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HANSARDUK Airports: British Passport HoldersI thank the Minister for that. It might be helpful if we could all see how that assessment was done; perhaps that could be put into the Library. I wonder if he agrees that it is…03 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Airports: British Passport HoldersTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that UK airports have dedicated lines for British passport holders.03 Mar 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2024My Lords, this Motion of regret tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, asserts that the Government have failed to take account in their remedial order of every aspect of the…26 Feb 2025HANSARDUkraine: Frozen Russian AssetsMy Lords, the Minister will know that there are millions of pounds of frozen Libyan assets in London, and that there has been a long campaign by victims of Libyan Semtex supplied…26 Feb 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestMy Lords, does the noble Baroness share my astonishment that Mr Justice Humphreys, the coroner, said: “The soldiers did not have an honest and genuinely held belief that the use…12 Feb 2025HANSARDProcurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025My Lords, I was not intending to speak but as there seem to be so few people here, I will just say a few words. I draw noble Lords’ attention to an organisation called the…10 Feb 2025HANSARDOfficial Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, the Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations are in my view deeply problematic, because they effectively render for SPS border purposes that Northern Ireland, along…29 Jan 2025HANSARDOfficial Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024At end insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations further distance Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and embed it further under European Union control.”29 Jan 2025HANSARDOfficial Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for her usual generous response and the way she has handled all these SIs, where a lot of what is being said is outside her responsibility.…29 Jan 2025HANSARDPrimary Schools: Swimming LessonsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. I understand and know her personal support for school sport and swimming; in fact, we worked together many years ago on this issue.…21 Jan 2025HANSARDPrimary Schools: Swimming LessonsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of children in primary schools who do not have regular swimming lessons in school time.21 Jan 2025HANSARDIndependent Commission for Reconciliation and Information RecoveryMy Lords, the Government have decided to hold a public inquiry into the Pat Finucane case, rather than pass it to ICRIR, which the Secretary of State said was exceptional. A judge…16 Jan 2025HANSARDGas Storage LevelsMy Lords, many people in the public will still not understand the logic of why we spend some £14 billion buying gas from Norway from the same North Sea that we ourselves could be…14 Jan 2025HANSARDMovement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024I thank the Minister but she has not really answered the question. If goods coming from the Republic through Northern Ireland into Great Britain have to be security-checked for…10 Dec 2024HANSARDMovement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024My Lords, could I just say something gently to the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie? She always says that Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU. Well, London did, Scotland did,…10 Dec 2024HANSARDIllegal Migrant Returns AgreementsIs the Minister aware that in the past few weeks the police in the Republic of Ireland have been stopping buses coming over from Northern Ireland, checking identity and…03 Dec 2024HANSARDRespect Orders and Anti-social BehaviourMy Lords, I very much welcome the return of genuine neighbourhood policing, which is so necessary, particularly on our housing estates. But, as the noble the noble Lord, Lord…03 Dec 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken this evening. I want to say, as usual when this kind of statutory instrument is being discussed, that it goes much wider than the…27 Nov 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024I will not be quite as short as the Minister, because it is important that noble Lords understand this in a great deal more detail. Sometimes the words that sound very positive…27 Nov 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024At end insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations treat pets travelling to Northern Ireland differently from those travelling to any other part of the United…27 Nov 2024