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HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Marine Protected Areas) Regulations 2022I do not doubt the Minister’s intentions. I do not even doubt his expertise in this area, but the fact is that science moves on. You need constant updates about what is happening.…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Water) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, I hardly think it is appropriate for a government Minister to attack the people on this side of the Chamber as letting the British people down when it is we who are…23 Jan 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Water) (England) Regulations 2022I am not giving way; I am being bullied.23 Jan 2023HANSARDRape: Operation SoteriaMy Lords, Operation Soteria sounds fantastic and I support all of its aims, but the fact is that there is a long way to go, is there not, particularly within police forces? For…23 Jan 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Water) (England) Regulations 2022I deeply resent that.23 Jan 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Water) (England) Regulations 2022Why should I give way?23 Jan 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Water) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, I agree with every word—23 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice Conduct and David CarrickMy Lords, we have been here before; this is not the first time we have debated the issue in this Chamber. I have been here for nearly 10 years, and it has been debated several…19 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational Holocaust Memorial DayMy Lords, I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, for bringing this very important and moving debate. I am not a Jew; I have no Romani or Traveller heritage. As far as I know,…19 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I have a few criticisms of the Bill, not least the fact that it does not mention climate change. As I have often mentioned, climate change is the biggest existential…17 Jan 2023HANSARDHousebuilding: Government TargetsMy Lords, do the Government appreciate the value of community land trusts? To follow on from the last question, they actually build homes that are affordable, but affordable in…16 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I do not get frightened easily, but we have talked a lot about nerves here, and walking into your Lordships’ Chamber earlier and seeing a dozen KCs, former judges and…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I am afraid I do not accept the Minister’s idea that these things cannot be criminalised, so I will bring my amendment back on Report. I thank noble Lords for…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security Bill11 Jan 2023HANSARDBusiness: GreenwashingMy Lords, I was going to mention Amazon as a prime example of a company that uses greenwashing, but the Government are also very much a greenwashing organisation. They constantly…10 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Code A) Order 2022Why not wait for the pilot to finish before you decide to roll out the whole thing more widely?10 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Code A) Order 2022My Lords, I spend my life being furious at the Government, as I am sure some noble Lords will recognise. However, I want to spare a moment of sympathy for the Minister, who has…10 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Code A) Order 2022My Lords, before the Minister sits down, I did not hear an answer to my two questions. I do not expect one as to whether the Government respect democracy because I know the answer…10 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice: Employment and DisciplineMy Lords, in view of all the legislation that we keep passing here, giving the police greater and greater powers, I would have assumed that there would be some urgency to this…09 Jan 2023HANSARDTraffic-related Air PollutionMy Lords, one of the options in setting standards for the rest of the world is to enact them here. As the Minister knows, my Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill has just completed its…21 Dec 2022