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HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, in Committee a lot of us argued very strongly for several amendments, and one of course was to strengthen the terms of reference and ensure that the committee was free…06 Dec 2021HANSARDHate Crimes: MisogynyMy Lords, we saw with the killer of Sarah Everard that he was part of the police and was protected by a quite toxic culture within the police. Does the Minister agree that if we…06 Dec 2021HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]It seems almost superfluous to get up to support this Private Member’s Bill because it is so self-evident that it is excellent. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Knight of…03 Dec 2021HANSARDHomes: Environmental StandardsI hear the optimism and the claims, but, sadly, these are not carried through into government action and the Government know that full well. The Public Accounts Committee reported…02 Dec 2021HANSARDWater: SewageTo ask Her Majesty’s Government when water companies will be required to deliver the first stage of reductions in the level of sewage discharged into rivers and the sea.01 Dec 2021HANSARDWater: SewageI thank the Minister for his Answer. I also thank his colleague the noble Lord, Lord Goldsmith, for his Answer to my Written Question last week, which was about the number of…01 Dec 2021HANSARDShipbuilding: Use of British Steel for Royal NavyIf the Government are not prepared to develop a border tax for all the carbon emissions coming into this country, which we do not account for—that is why we have all this false…30 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (Continuation) Order 2021My Lords, here we are again: the five-yearly renewal of the TPIM scheme, which has been in place since 2006. I oppose these restrictive measures, which are an extrajudicial way of…30 Nov 2021HANSARDWhite Ribbon CampaignMy Lords, I too congratulate the Minister on her performance last night; it was a long one. A start, perhaps, to putting in a complete package on this issue of male violence…25 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWhen Boris Johnson was Mayor of London, he brought in a rule about not drinking on the tube, which was a solution in search of a problem—because it was not a problem at the time.…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, for me, this is getting like election night. Any politician in the room will tell you that it is when you are really tired but you are so wired that you cannot possibly…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillRespect goes both ways. The Government are not respecting this House.24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, we have had some powerful speeches already and it is a real pleasure to hear them. This was supposed to be the worst bit of the Bill. It is a terrible Bill but this was…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillPerhaps the Government could decide not to bring huge Bills such as this, so that we are forced to sit late at night.24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 292H in particular. It is a bit of a stretch to have included Amendment 292J, which has been clearly explained, in this group, but I support it as…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillSomething that we did last week was to start early. Why could we not start earlier today so that we did not need to go into the early hours of the morning? We could have started…24 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI support the noble Lords who have spoken. Quite honestly, this is no way to treat the House of Lords. Especially as we get older, we do not want to stay up until 2 am—and, quite…24 Nov 2021HANSARDIsles of Scilly: ShipsWill there be a requirement in the contract to eliminate the use of fossil fuels?23 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I support these improved safeguards because although I have not been in court very often, and when I have been there, it has been mostly as the complainant or a witness,…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe two amendments I have tabled in this group are not on such a weighty issue as the sexual crimes we have been discussing. But they are on an issue of democracy, and I thank the…22 Nov 2021