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HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I too really enjoyed the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Moore, and I congratulate him on it. I welcomed him earlier when I was introduced to him in the Long Room, and I…23 Feb 2022HANSARDRevised Energy National Policy StatementsI wish the Minister had shown me his speech before he gave it today, because I could have gone through it with a red pen. Repeating wishful thinking does not make it happen. “May”…22 Feb 2022HANSARDHunting TrophiesMy Lords, the Prime Minister is infamous for breaking his promises. He has promised this ban, but will it be another broken promise?22 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I do not have enough experience to talk about this first hand, but I get a lot of very useful briefings from campaign groups. On Clause 2, Liberty summed up the…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillI do not see this as a tool in the toolbox but as opening up a nest of snakes. When you use the phrase “unless it sees good reason not to do so”, it opens up some real complexity…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I love these debates with our legal eagles, especially when they disagree. My only reminiscence of a court was when I was in the dock for not paying my poll tax. Being a…21 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, may I correct him? I did not say that this clause suggested an elected dictatorship. I am saying that an elected dictatorship is running the…21 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI have been biting my tongue, but the Minister talked about the real world, and I do not think that this Government have any concept of what exists in the real world. The Minister…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I want to deal with Urgent Questions again, because the Minister answered a different question from mine. I asked why it was advertised so late. He may not know this,…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I support this group of amendments; I have signed only one, simply because I am not terribly well organised. I agree with the comments about Theresa May, whom I admired…10 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillBut can the Minister see our point that the climate emergency has to be part of every part of government thinking and at the moment it is not? It just gets dropped out of piece…09 Feb 2022HANSARDKnife CrimeMy lords, two police forces so far, South Yorkshire and Thames Valley, have decided to stop showing images of knives that they have found. My colleague at the London Assembly,…09 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, the Green group would like to throw its considerable weight behind the two noble Lords who have just spoken. What we saw last night was disgraceful, and I hope we never…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 62 and 63. Amendment 62 seems pretty basic post-legislative scrutiny, so I am not quite sure why it is not in the Bill already. The…09 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillOutside on the streets today are people supporting those of us who are fighting this Bill. They understand the damage it does not only to the refugees and people seeking asylum…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillWhy do we need to get the Bill through? Why can we not leave it until after the recess? I do not understand. This is the Government’s problem—they have created this problem for us.08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI will not repeat myself—well, I am going to repeat myself just briefly. If the Government saw refugees as human beings, they would already have written these amendments into the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillGoing through the amendments this morning in preparation for this evening, I got quite tearful when I read these amendments because my family is incredibly important to me—every…08 Feb 2022HANSARDArrangement of BusinessI completely agree that long speeches are boring; I do not have a problem with that. My contributions this afternoon and this evening will be short. However, I point out that the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillThe idea of people being able to arrive here without going through a third country has been debated before in the course of this Bill—I cannot remember whether it was last week or…08 Feb 2022