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HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI have a number of amendments about the animal welfare advisory body, so it probably makes sense if I introduce mine next, if noble Lords are happy with that. I thank the noble…14 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, for tabling her amendments in this group. They all seek to upgrade certain regulation-making powers in the Bill from…14 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Jones of Whitchurch for introducing these amendments. We fully support these proposals. I would also like to comment on the amendment to…14 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill14 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy Lords, I think it would be helpful for me to introduce my Amendment 62 at this point. We know that the Bill is going to create a new type of food product on supermarket…14 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy Lords, much has been said during our debates about the strength of the food and public health measures in the Bill but also about the fact that the Food Standards Agency is…14 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI thank the noble Lord for ploughing through that. I want to make the same kind of point the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, made. All the while we do not have anything published…14 Dec 2022HANSARDVoter Identification Regulations 2022My Lords, from the moment that the Government’s plan for voter ID was first introduced, these Benches have made it clear that we see it as unnecessary. We believe that voting in…13 Dec 2022HANSARDVoter Identification Regulations 2022At end insert “but that this House (1) regrets that the draft Regulations will be implemented for the Local Elections in May 2023 despite insufficient public awareness, guidance…13 Dec 2022HANSARDVoter Identification Regulations 2022My Lords, following the Minister’s clarifications to the questions that I asked, her constructive approach to a review and the concessions given, I do not propose to move my…13 Dec 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I am sure that noble Lords will be very surprised to know that I thank my noble friend Lord Coaker for supporting me and sticking with the Bill all the way through. It…13 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Winston for his amendment and for the discussion, but I do not feel qualified to comment on it any further than that. We are having an…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Winston for introducing these amendments. This group explores why “genome editing” has been changed to “Precision Breeding” in the Title of…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group, but many of them are consequential, so I will not go through them one by one. I have also added my name to Amendment 3, in…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, for his very important point. We need to think about where we want to go with this and how we want those regulations to come in as we go…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, for introducing her Amendment 16. As we have heard, there are a few amendments in this group around trade, particularly in…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy Lords, my Amendment 19 would require that a precision-bred organism has been developed to provide a public benefit if it is to be released into the environment. The benefits…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI thank the Minister. He has talked about a step-by-step approach a few times. Why can that not be put in the Bill, so that we are secure that things will not be able to happen…12 Dec 2022HANSARDCalled-in Planning Decision: West CumbriaMy Lords—08 Dec 2022