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HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI agree completely with the Minister that the union is most successful, and that we want to stay in it and keep it strong. However, I do not agree with the rest of his speech…08 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Adult Social Care ComplaintsMy Lords, given the close relationship between social care and the health service, the Government initially agreed that they would combine the two ombudsmen—the PHSO and the one…05 Oct 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I wonder whether it is worth leaving a little more latitude in the Chief Whip’s hands so that at 2.15 pm he may know what time the Oral Questions will be. An enormous…05 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: End of Transition PeriodMy Lords, I thank the Minister for the opportunity to question the Statement, despite it dealing with only one, albeit a visible, part of the preparations needed for 1 January:…24 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, just as the Welsh Government felt offended because they were not consulted on the internal market Bill, and because the powers that it gave to the Government took away…23 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his lessons for life at the beginning and for his update. However, I am particularly pleased that the wording that he chose for the debate is…23 Sept 2020HANSARDBrexit: Civil Service CodeTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of reports that new guidance has been issued to civil servants working on Brexit, whether civil servants are expected to “comply with…17 Sept 2020HANSARDBrexit: Civil Service CodeDespite the resignation of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, over the Government’s breach of international law, other Ministers seem to kid themselves that it does not…17 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillOn Thursday, on an earlier group of amendments, I thought that the Minister was correcting my quotation from the Constitution Committee. In fact, he rightly questioned my…15 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, the case made for respecting communities by implementing the principle of equalisation in a fair and sensible way, as my noble friend Lord Hain put it, is pretty…15 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI am not sure whether the Deputy Chairman is inviting me to say everything I am about to say twice, but I will try to refrain from doing so. I welcome this debate. It illustrates…15 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillThe Minister and I obviously have our political differences, but he probably knows that I would very rarely make a claim that was not accurate. I was speaking quite quickly, so he…10 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillDiolch yn fawr. It is very nice to have so many Welsh people speaking in this debate. I think it would be a brave Minister who rejected the advice contained in this amendment from…10 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI start by thanking the Minister but also the former Chief Whip, the noble Lord, Lord Grocott; the former law officer, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris; the noble Lord,…08 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, it is an honour to move the very first amendment of the first Bill to be taken in Grand Committee in its hybrid form. It is an unexpected pleasure. I wish the Chair luck…08 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill08 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI thank all noble Lords who have supported the amendment. I will simply make two points. First, as my noble friend Lady Gale said, Scottish and Welsh 16 and 17 year-olds have, or…08 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, a key part of the last boundaries Act—parts of which this Bill seeks to amend—was to make the numerical size of constituencies more equal. It was based on an exact…08 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillAmendment 1, which is also in the names of my noble friends Lord Lennie and Lord Grocott, simply re-establishes the existing practice whereby once the Boundary Commissions have…08 Sept 2020