaders SummitI have to confess that I was not aware of that, no, but I am very grateful that I am aware of it now. Certainly, the noble Lord is absolutely right that advancing technology and…03 Nov 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Up-rating of Benefits) BillMy Lords, before my noble friend moves her amendment, it is my duty to draw the attention of the Committee to the advice I have received from the Legislation Office and ask the…26 Oct 2021