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HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to these amendments and throw the Greens’ considerable weight behind the noble Lord, Lord Woolley. It is slightly scary speaking after him and the noble…06 Apr 2022HANSARDHighway Code (Rule 149)My Lords, I also congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for spotting these errors, one might say, in the government legislation. I agree with a lot of what…06 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I support the nine amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, and congratulate him on pushing this issue. His very modest yet elegant amendments fit into…06 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I take the rare step of agreeing completely with the noble Lord, Lord Horam, particularly in his praise for the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, who has worked so incredibly…04 Apr 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Duties and AccountabilityMy Lords, there are so many ways to ask these questions of the Government, but I turn to an expert in this field, Feargal Sharkey. He tells me that there has not been a single…04 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, there is a danger for a Green such as me in agreeing so strongly with two noble Lords from the opposite side of the Chamber—the noble Lords, Lord Cormack and Lord…04 Apr 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillI rise not to add any contribution on the legal side of things but just to add a little moral outrage, because this is an injustice. We all understand, I think, that the lack of…31 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments C1 and D1. As usual, I really enjoyed the contribution from the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, because he drew attention to the fact that the Bill…31 Mar 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, as I have reminded your Lordships’ House before, I have no legal training and so I will use very simple language here. I have a huge amount of respect for the noble…31 Mar 2022HANSARDHousebuilding: TargetMy Lords—30 Mar 2022HANSARDHousebuilding: TargetThank you. How many of the homes that have been built are net-zero carbon and, therefore, how many are left to be very expensively retrofitted for energy efficiency later?30 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: BudgetMy Lords, I declare that I have met several PCCs during my long interest in policing. It is true that Conservatives have a propensity to cut—they cut figures, costs and budgets…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillIs that not true of MPs? Why should they be allowed to vote? They have two grabs.28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, has just informed me that MPs are paid during Prorogation. So even when they vote in a general election, they are in fact still being paid…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, on an extremely full exposition of his amendments, which makes me almost superfluous but I will add something anyway.…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillThis is about transparency, so that the public can know that somebody is saying different things in different places—that is all.28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I came into this Chamber absolutely not caring about the outcome of this—I was waiting for subsequent groups. But actually, having heard both speeches, I totally agree…28 Mar 2022HANSARDBAE Systems: Type 26 FrigateMy Lords, a highly placed mole in the Royal Navy—it was not him—has told me that, as much as a decade ago, senior officers were extremely worried about the impact of climate…24 Mar 2022HANSARDDaniel Morgan Independent Panel ReportMy Lords, back in 2000, when I was first elected to the London Assembly, the then Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, appointed me to the Metropolitan Police Authority under the…24 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillHow does the noble Lord explain the fact that, when you have a PR system—it does not matter in which country—you get loads of Greens elected? Does not that sound as though there…23 Mar 2022