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HANSARDCovid-19: Recovery StrategiesMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, for two reasons: on getting the debate, but also on her excellent opening speech. She used a phrase that I was going to…11 Jun 2020HANSARDPublic OrderI have to confess that I am deeply dissatisfied with some of the answers we are getting today. It is no surprise that there is systemic racism in the police; it has been going on…09 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, my concern about this Bill is the same as my concern about the Government’s wider response to the current economic crisis, which is that no thought appears to have been…09 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Planning SystemI declare an interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. Some very big planning decisions being taken at the moment are going to impact on the UK for well…08 Jun 2020HANSARDBlack Lives MatterMy Lords, I was going to ask a question about deaths in custody, but as the Minister is from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, I shall instead suggest that the UK should…08 Jun 2020HANSARDCrown Court (Recording and Broadcasting) Order 2020My Lords, it always delights me to hear my name mispronounced in so many different ways. As a lay person, the broadcasting of sentencing remarks seems to me a welcome step forward…08 Jun 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 19 is a very important amendment to probe the Government on what they anticipate the application of Clause 2 will be. I very much enjoyed some of the other…03 Jun 2020HANSARDRoyal Commission on Criminal JusticeWill the terms of reference include a specific instruction to address the widespread racial and class injustices in our criminal system?03 Jun 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Crop Diversification Derogation) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, in the very limited time available, I would like to raise two issues: protecting our current standards and the value of crop diversity in nature as mitigation against…02 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Businesses and the Private SectorI congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Dobbs, on securing this very timely debate. I agree that we have to go forward and cannot go back, but I suspect we mean different things by…21 May 2020HANSARDPrisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillI wish to speak in favour of this group of amendments, particularly those tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford. Where a Newton hearing has taken place in respect to…20 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ResponseMy colleague on the Isle of Wight, Vix Lowthion, tells me that the public there are not clear about the aims and objectives of the trial they are taking part in. Can the Minister…19 May 2020HANSARDMental Health ServicesThe Stevenson-Farmer review of 2017, which was set up by the then Prime Minister, recommended strengthening the 1981 health and safety regulations on mental health first aid. Will…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: NHS Contact Tracing AppTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to address privacy concerns about (1) the use of the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing application, and (2) the introduction…18 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: NHS Contact Tracing AppI thank the Minister for his response but that is certainly not the information that I am getting from other places. A Dr de Montjoye from Imperial College’s department of…18 May 2020HANSARDHousing and Construction SectorThe figures from the Office for National Statistics show that construction workers have a higher fatality rate even than health professionals. There is clearly not enough personal…14 May 2020HANSARDHousing for the HomelessI welcome the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Greenhalgh, to his first debate; I am sure that we will have some superb answers from him. I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord…14 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: TransportSomething that makes our roads much less safe and will deter people from walking and cycling is extreme speeding, which has been happening increasingly during lockdown. The police…14 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, and the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, I am not a lawyer, but I care about democracy and I care very much that if the Government make…13 May 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, even I will admit that these regulations were urgent and necessary, but it is a democratic and constitutional outrage that they were implemented on 26 March and are…12 May 2020