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HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I am obliged to point out that if there is a Division in the Chamber, we will have to adjourn immediately and resume after 10 minutes. It seems highly unlikely to me.18 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy Lords, I am always in favour of anything that might improve the welfare of animals. Of course, one must include this review of the impact. However, on a technical point, I…14 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy Lords, I am pleased to support the various reviews set out in these amendments. I shall concentrate particularly on the first of these, on the import of livestock. It goes some…14 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy Lords, I warmly support this amendment and I doubt whether any remarks by my noble friend the Minister will convince me otherwise. I suspect the main reason that it is not in…14 Mar 2024HANSARDWar Widows: Ex Gratia Pension PaymentMy Lords, I declare my interest as president of the War Widows’ Association. I have been following this very closely and I must tell my noble friend that we are wholly…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I declare my past and present connections with the RSPCA. I welcome this SI, but I am sad that it does not go further. I should have liked to have seen a straight ban on…27 Feb 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy Lords, I first declare an interest as president of a branch of the RSPCA and as having had in the past various other close connections with that organisation. I am most…21 Feb 2024HANSARDGreen SpacesMy Lords, I give my sincere apologies to the House for jumping in prematurely; as a Deputy Speaker, I ought to know better. Is my noble friend aware of the value of private…01 Feb 2024HANSARDGreen SpacesMy Lords—01 Feb 2024HANSARDHigh Street Banks and Banking HubsMy Lords, I remind the House that we are very tight on time and it behoves all noble Lords to speak within the amount allowed.25 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI add at this point that, if Amendment 16 were to be agreed, I could not call Amendment 17 by reason of pre-emption.24 Jan 2024HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I must first make the usual announcement that if there is a Division in the Chamber, this Committee must immediately adjourn when the Division Bells ring and resume…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesThe time is up on this business.15 Jan 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]I am afraid that the noble Lord is not in a position to do that. This is a clause; one votes for it or against it.11 Dec 2023HANSARDRwanda: Asylum Arrangements TreatyMy Lords, that concludes Oral Questions for today. We now come to some formal business, so if any noble Lord would like to leave, now is the time to do it.21 Nov 2023HANSARDDangerous Dogs Act 1991: New BreedsMy Lords, I am delighted that my noble friend is taking such urgent action on this. I suggest that he should be more radical when looking at the Dangerous Dogs Act. It is time…14 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMay I intervene? I did not deal with any of those issues because I regarded them as a Second Reading speech. I am not going to answer that kind of thing. I hope the noble Earl…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, we have already spent a considerable time on this first amendment. I take what I think is a minority view about the purpose of Committee: it is to look, in detail, at…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, your Lordships will probably not be surprised that I do not agree with my noble friend Lord Mancroft on this. I prefer the fact that there is a wider scope with the…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillFor the record, I do not like this amendment and am opposed to it, as it restricts the scope far too much.12 Sept 2023