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HANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 80 in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton. Although this amendment sits in this group, there is considerable overlap…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part in the debate this afternoon. I would just like to pick up on a couple of points relating to my amendments, and I will try not to run…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest as I was chair of the Aviation Accessibility Task and Finish Group, which published a report last year. I thank the officials at the Department for…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, this is a really important group of amendments, like the last one, and it needs some consideration. I support Amendment 7 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been a large group of amendments, and I think the answer is probably somewhere in the middle. I remain unconvinced that the Bill, as it stands, goes far enough.…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, I apologise to your Lordships. I made it into the wrong end of the Chamber at the start of the debate and then sprinted around the outside, somewhat slower than I used…03 Jun 2026HANSARDCivil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the Aviation Accessibility Task and Finish Group. In July 2025, we produced an independent report. I thank the team at the Department…02 Jun 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I thank the Chief Whip for recognising my inability to bob. I apologise that my noble friend Lady Finlay of Llandaff is not able to be here today. She is attending the…24 Apr 2026HANSARDHealth and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of Sport Wales; with that, I sit on the board of UK Sport. I am also a board member of Active Travel England. I reiterate the comments…15 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 263ZA and 263ZB. I declare that I am chair of Sport Wales, I have recently been appointed to the board of Active Travel England and I am a…13 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I have attached my name to both amendments. I cannot say that I have quite as long a history in accessible transport as the noble Lord, Lord Borwick, does, but in the…13 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have Amendments 673A and 679 in this group. Amendment 673A would provide that a medical practitioner who had opted into the process could choose to opt out at any…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, in addressing the noble Lord, Lord McCrea, I think the noble and learned Lord was actually answering one of my questions on Amendment 679. I think the noble and learned…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have 12 amendments in this group, and I am going to speak also to Amendment 241, which is in the next group but which probably fits better in this one, because it is…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 168, I will speak to a number of amendments in this group. The lunchtime break was very useful in being able to reflect on the discussion of the…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have Amendments 172, 322, 322A and 406 in this group, which address the requirements of accessibility, BSL and Braille. In speaking to her amendments, the noble…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank all noble Lords for the debate this afternoon and the noble and learned Lord for explaining his amendments. I think the answer to the problem that we are trying to solve…20 Mar 2026