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HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI would like to wreck the Bill—just so the Minister knows.12 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, each and every amendment proposed to this Bill shows the sheer nonsense of it. We are being forced by this Government to deny reality. We are being forced to create an…12 Feb 2024HANSARDMet Office: 2023 TemperaturesThose are fine words, but we have to keep acting fast. I am sure the Government know that there have been recent discussions about developing a new category of hurricanes because…06 Feb 2024HANSARDMet Office: 2023 TemperaturesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what additional measures they are planning in response to the news that the Met Office believes that 2023 was the second hottest year on record.06 Feb 2024HANSARDGreen SpacesMy Lords, the environmental improvement plan is an example of this rubbish Government actually coming up with some good ideas. But, despite the fact that this plan is good…01 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, finally we have it here. We have been waiting quite a long time for this Bill, and it is very irritating that it is so misleadingly named, because of course the Rwanda…29 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I support all the amendments in this group. I am interested in verbal harm because it is true that, as politicians, we get a lot of that. I have had verbal abuse from…24 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, Amendment 3 acknowledges that the definition of victim in the Bill is quite broad, and that will mean, I hope, that as many victims as possible are supported by the…24 Jan 2024HANSARDOffice for Environmental ProtectionMy Lords, we all have huge respect for the Minister—even I do —but he keeps repeating the same thing from the Government. Clearly, the report is not happy. It says that this is…23 Jan 2024HANSARDGlobal HeatingMy Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, on bringing this debate, but when I sat down to write my speech, I felt this great wave of weariness wash over me.…18 Jan 2024HANSARDGlobal HeatingNo, I will not give way and use up my time. You can speak afterwards. The work of the 1% of scientists who say that climate change is not as bad as it is made out to be often…18 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Compensation BillMy Lords, this Bill is welcome because we needed to see some action from the Government. It is very good, but of course there are a lot of questions that remain to be answered. I…16 Jan 2024HANSARDWater PollutionI welcome the new Minister, but on this issue he has stepped into a large bucket of doo-doo. I am just warning him; we are very unhappy here about this. I did not see the BBC…16 Jan 2024HANSARDPoverty: International Development AidMy Lords, does the Minister, or rather do the Government, understand that there is a link between the super-rich getting richer—for example, five men have since 2020 been adding…15 Jan 2024HANSARDStorms: Weather ResilienceMy Lords, in the interest of helping this Government, who appear to have run out of good ideas on almost every topic, what about banning new building on flood plains?11 Jan 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I feel very shocked and sad about the death of the noble and learned Lord Judge. He was a kind, lovely man and I will miss him very much. We have had some excellent…08 Nov 2023HANSARDHS2 Ltd: CostsMy Lords, I thought this was good journalism from the Sunday Times , but what do I know? It offered a helpful list of what that £100 billion could have been spent on, including…25 Oct 2023HANSARDClimate FinancingGreen! Oh, sorry.17 Oct 2023HANSARDCarbon Capture and Storage Infrastructure FundI will send the Minister a manifesto.16 Oct 2023HANSARDWater and Sewage Regulation (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords—16 Oct 2023