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HANSARDFood SecurityMy Lords—26 Mar 2024HANSARDOffshore Petroleum Licensing BillIt is the industry that is the dinosaur, not you.26 Mar 2024HANSARDAsylum ClaimsMy Lords, a Member on the Benches opposite recently said that Rwanda was safe as long as one did not oppose the Government. Is that the way that this Government are going—so we…25 Mar 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: RwandaMy Lords, if Rwanda is a safe country, can we have an explanation of why we are taking Rwandan refugees here in Britain?21 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, what a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, with whom I agree. I felt that the Minister’s opening remarks were so full of mistakes that I shall go through…20 Mar 2024HANSARDAdvanced Modular Reactors: Criticality TestsMy Lords, do the Government give any assistance to these developers in terms of the environmental impact of the entire life cycle of their systems, or is that completely…19 Mar 2024HANSARDSpring Budget 2024I too welcome the noble Lord, Lord Kempsell, and congratulate him on his maiden speech, which was concise and interesting. That bodes well for future contributions. I recognise…18 Mar 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2024I can sort of see the rationale for this, but it is completely misguided. Every time the Government talk about tougher sentences and being tougher on crime and the causes of…18 Mar 2024HANSARDBiomass: Power GenerationMy Lords, I think we are missing a point with some of these answers. The fact is that this is taxpayers’ money going on a business scam. Why can the Government not see that?13 Mar 2024HANSARDWest Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Bach, despite not liking regret amendments, which are a legislative equivalent of saying “tut-tut”. What is the point? I also do not like…13 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I rise possibly as an elder, owing to my advanced age; but perhaps not. I would like to support the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd. As he said, there is…12 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Howard, said that no one else has put forward another idea. In fact, many of us have talked about finding safe and legal routes. This Government…12 Mar 2024HANSARDForest Risk Commodity RegulationsMy Lords, do we have to continue with biomass subsidies after 2027? I would like some confirmation on that. Secondly, ancient forests in Canada are still being cut down to make…12 Mar 2024HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords and Sisters, there have been some absolutely brilliant speeches today. After the first four speeches—the noble Baroness, Lady Vere, and her optimism, the noble Baroness,…08 Mar 2024HANSARDEnvironment AgencyTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the work of the Environment Agency in protecting public health and the environment.07 Mar 2024HANSARDEnvironment AgencyI thank the Minister for his Answer. A fuller Answer might be that the Environment Agency is dysfunctional because of government cuts, but let me be more positive and move on to…07 Mar 2024HANSARDFormer Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: ReportsMy Lords, the Government got confused and in a bit of a mess about assessing the age of many people coming into the country. Further to the question from the noble Baroness, Lady…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I will speak only once today, as I did on Monday. The Greens will vote for all the amendments that are called. Some Members of your Lordships’ House quoted the book…06 Mar 2024HANSARDTV Licence Non-payment: WomenMy Lords, the Government have known for some time about this injustice of the prosecution of a majority of women rather than men. Why are they not doing something about it faster,…05 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, that is a very interesting speech but what we are being asked to do here is to vote on an opinion. The noble Lord knows that most of us do not agree with that opinion. I…04 Mar 2024