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HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, this group is full of sensible amendments. I will speak to the two in my name, Amendments 77 and 79. Amendment 72 is about the concessionary travel scheme—the £2 fare…13 Feb 2025HANSARDSolar PanelsMy Lords, could the Government consider making it a legal requirement? Even the terrible Government of the past 14 years tried to encourage people. But that does not work. You…12 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 22, which is a delicate, small nudge that suggests that, if you are trying to replace bus services or create new ones, looking at previous…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]It did.11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I signed several amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, and I would have signed those of the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, which are very good. I speak as somebody…11 Feb 2025HANSARDWater Companies: FinesMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, on this very topical Question. It is such a pleasure to see a Labour colleague, a Lib Dem colleague, a Conservative…06 Feb 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I, too, declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I offer a very warm welcome to the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Silvertown, and the…04 Feb 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillSedgefield—unforgettable, obviously. I want to point out to the noble Earl, Lord Leicester, that he is not going to beat me in a competition between who has more in common with…04 Feb 2025HANSARDCouncil TaxMy Lords, does the Minister think that this Government are generally finding it quite difficult to be progressive?03 Feb 2025HANSARDRape: ProsecutionsMy Lords, I would like to thank in advance all noble Lords who are speaking today. I will be listening very closely to the two former Met Police Commissioners here today, because…30 Jan 2025HANSARDRape: ProsecutionsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what are the main factors that have led to decades of low levels of rape cases being prosecuted, and continue to prevent such prosecutions, and…30 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-domicile StatusMy Lords, are the Government thinking that this money they are going to raise from all the non-doms is actually going to—as the former Labour Party might have hoped—lift people…28 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Can I ask the noble Earl whether this is going to be another Bill that the Tories filibuster to the point where the rest of us just want to slit our throats? Is this really going…28 Jan 2025HANSARDUK/US Free Trade AgreementMy Lords, are the British Government going to take any extra security precautions when they are dealing with the President of the United States, who is a convicted felon?20 Jan 2025HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]Is it? I do not think it is.17 Jan 2025HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]The noble Lord has had his say. The noble Lord, Lord Murray, knows very well that when I say “safe and legal routes”, I mean for any and every nationality—not just the few that…17 Jan 2025HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]Given that the last Government did not set up safe, legal routes and actually encouraged the small boats, does the noble Lord have no shame in actually suggesting that this will…17 Jan 2025HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Murray, gave me a very sneaky answer earlier. If he is a distinguished lawyer, I can see how he might win cases by being sneaky like that. He knows very…17 Jan 2025HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]No; I will give way in a moment—perhaps.17 Jan 2025HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]My Lords, I regret that I was not here for Second Reading, but my Green Party colleague, my noble friend Lady Bennett, was. I absolutely oppose all these amendments. I have been…17 Jan 2025