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HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, made the accusation that lots of the amendments to the Bill of the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, were a sort of Machiavellian plot to…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI was coming on to that point. I would really appreciate a dose of honesty in this House. If those people who are so hostile to smoking a legal product believe that it is the…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, in speaking to this amendment, I apologise for not having spoken in Committee. I want to do so because I have received hundreds of emails urging me to vote against this…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillWell, good. I have got a few “hear, hears”.16 Mar 2022HANSARDDigital Technology (Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the committee for this report. While I do not agree with lots of its recommendations, it is packed full of fascinating research. One criticism is that it puts…11 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I was not intending to speak on this part but I feel very queasy about the way a number of noble Lords are using the situation in Ukraine to have a go at this part of…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillVery good, well done everyone, carry on.10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI appreciate that I am surrounded by Labour noble Lords who object to what I am saying. One of the great advantages of votes for women was that occasionally we get to say the odd…10 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I want to support Amendments 83 and 84 and really thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for putting them forward. I do not know whether she will be…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 80 and, partially, Amendment 81. On Amendment 80, it is common sense—and would be helpful to all sides of the debates on this Bill…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I veer between Amendments 64 and—unhelpfully—64A on age verification but what is important is that we have a trustworthy system. That is crucial; otherwise, we are in…08 Mar 2022HANSARDPeerages: RecommendationsMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, for tabling this Question for Short Debate, as it raises some interesting challenges and thorny dilemmas for all of us, eliciting a…03 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI was just trying to clarify something—that is good.02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. My heart was in my mouth when the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, spoke, because I thought, “He knows what he’s talking about and I’m…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I was already feeling inadequate enough, but my inability to come up with a Latin phrase or joke on this particularly peculiar amendment of mine is nerve-racking. Clause…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI have one query on that. I thank the noble Lord for his response, but on the recommendation of high, medium and low risk, everything I have read on this suggests that with high…02 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI know that noble Lords have been waiting with bated breath. The key question is why building safety managers are needed at all, when the vast majority of leasehold developments…28 Feb 2022HANSARDHigher Education ReformMy Lords, I welcome HE reform and have no objection to, for example, introducing minimum academic eligibility requirements to go to university, although linking access to student…28 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, this series of stand part amendments relates to Clauses 80 to 84 and would delete the building safety manager from the Bill. This is my first attempt at tabling…28 Feb 2022