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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, before I speak to my amendments in this group, I would like to say that I learned to read a long time ago—more than 70 years ago, before I went to school. This alphabet…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI will speak to you all later. I think the noble Lord is wrong. You cannot have these vague terms. I would have thought the noble Lord would appreciate the fact that you need…09 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI feel that, once you have left the environment out of the legal safeguards on this particular aspect, you are inviting people to ignore them. I am very concerned about that. I am…05 Mar 2026HANSARDBallot Secrecy Act: BreachesMy Lords, if there were these alleged breaches of electoral laws in the Gorton and Denton by-election, any investigation would obviously be supported by the Green Party. However,…04 Mar 2026HANSARDCarbon Budget 6To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether their policies and plans will deliver Carbon Budget 6.03 Mar 2026HANSARDCarbon Budget 6I thank the noble Lord for the Answer. You can imagine this is something that concerns me, because the previous Government lost two court cases about this as they were not going…03 Mar 2026HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill: ExclusionTo ask His Majesty’s Government why Members of Parliament and members of the House of Lords are excluded from Clause 11, “Offence of misleading the public”, of the Public Office…26 Feb 2026HANSARDNew Housing: Flood RiskMy Lords, I do not want to get into the water reform Bill too much—it is a terrible Bill and the Government ought to withdraw it—but on this issue of flood risk, the fact is that…26 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill: ExclusionI thank the noble Lord for raising the profile of our candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election. That is very kind of him.26 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill: ExclusionMy Lords, what a small, select and charming group we are to discuss a topic that could feature quite high in news media later, because I think it is an issue that the public will…26 Feb 2026HANSARDCyclists: SafetyMy Lords—25 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, like other noble Lords here this evening, I am quite keen to get home, especially as I will have to stay up all night tomorrow night reacting to the Gorton and Denton…25 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill25 Feb 2026HANSARDCyclists: SafetyMy Lords, does the Minister have any idea how to combat the negative view of cyclists from so many people here in your Lordships’ Chamber? Could we have some sort of educational…25 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the noble Lord for his answers. I recognise the points he made, and those made by the noble Lord, Lord Davies, but quite honestly, when you have so many children’s…25 Feb 2026HANSARDGlobal Biodiversity Loss and National SecurityMy Lords, the Government sound very good on all these policies, but, in fact, they are not meeting their targets. They are not meeting their targets on tree-planting, marine…23 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, what an exciting group this is. I support Amendments 223A, 224A, 226 and 228, which address a significant and surprising gap in the way that community assets are defined…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I rise to oppose Clause 57 and Schedule 26 and express my deep concern about the way in which the Government are pushing through local government reorganisation under…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I will speak on Amendment 209 in the name of my noble friend Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. I am not going to mention parishes; it is too controversial. In my village,…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI very much support the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, in opposing Clause 59. As an opponent of centralised control of all sorts, I feel that, if we are talking about democracy, it…11 Feb 2026