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HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)I thank the noble Lord for that intervention. I agree that that is an important part of the Windsor Framework but, unfortunately, the current architecture of the framework is the…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. I agree with all that she had to say in relation to the issues in the report. I am delighted to speak to this report as a…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)I have written to the Secretary of State about the issue.25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 418 and to try to explain the rationale for the changes I have made since Committee. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Polak, and the noble…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the Minister for the way in which he has communicated with me throughout on this issue of the glorification of terrorism. I also thank, as I said before, the Bill office…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill18 Mar 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026Does the noble Lord have any information as to whether the Government have considered this scheme under the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020, given that we are told that…12 Mar 2026HANSARDGibraltar TreatyIt is wonderful to hear the phrase “nothing about Gibraltar without Gibraltar”. How much Northern Ireland would have wished that was the case when we were having negotiations with…03 Mar 2026HANSARDDefence Industrial Strategy 2025: Economic Growth and Job CreationMy Lords, I refer to my register of interests. I welcome the defence growth round table that took place in Belfast last week. By all accounts it was a very worthwhile event,…03 Mar 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia and British Indian Ocean TerritoryMy Lords, I did say the last time we debated this issue, as the Minister probably remembers, that there were consequences to ignoring the voices and the rights of…26 Feb 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia and British Indian Ocean TerritoryMy Lords—26 Feb 2026HANSARDTransnational Repression in the UK (JCHR Report)My Lords, I join others in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Isaac, on his maiden speech. I think we all remember what a daunting prospect that was, so many congratulations to…26 Feb 2026HANSARDBritish Military Equipment: Chinese ComponentsMy Lords, surely the best way to protect the defence supply chain is to have a short supply chain. Does the Minister agree that the best way to do that is to support out…25 Feb 2026HANSARDThink Tanks: FundingMy Lords, one of the previous questions to the noble Baroness was about all political parties having to declare where their sources of income are from. Of course, that is not the…04 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords—02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the noble Baroness for giving way. Is she aware that, despite the extreme abortion regime that was imposed on Northern Ireland by the other place, there is no telemedicine…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 460, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud—who very much regrets that she is unable to be here today—to which I am pleased to be a…02 Feb 2026HANSARDSuperintelligent AIMy Lords, I also want to thank and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, on securing this question for short debate on such a pressing issue. I also want to thank ControlAI for…29 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, as one of the vice-chairs of the APPG on Counter Extremism, I support the noble Lord, Lord Goodman, in these amendments. He has already referenced the Time to Act…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, Amendment 450 seeks to amend the current Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006. I declare that I am an officeholder in the APPG on Counter Extremism, a member of the APPG…27 Jan 2026